Tool to resize Mac partitions

[Clinton MacDonald]

Friends:

[This is a report and not an endorsement; I do not have any connection 
with SubRosaSoft and I have never used any of their products.]

Remember how we always say on this List that you can't resize a 
Macintosh partition? Remember how we always tell folks that they must 
erase and repartition their hard drives in order to install Yellow Dog 
Linux (unless they had used the FWB drivers)? Well, we may have been wrong.

SubRosaSoft has released a new program, VolumeWorks (US$50) that 
purports to do the impossible:

"VolumeWorks enables you to resize and manage partitions (volumes) on 
your hard drives. Unlike traditional methods VolumeWorks allows you to 
shrink or expand partitions without erasing them. It is able to hide 
partitions from most users, and can be used to delete or create 
partitions. The new version adds the ability to shift a partition on the 
hard drive, as well as reconstructing partition maps. Written 
specifically for Mac OS X - it supports most native drive formats (SCSI, 
ATA, USB, Firewire, etc.)."

<http://www.subrosasoft.com/thestore/product_info.php?&products_id=431>

Is it worth US$50 to avoid backing up one's data and reinitializing a 
disk? That is up to you.

Best wishes,
Clint

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Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint DOT macdonald AT sbcglobal DOT net>