Change OS X partition to Mac OS Extended Journaled without reformatting?
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I found the answer myself. Easily. I had simply just missed the "Enable Journaling" button in Disk Utility, sixth from the left in the upper toolbar.
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Change OS X partition to Mac OS Extended Journaled without reformatting?
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delwin
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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delwin over 1 year
I have a machine running OS X 10.5.8, and am upgrading it to Snow Leopard, and then Lion. Snow Leopard requires a Journaled partition, but the partition the OS is running on now is Mac OS Extended — no journaling.
Can I journal the partition without reformatting and losing data?
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delwin almost 12 yearsNevermind, my stupid head missed the "Enable Journaling" button in Disk Utility. Problem solved!
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