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How do I create multiple partitions on a USB Mac?
Just select the “Partition” button in Disk Utility, click on the Add (+) button and follow the instructions. After the drive is partitioned, an icon for each volume (newly created partition) appears in both the Disk Utility sidebar and the Finder sidebar.
Can I make partitions in USB?
You can also create several partitions on a USB flash drive using the DiskPart CLI tool. In this example, we will create two partitions: the first partition with the FAT32 file system, and the second with NTFS (you cannot create the first partition with FAT32 from the GUI of the Disk Management console).
Can a Yosemite install drive be booted into snow leopard?
As mentioned above, the createinstallmedia tool works only in Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, or Yosemite—you can’t create an installer drive this way while booted into Snow Leopard. If you need to create a Yosemite beta install drive while booted into Snow Leopard, you should use the Disk Utility instructions, below.
Do you need a disc to install Mavericks?
Mavericks (OS X 10.9) doesn’t ship on a disc. Instead, it’s available only as an installer app downloadable from the Mac App Store, and that installer doesn’t require a bootable installation disc. But there are a good number of reasons you might want a bootable Mavericks installer on an external hard drive or a thumb drive (USB stick).
How to make a bootable OS X Yosemite install drive?
Connect to your Mac the properly formatted hard drive or flash drive you want to use for your bootable Yosemite installer. In Disk Utility, find this destination drive in the left sidebar. You may see a couple partitions under the drive: one named EFI and another with the name you see for the drive in the Finder.
Is it possible to create multiple partitions on a USB drive?
For example, if you have to work with a USB flash drive coded with FAT32, there is only 32GB of space you can use and if the storage is large, it can be literally wasteful. The ability to create multiple partitions on USB flash drive Windows 7, 8, 10 lets you take advantage of the entire device space.