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iPartition makes it easy to create, destroy, resize or format partitions on your hard disks, whether internal, external, fixed or removable.
With iPartition, resizing a partition is as simple as selecting it, grabbing the resize handle and dragging. Not only that, but if you have several operations to perform, iPartition lets you queue them up and run them one after another, so you can have a cup of coffee whilst iPartition works. This feature, coupled with iPartition’s ability to automatically rearrange your existing partitions when asked to expand a partition, makes iPartition the easiest disk partitioning tool that you’ll ever use.
Nor does iPartition’s ease-of-use come at the expense of power users; iPartition’s Partition Map window, coupled with the Inspector, provides total flexibility, even allowing users to edit flags in the partition table, edit the partition type directly, or move or resize partitions accurately anywhere on the disk.
Version 3.1:
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when attaching or detaching disks.
- Fixed an issue with moving a partition manually when an earlier queued
operation was to create a different partition.
- Prevent iPartition from recognising a disk with a FAT file system but no
partition map as having an MBR partition map.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to run a repair operation
on a PowerPC machine on a disk with a GUID partition scheme.
- Fixed a problem with resizing a partition after you have just created
it (but before committing).
- Now has the ability to “expand” GUID partition maps, or rather,
reclaim space inadvertently marked as inaccessible (by a third
party utility).
- iPartition will no longer list fseventsd as
a process using a volume when it is unable to unmount.
- iPartition will now correctly display the number of free clusters for
FAT volumes over a certain size.
- The workaround for Leopard's AHCI driver bug is now disabled when running from 10.5.3 or later.
- Application is now signed. See Wikipedia for what this is.
- iPartition now uses American spelling of “Organization”.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when changing the partition type and
trying to format.
- iPartition will no longer hang when using assistive applications (or
applications that use the same accessibility APIs such as
RapidoWrite).
- iPartition will no longer hang when it encounters an
unusual boot.ini file on a Windows volume.
- iPartition will no longer write an invalid MBR on a GUID partition
scheme when it encounters a partition that starts beyond 2 TB.
- Fixed some small memory leaks.
- Fixed a hang that could occur after committing operations when the
network connection had been lost.
- Fixed a display issue where warnings would incorrectly remain after
committing operations.
- iPartition can now format NTFS partitions.
- iPartition will no longer allow resizing partitions marked with a
fault tolerant type (they are not supported).
- iPartition will now update the partition type if the partition is
formatted as FAT16.
- Fixed a problem with resizing partitions after formatting them.
- If you try and resize and format a partition, iPartition will
now perform a destructive resize (saving time).
- The option to format a legacy HFS file system is now disabled for
partitions larger than the limit (256 GB).
- Fixed the licensing code to work on machines that do not have a
proper serial number.
- Added a check for an HFS inconsistency that Apple's tools do
not detect and caused iPartition to crash upon encountering it.
- Fixed a crash/hang that could occur when iPartition encountered a
volume formatted on an older version of Windows (pre XP).
- Improved NTFS integrity checking.
- Fixed a crash that could occur with volume names ending in certain
special characters.
- Fixed a hang that could occur when encountering a disk access error
(e.g. a bad block).
- iPartition will no longer format some FAT volumes with an incorrect
number of clusters.
- iPartition now chooses a FAT cluster size in a similar way to what
Windows would. This should help avoid problems that OS X has with
FAT volumes with a very large number of clusters.
iDefrag Lite changes from 3.0.1:
- Improved speed of Compact algorithm for some rare circumstances.
- After checking a volume for errors, iDefrag Lite will no longer mount
a volume that wasn't mounted before commencing the check.
- Application is now signed. See Wikipedia for what this is.
- Improved appearance and behaviour of lock button.
- Fixed some minor user interface transgressions.
- The workaround for Leopard's AHCI driver bug is now disabled when running from 10.5.3 or later.
- Fixed a problem where the algorithm or class-set drop-down boxes on the toolbar would be incorrectly disabled after defragmenting.
- Fixed an interaction problem with SMART monitoring utilities (such as the iStat applications and widgets); iDefrag Lite will no longer report that SMART monitoring is not possible when running those applications.
Version 3.0.1:
- Fixed a bug where iPartition would crash if it encountered
Windows configuration pointing to a non-existent Windows partition.
- Fixed a layout problem with partition type field in the Inspector.
- Added a workaround for a bug in Leopard's AHCI block storage driver.
- Fixed a problem preventing the use of the arrow keys to manipulate the
pie chart.
- Fixed some issues with using "Other" partition types.
- Fixed some minor issues when running from a CD/DVD.
- Fixed an issue when adding a third partition to a BootCamp
installation that has Windows XP.
- Added recovery support for when moving partitions manually.
- A few minor improvements to the bug report feature when
running on Leopard.
- Fixed a problem with licensing that can occur on some machines.
- Fixed a problem with resizing FAT volumes that have zero length
files.
iDefrag Lite 3.0.1:
- Added a workaround for a bug in Leopard's AHCI block storage driver.
- Fixed a bug in the Compact algorithm where it would finish early if
the "Compact as much as possible" option is not set.
- A few minor improvements to the bug report feature when
running on Leopard.
- Fixed a bug where it would allow you to change an algorithm using the
menu whilst defragmenting.
- Fixed a problem with licensing that can occur on some machines.
Version 3.0.0:
- Resize FAT and NTFS partitions keeping data intact.
- Works with Apple, GUID and MBR partition schemes with the ability to convert between the schemes.
- Adjust size of Boot Camp partitions.
- Automatically compacts partitions as needed.
Mac OS X 10.3.7 or later (including Leopard)
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| iPartition User Reviews (28 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Sep 24 2008 |
BACKPACKER Just from a marketing viewpoint, maybe it would be better to demo the latest products. If a car-salesman asked me to sit in an '08 model to get a feel of the '09 auto, I'd wouldn't be too thrilled. Also, why are the Coriolis products found at http://www.netjapan.co.jp different in version/build numbers ?
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 | Sep 19 2008 |
LEE123 This product rocks and is worth the money. If you need or want to play with re-partitioning or need to move some things around for a RAID or whatever then this is the software for you. The Demo is fair for everyone. You do not need any more functionality to "experience" this program.
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| Aug 5 2008 |
FISHNCHIPS It does what it says on the tin! I don't really understand why people are surprised that the demo doesn't actually commit changes. If it did, the developers would never make any money! It could be cheaper but it was worth the money for me.
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| Jul 2 2008 |
RONIN_1 What a terrible company! They have a "demo" download that is not functional in any way. How deceptive can they be? Just wait for them to try more such tricks. Why bother to annoy a potential customer with a total piece of trash? I emailed their support with a few questions about whether it actually worked or not and got a very snide response "If it worked you wouldn't need to buy it." Guess what, that is not a demo at all. If they are this dishonest about the demo, just what other dishonesty do they engage about the product's capability. I put one star as the rating because there was no choice for ZERO. Don't subsidize bad people.
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 | Jul 7 2008 |
ALASTAIR (CORIOLIS SYSTEMS) I'm sorry to hear that you don't like the demo, but it should be obvious to everyone that we can't give away our product and that the kind of demo restrictions people sometimes suggest (like a 30 day time limit) amount to doing just that in the case of disk utility software. We think the demo is useful because it still lets you see what the software can do; it just doesn't let you repartition your disk. I'll also add that I think it's extremely unfair of you to give the product a low rating on the basis of what you've written. But I imagine that most people are intelligent enough to figure out for themselves that you're being unreasonable.
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| Jul 7 2008 |
RONIN_1 You intentionally waste a prospective customer's time with a piece of downloaded "software" that does not do anything. You give smartass answers to email inquiries and wonder why people do not like it or you or your product. People have been "burned" by far too many products that do not work when purchased to put up with the likes of you. You earned this rating!
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| Jul 7 2008 |
ALASTAIR (CORIOLIS SYSTEMS) Your reply really only reinforces what I said about you being unreasonable. As for "smartass replies to e-mail enquiries", if you have a specific instance in mind, by all means contact us and we'll take a look at it. It's very unlikely that the e-mail you received was intended to come across that way.
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| Jul 7 2008 |
RONIN_1 Each response you make provides further confirmation of my original evaluation.
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| May 6 2008 |
CHRIS FAM can I merge all or some partitions into 1 that has data inside? I am in this case that all my backup data are on the large external FireWire drive, I can't move the data to my small internal drive, thanks!
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| Jul 7 2008 |
ALASTAIR (CORIOLIS SYSTEMS) This isn't a support forum, so your questions are best directed to us by e-mail, but no you cannot merge partitions at present. It's quite a commonly requested feature, but it's a non-trivial problem to implement for various reasons so I don't think you can expect this any time soon.
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| Jan 29 2008 |
ALASTAIR (CORIOLIS SYSTEMS) Just to make this clear on the main page, it is not true that you can "just use Disk Utility" (or, for that matter, the command line "diskutil" tool). Disk Utility's support for resizing partitions is extremely limited, and as such is only useful in simple cases, where there is no need to move a partition from its current location on the disk, and the partitions you are resizing must be using journaled HFS+ (unlike iPartition, which can resize any sort of HFS+, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS, and which can move partitions when necessary). iPartition is a much more comprehensive partitioning tool than that provided in Disk Utility. If Disk Utility does everything you need, by all means use it, but please realise that iPartition can do quite a lot more as well.
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| Jan 24 2008 |
JOEL.SCHMIDT If you are using Leopard (10.5 or 10.5.1), you can just use Disk Utilities' built in nondestructive partitioner instead.
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| Jan 29 2008 |
ALASTAIR (CORIOLIS SYSTEMS) Actually that is not true. Disk Utility's support for repartitioning is very limited; it allows you to resize partitions, but it won't let you move them around, which essentially means that it's only good for simple cases. Also, iPartition supports resizing FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS partitions, including those with Windows on them (e.g. for users of Boot Camp). It can even update the necessary parts of Windows to keep Windows booting after repartitioning, which (it turns out) is very tricky; it's much more than just updating BOOT.INI, and even doing that is beyond a lot of people. iPartition has plenty of other features that aren't in Disk Utility also.
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| Nov 4 2007 |
ANTI ROOT Sorry to hear that some have had bad experiences. This worked great for me. The boot disk supplied was great and the program did what it said. | |
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| Sep 12 2006 |
GRAHAMC I just bought this product in order to shrink my Mac OS X partition and install Linux on my machine. I must say that I was a bit frightened by the less-than-stellar reviews on this page, but the product worked quite well. Using the boot disc, I was able to compact my partition in iPartition (as the Help file warns, this can be quite slow if performed from a CD) and then successfully shrink it, all in a few clicks and keystrokes. Everything appeared to be pretty self-explanatory to me (though I did check help to make sure). All in all, this is a great product and certainly a great value--if you check around, you will find that not only is this perhaps the cheapest of its type, but also that many similar tools run about $15-$50 more.
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| Jul 6 2006 |
ERRORR Just how is its compatible with "Boot camp" as mentioned here? Couldn't find more information even at the web site. Can I perhaps partition my hard disk into multiple partitions and still able to install "Boot camp"? Or that I can partition an external drive in GUID and install bootcamp on it? Or is it as compatible as "Disk Copy" in that it is compatible as long as I only have one partition on my internal harddisk? I would like to achieve the first two.
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| Jul 26 2006 |
CHRIS SUTER It's compatible in so far that it can manipulate partition tables that boot camp has set-up (except that it cannot resize NTFS or FAT filesystems yet). It should also be possible to partition your disk as required in order that you can install Windows i.e. skipping the Boot Camp process. For further information, please contact us.
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