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  • Can you install bootcamp on an APFS drive?

    From Robert Peirce@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 18 18:50:29 2017
    I used to have bootcamp running under a previous release of OS X but I
    deleted it. Now I need to install it again but my MBP was converted to
    APFS when I upgraded to 10.13.2. Now I get an error message when boot
    camp assistant tries to partition the drive. It says I need to run
    diskutil repair on it. I do that but it doesn't help.

    The last time I installed bootcamp I was surprised at how easy it was.
    Now I don't know what to do.

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  • From David Empson@21:1/5 to Robert Peirce on Wed Dec 20 12:20:43 2017
    Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> wrote:

    I used to have bootcamp running under a previous release of OS X but I deleted it. Now I need to install it again but my MBP was converted to
    APFS when I upgraded to 10.13.2. Now I get an error message when boot
    camp assistant tries to partition the drive. It says I need to run
    diskutil repair on it. I do that but it doesn't help.

    The last time I installed bootcamp I was surprised at how easy it was.
    Now I don't know what to do.

    A Google search pointed to this discussion which may explain the problem
    and provide a solution:

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8086777

    In brief, Boot Camp Assistant and Disk Utility can't repartition a drive
    with APFS because previously created APFS snapshots are blocking the
    resizing of the partition and its APFS container.

    The workaround is to disable Time Machine backups, and possibly need to manually delete the local snapshots in Terminal.

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    David Empson
    dempson@actrix.gen.nz

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  • From Robert Peirce@21:1/5 to David Empson on Sat Dec 23 11:34:16 2017
    On 12/19/17 6:20 PM, David Empson wrote:
    A Google search pointed to this discussion which may explain the problem
    and provide a solution:

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8086777

    In brief, Boot Camp Assistant and Disk Utility can't repartition a drive
    with APFS because previously created APFS snapshots are blocking the
    resizing of the partition and its APFS container.

    The workaround is to disable Time Machine backups, and possibly need to manually delete the local snapshots in Terminal.


    I had given up on this so I neglected to follow the conversation.

    Anyhow, I did track this down and was able to get Boot Camp Assistant to partition the drive and begin the installation. Unfortunately, that
    failed. I removed the partition and started over. Again, the
    installation failed. At that point I had already ordered a gaming PC
    for Christmas so I said the hell with it!

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