I like having two partitions in Mac OS X: one for the operating system and Applications, another for my user data. Since my user data is changing constantly -- and my system far less so -- this avoids lots of needless fragmentation and clutter during long periods of extended use.

However, using BootCamp with this setup proved a challenge. The utility that comes from Apple for installing BootCamp will only let you have two partitions total: one for BootCamp, and one for OS X. But after a little bit of playing around with Disk Utility, I discovered a set of steps that will allow you to have as many partitions as you like in addition to BootCamp. Read More...

Tags: BootCamp