Can't resize partition after upgrading to Yosemite (using SSD drive)

I upgraded to 10.10 and using SSD drive now. When I was using OS X 10.8.5, I could freely resize partition but not anymore. I guess because of the SSD drive and the new version of OS X, and Logical Volume Group could be involved. I don't want to waste 80 GB of SSD drive so really looking for a solution now. Thanks in advance.

Yes, that's exactly what I did. I had to go back to my old snow leopard install DVD, use the disk utility on that to repartition the drive. I made 2 partitions, installed Snow Leopard on one, used that to install Yosemite on the other partition and trashed the snow leopard install.
I haven't yet tried the Yosemite USB install method which would have probably been faster as I could have avoided installing SL.

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I had this exact same issue, and I was just able to fix it (at least for now). I'm not an expert by any means, so I can't tell you why my solution worked, but if you follow it and it helps, then great.
First, you'll have to restart your computer and open in Safe Mode. Restart the computer and as soon as you hear the startup noise, press and hold the Shift key. Release it when you see the Apple icon. It will take a little longer to start up.
Then download and install the free software called OnyX.
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Finally, under the Cleaning tab, I clicked on System and executed everything except "CUPS jobs".
I then restarted my computer like it suggested (without opening Safe Mode) and everything was back to normal!
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I have a MacBook Air, with 4gb, and 2.3 gHz. After I upgraded to Yosemite Netflix stopped working. It gives me an error saying that the "external monitor" is not HD compliant. Have anyone encountered this problem? Have you found a solution?
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I upgraded to yosemite and now get a message when i try to open my mail, that my mail is damaged?

Do a backup.
Quit Mail.
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I upgraded my Mac to Yosemite. I am using Photoshop CS6 and Wacom Intuos 4.
Now keyboard shortcuts are buggy or don't work at all. For example brush sizes almost never changes using the right and left bracket keys. Zoom (Z Key) won't work unless I tap on the window once or twice when another tool is selected. A lot of times I have to tap the window once or twice to get shortcuts to work like S-save or W- close window.
Anyone know if this is a Yosemite/Photoshop issue or a Yosemite/Intuos issue? I tossed my Photoshop Prefs and that didn't fix the issue. Any other suggestions?
On a side note after the upgrade to Yosemite I lost my Intuos preference panel in System Preferences and cannot access or change Pen prefs anymore.
Thxs in advance.
Edit: Found the answer in another post.
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1629891
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-menus-turn-white-mac.html

The provided links above take care of the keyboard shortcut issues. As far as Wacom missing prefs this is the information I received from tech support. I haven't actually tried this yet. I don't want to wipe out my current prefs unless I need to change something.
Thank you for contacting Wacom Customer Care. We would need to perform a clean driver install on your computer. Please make sure that you are uninstalling the previous driver in your computer prior to reinstalling a new driver as this would create corrupted driver files.
Also, please unplug the tablet from the computer before starting these instructions. Please follow these steps:
Open your Applications folder and locate any Tablet or Wacom Tablet folders you have Use the Utility in each of these folders and click ‘Remove’ under ‘Tablet Software’
Once the software is removed, restart the computer
Once this is complete, download and install the latest 6.3.10 driver from:
http://cdn.wacom.com/u/productsupport/drivers/mac/professional/WacomTablet_6.3.10w2.dmg
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A extensive report already written is in the Ubuntu stacks as
Dual boot Linux and Yosemite
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wherein it explains that Yosemite is using a new LVM bootup from within the Recovery Partitions 10.10.
This messes up REFIT/REFIND tools which have previously installed Partition 1.S
See my current Table below , wherein << are my comments
Current GPT partition table:
#      Start LBA      End LBA Type
1             40       409639 EFI System (FAT)    << old preferred site for REFIT/REFIND tools
2         409640    154061023 Mac OS X HFS+ << main Mac partition
3      154061024    155330559 Mac OS X Boot << Recovery 10.10 , installed by Yosemite update, used to start MAC boot. BUT is not shown by Disk Utility, to prevent its naive deletion which would kill the MAC boot.
4      155330560    156598271 Mac OS X HFS+ << old Recovery 10.9, simply retained
5      157869786    228772129 Unknown << My Ubuntu partition
6      228772130    236765969 Linux Swap << which was shortened by 200 MB to make room for 7)
7      236765970    236974814 Mac OS X HFS+ << installation site of REFIND. Though 4) could have been used, there is a possibility that Apple might have future plans for this small 4) partition.
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sudo ./install.sh --alldrivers --ownhfs /dev/disk0s7
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grub> ls
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grub> ls (hd0,gpt5)/
Output of
grub > ls (hd0,gpt5)/boot/grub/
should include a grub.cfg file. Then you can boot as usual with
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b) Alternatively boot with the Ubuntu install disk, and choose the Demo option
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$ sudo su
# gparted
Using GPARTED, unmount if necessary any terminal SWAP partition, such as my 6) above
Then shrink the SWAP partition end by a trivial 200 MB,
Create a HFS+ partition in like my 7) for a coming REFIND installation
Note, that a file /etc/fstab contains a SWAP partition specification, which should be edited for automated SWAP start.
# sudo blkid /dev/sda7
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Then SHIFT-CONTROL-C will copy it into memory.   Start an edit with:
$ sudo nano /etc/fstab
delete the old swap uuid, and paste in the replacement with
SHIFT-CONTROl-V
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$ sudo swapon -a
Check with:
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http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/contact/

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I would recommend taking a look at the troubleshooting steps for Time Machine backup issues found in the article below.
Time Machine: Troubleshooting backup issues
-Griff W.

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my macbook is running very slowly after upgrading to yosemite.
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Report generated 12 November 2014 1:44:14 pm SGT
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MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
MacBook - model: MacBook7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
2 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 3:23:3
Disk Information: ℹ️
TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF disk0 : (250.06 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.20 GB (25.42 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information: ℹ️
Western Digital My Passport 0748 1 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
tansey (disk1s2) /Volumes/tansey : 999.83 GB (951.98 GB free)
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/hosts - Count: 15
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMControl (3.0.13) Support
[not loaded] com.NovatelWireless.driver.NovatelWirelessUSBCDCECMData (3.0.13) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBCDCACMData (1.3.8) Support
[not loaded] com.ZTE.driver.ZTEUSBMassStorageFilter (1.3.8) Support
[not loaded] com.novamedia.driver.IceraUSB_MSD_Bypass (1.3.0) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3G (3.0.13) Support
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.DisableAutoInstall (3.0.13) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.Option72 (2.15.0) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionHS (3.26.0) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.21.0) Support
[not loaded] com.option.driver.OptionQC (1.11.0) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.39) Support
[not loaded] com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverVSP (0.0.45) Support
[not loaded] com.vodafone.driver (3.0.9) Support
[not loaded] com.zte.driver.cdc_ecm_qmi (1.0.1) Support
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[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMSamsung (0.0.2) Support
[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMSmartplugSCSIDevice (1.0.1) Support
[not loaded] de.novamedia.oem.vodafone.vtp.huawei.cdc (0.0.2) Support
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/System/Library/Extensions/NMSamsungDriver_106.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] de.novamedia.driver.NMUSBCDCACMData (3.2.12) Support
/System/Library/Extensions/NovatelWireless3G.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.novatelwireless.driver.3GData (3.0.13) Support
/System/Library/Extensions/Vodafone.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.vodafone.driver.Data (3.0.9) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
HWPortDetect: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect
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[failed] com.apple.accountsd.plist
[failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist
[failed] com.apple.bird.plist
[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.CallHistorySyncHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.cloudd.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.uiagent.plist
[failed] com.apple.EscrowSecurityAlert.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
[failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent.plist
[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
[failed] com.apple.pluginkit.pkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.recentsd.plist
[failed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
[failed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist
[failed] com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.awdd.plist
[failed] com.apple.cache_delete.plist
[failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist
[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.diagnosticd.plist
[failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesagent.plist
[failed] com.apple.iconservices.iconservicesd.plist
[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[failed] com.apple.installd.plist
[failed] com.apple.MobileFileIntegrity.plist
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.nsurlsessiond.plist
[failed] com.apple.sandboxd.plist
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist
[failed] com.apple.spindump.plist
[failed] com.apple.sysmond.plist
[failed] com.apple.tccd.system.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist
[running] de.novamedia.nmnetmgrd.plist Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[failed] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver.plist Support
[invalid?] SwapperUFi.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[loaded] com.cloudpath.maccmd.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[invalid?] PPPMonitord.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[invalid?] com.akamai.client.plist Support
[invalid?] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist Support
[failed] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
SurplusMeterAgent UNKNOWN (missing value)
Google Chrome ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)
HP Scheduler Application (/Library/Application Support/Hewlett-Packard/Software Update/HP Scheduler.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.6 Support
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.223
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.12 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
OctoshapeWeb: Version: 1.0 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
DivX Support
Flash Player Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 249.20 GB Disk used: 223.78 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine Backups [Local]
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: 0
Oldest backup: -
Last backup: -
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 223.78 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      15% WindowServer
      1% Dropbox
      0% AppleSpell
      0% Skype
      0% imagent
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
60 MB Google Chrome
56 MB JavaApplicationStub
47 MB Skype
45 MB Finder
45 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
60 MB Free RAM
443 MB Active RAM
398 MB Inactive RAM
349 MB Wired RAM
16.91 GB Page-ins
633 MB Page-outs

I advise to reply to the one you want to reply to.
You have had good information here. I will not repeat that here.
I would like to add:
you have incompatible software: start in SafeMode, read Woodmeister and see if it is free of issues.
Akamai is crap software needed or not, Huawei the same.
It is very possible that the keygenerator you used for generating a key for some softwares has infected your mac.
The non-regular software with the false key(s) are not compatible probably or generate malware. Luckily you can not update them automatically because the keygenerator blocked the software for contacting the developer... I propose to consider getting rid of those softwares by really good uninstalling.
You have a beautiful mac, don't degenerate it with crapped software. There are alternatives for expensive software, for example Adobe Photoshop has a free alternative (with a less beautiful interface) in GIMP. And so on.
Lex

After upgrading to Yosemite I have lost iPhoto. It has a cross through it in Finder, but I clicked on it and I was directed to download the latest version from the App store, but it is not available in the Australian store. Can anyone help?

After upgrading to Yosemite I have lost iPhoto. It has a cross through it in Finder, but I clicked on it and I was directed to download the latest version from the App store, but it is not available in the Australian store. Can anyone please help? I am not an advanced user and I would like my photos back, having had no idea I would lose iPhoto in the upgrade!

Thanks petermac87...but for some reason, the only purchases showing are OS. So assuming iPhoto is in Mountain Lion, I was hoping to look under Hidden Items there as you suggested, but there is no option for that. Only option is to download Mountain Lion again, not iPhoto specifically. Any ideas welcome!

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