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APFS Container Resize error code is 49153


I'm trying to resize my Mac Partition, however I always get this error:

APFS Container Resize error code is 49153 Error: -69606: A problem occurred while resizing APFS Container structures

using the Disk Utility app or terminal with the command diskutil:

sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk0s2 400g jhfs+ Windows 100g

the result is the same. I noticed that if I create a partition < 1gb with disk utility, it does the job, how is this possible?


Solution

  • If you have Time Machine enabled, it might be making snapshots that prevent you from resizing the APFS container. You can list them with

    tmutil listlocalsnapshots /

    and delete them with tmutil deletelocalsnapshots or you can delete all of them with

    tmutil thinlocalsnapshots / 9999999999999999