Delete swap partition

Question

I made a swap partition to install Ubuntu on my MacBook Air 2011, but now I want to clean all the partitions up. However, I can't delete the "swap partition" in Disk Utility. Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

You should be able to use a tool, such as a GParted Live CD, to delete the swap file partition and resize the OS X partition afterwards.

Per this Apple discussion forum that covered this topic:

I believe that you can do it with a Live GParted CD.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Boot with the Live CD in the drive and delete the swap partition. You may even be able to resize the OS X partition with GParted afterwards.

Alternately, back up all of your data and applications and wipe/repartition the main drive and install OS X from scratch. Takes a bit longer, but will give you a fresh OS X installation.