Depending on your requirements there is a second method to quickly resize and add a second volume: resize the CoreStorage Volume (instead of the whole group) and add a second CoreStorage Volume inside the existing CoreStorage Volume Group. This procedure doesn't change the partition map (in contrast with the procedure in [my other answer][1] here). **Preparation:** - Backup your data. - Detach any external drive (especially your external Time Machine backup drive) except your external boot drive. - Boot from your external drive or a bootable installer thumb drive (Mavericks or Yosemite)/a thumb drive containing a full system (Mavericks or Yosemite). or Restart to Internet Recovery Mode by pressing <kbd>alt</kbd> <kbd>cmd</kbd> <kbd>R</kbd> at startup. The prerequisites are the latest firmware update installed, either ethernet or WLAN (WPA/WPA2) and a router with DHCP activated. On a 50 Mbps-line it takes about 4 min (presenting a small animated globe) to boot to a recovery netboot image which usually is loaded from an apple/akamai server. I recommend ethernet because it's more reliable. If you are restricted to WIFI and the boot process fails, just restart your Mac until you succeed booting. **Modify CoreStorage stack:** - Open Disk Utility and check your disks for errors. Repair them and quit Disk Utility. - Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal First you should get an overview of your disks and the partition layout: - Enter `diskutil list`: Example listing: /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS Fenchurch 80.0 GB disk0s2 3: Apple_HFS BxxxxxData 70.0 GB disk0s3 4: Apple_CoreStorage 349.0 GB disk0s4 5: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s5 /dev/disk1 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *100.1 GB disk1 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1 2: Apple_HFS BlinkenDonx 99.9 GB disk1s2 /dev/disk2 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: Apple_HFS YoodenVranx *348.6 GB disk2 Logical Volume on disk0s4 with disk0: your internal disk, disk1: a fictional external boot drive with 100 GB containing your boot volume (BlinkenDonx) and disk2: your CoreStorage Volume Group YoodenVranx residing in disk0s4. - Enter `diskutil cs list` Example listing: CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found) | +-- Logical Volume Group A629E051-D7B0-4B8C-A803-074F62704636 ========================================================= Name: YoodenVranx Status: Online Size: 349046696192 B (349.0 GB) Free Space: 16777216 B (16.8 MB) | +-< Physical Volume 90C09FC0-4215-4871-901B-70E2C9C7D464 | ---------------------------------------------------- | Index: 0 | Disk: disk0s2 | Status: Online | Size: 349046696192 B (349.0 GB) | +-> Logical Volume Family F6962E38-50E4-4458-BFE6-CF2E179352F5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Encryption Status: Unlocked Encryption Type: None Conversion Status: NoConversion Conversion Direction: -none- Has Encrypted Extents: No Fully Secure: No Passphrase Required: No | +-> Logical Volume BD36C73D-860D-4DC6-B125-AD624F448B88 --------------------------------------------------- Disk: disk2 Status: Online Size (Total): 348696696192 B (348.6 GB) Conversion Progress: -none- Revertible: Yes (no decryption required) LV Name: YoodenVranx Volume Name: YoodenVranx Content Hint: Apple_HFS - Now shrink the existing CoreStorage Volume with: diskutil cs resizeVolume LVUUID size with LVUUID: UUID of the existing Logical Volume. Example: diskutil cs resizeVolume BD36C73D-860D-4DC6-B125-AD624F448B88 279500m - Add a new Logical Volume in the existing CoreStorage Volume Group with: diskutil cs createVolume LVGUUID type name size with LVGUUID: UUID of the existing Logical Volume Group, type: file system, size: percentage or size. Examples: diskutil cs createVolume A629E051-D7B0-4B8C-A803-074F62704636 jhfs+ ElCapitan 100% All the available free space in the CoreStorage Volume Group will be allocated to the new Logical Volume. diskutil cs createVolume A629E051-D7B0-4B8C-A803-074F62704636 jhfs+ ElCapitan 50000m 50,000 MB (50 GB) of the available free space in the CoreStorage Volume Group will be allocated to the new Logical Volume. - Enter exit and quit Terminal. - Open Disk Utility and check your shrunk and the new CoreStorage volume for errors. - Quit Disk Utility. - Reboot to your main volume. [1]: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/209176/93229