when partitioning my mac it has double the space it should have

blurbnerd wrote:

My computer has one tb i was trying to use BootCamp and it didn't work and I try to remove the free space partition and this happens

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/02b6d14d-1e0b-4016-a520-cda99251895f

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/95525810-f217-480c-a27a-87a9555ab060

Yes this can be an issue....

You can start over—erasing/formatting/initializing the 'parent' Drive from Disk Utility>View>Show All Devices

Reinstall on the macOS, restore your user data from backup.

Erase and reinstall macOS - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/erase-and-reinstall-macos-mh27903/mac

How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

blurbnerd wrote:

i don't have a backup drive

?

This is a great time to get one.

If you value your user data do not wait for a catastrophic failure of some sort to get the backup religion

3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.

— How to create a boot clone  https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10081

—Back up your Mac with Time Machine: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250

—paid cloud based back ups are an option (iCloud is more of a sync service compared to data recovery)