How to Increase Bootcamp space

[NoelmaMH]

DISK UTILITY QUERY:

How do I increase Bootcamp space on a 2012 Macbook Pro please, -without corrupting my data on the Bootcamp partition?

Macbook Pro (Mid 2012)
MacOS Catalina v 10.15.7

Mackintosh HD unused space has APFS 533.07GB of 684.65GB
Bootcamp unused space has NTFS 1.02GB of 66.42GB
Bootcamp is on the extreme right of the Internal disk

I use Birders Diary V 6.0 B34 - Only found on my Windows (7). No Mac version is available
How can I increase the NTFS space to another 100GB for Bootcamp, leaving 433GB for the Ventura 10.15.7 APFS side.
Don't worry, I am not abandoning Apple. I have a 2022 M1 Macbook Pro and have to wait until Parallels is available, and Windows cost is suitable for just one app.Until then, I can use the 2012 Mac just for Birders Diary and a little bit MAC work.

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[MacsBug]

There are several ways to do this.

The easisest is to use an app called CampTune by Paragon Software (https://www.paragon-software.com/home/camptune/). I have had success and issues with this. On 1 computer with windows 7 on the boot camp partition I was unable to boot after the resize.

The way that I do this now and the preferred way in my opinion is to use an app called WinClone (https://twocanoes.com/products/mac/winclone/). Use Winclone to backup the windows partition. Then using the Boot Camp Assistant remove the Windows partition, then create a new partition the size that you want. Then use Winclone to restore Windows from your Backup.