HT201210 Restore me when I'm trying to fill his next character . The disk you are attempting to use is full If I have 20 GB of memory.

Restore me when I'm trying to fill his next character
. The disk you are attempting to use is full
If I have 20 GB of memory.
thank you.

Hi and welcome to Apple Discussions.
Irrespective of your iTunes downloads you are going to run into serious problems with only 1GB of free space. The general recommendation on these forums is that one should have 10% free space as a minimum or 15% as an ideal.
Having as little as 1GB could result in system corruption or, at worst, HD damage. I recommend that you free up some space as a matter of urgency.
If you would like any guidance on what is safe to remove post back but a good starter, often neglected, is to empty your Trash.
Good luck,
Adrian

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