60 GB Hard Drive too small?

I recently purchased a Intel Mac Mini and after copying my files and music I only have 13GB left. I didn't upgrade because that size has sufficed in the past. I have 15GB of music in ITunes and about 1GB of other files and then the apps which I have no idea. Any ideas on how to free some space other than getting rid of the music. I figured I would have about 30GB left????
Thank you!

Possibly consider getting rid of some of the iLife applications (or other apps) you know you won't be using? I got rid of things like iWork and Quicken, since I mainly use art programs, and it freed up a few GB. You'll have these programs on your installer discs if you need them at some point.
Also, instead of getting a new hard drive for your Mini, just get an external USB drive. An inexpensive 60GB bumps you up to 120 available space. And don't underestimate backing up files you're not working on to CD - I have a lot of large Photoshop files in my CD archive that would really eat up hard drive space if I kept them there.

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Set your iPod to manually update songs and playlists (Preferences>iPod).
You can now add music to the iPod and delete it from your library.
Although there exist utilities to copy the files from iPod to computer again, I wouldn't recommend to use it as a backup medium.
It may get stuck, requiring a restore (loosing all contents), it could get lost, broken, stolen etc.
If your music is precious to you back it up on an external HD, CD or DVD.
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MacBook Air Hard Drive too small - can I run applications from an external drive or is there a better solution?

I just got a MacBook Air 11" 10.7.2 2GB/64GB. I love it, but the internal drive is sooo small. Occasionally I need to take projects home from work or travel with my computer. Is there any way to run apps (Final Cut Studio, CS5, Office 10, etc) from an external drive? I am trying to convert over from my Macbook Pro (running Snow Leopard) and I can't seem to find a solution.
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Samantha,
It's best to keep your applications on the internal drive and consider external storeage for your data.
Your choices are direct attached storeage to the USB port (external portable USB drives), storeage on your home or work network, or cloud-based storeage, like DropBox.
You can also look at slimming down your OSX installation on your MBA by removing unwanted fonts and printer drivers.
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I want to know about time machine if i can use the hard drive that i use for time machine back up as a normal hard drive too or if it's only for time machine

I want to know about time machine if i can use the hard drive that i use for time machine back up as a normal hard drive too or if it's only for time machine
and if it yes i want to know if i have 1TB hard disk to use the 500gb for time machine and the other 500gb for normal use

thank you very much because i am considering to buy the porsche design hard disk 1TB and i want to have it for normal use and for time machine is a pitty to give 1TB for back up only again thanks and i know seperate the back and the working jobs are better but the i have to have 2 hardisks and i want only 1

"Hard drive is smaller than the one originally installed"

Hi,
Recently, a coworker installed several viruses on his 9300 elite running Windows 7 x32. After trying several things and not being able to get rid of them, I ordered the recovery disks from HP. I ran the disks, and everything appeared to work fine until the recovery finished. The PC would restart, act like it was booting into windows (windows splash screen), then go to an HP screen that would say "HP is initializing software install" or something along those lines. It would sit for a minute then give me the error "an unrecoverable error has occurred. please contact system administrator. press enter to reboot".
I thought it might be a problem with the disks, so I ordered replacement disks. Now, as soon as I put in the supplemental disk and click "next", I get the error "hard drive is smaller than one originally installed". No hard drive has ever been replaced on the PC that I know of. I'm not sure how to fix this.

I just got this same message--did you ever get this resolved?

Hard drive is smaller error on factory reset

I just replaced the hard drive on an HP Pavilion s5610y slimline, and it appeared successful as it began installing Windows. I then got "the hard drive is smaller than one originally installed, cannot continue. I replaced a 640 GB grive with a 1TB. HELP?!

Hi,
Assuming this is just a problem with the recovery media, another option you could consider, as opposed to using Recovery Discs, is to create your own 'retail' Windows 7 installation disc.
Before trying the following, make sure you can still read the 25 Character Product Activation key on your Windows COA label ( 5 blocks of 5 alpha/numeric sets ).
An example of a COA Label can be seen Here.
You can create a Windows 7 installation disc yourself using another PC - just download the correct Disc Image ( this must be the same version that originally came with your PC which is listed as Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit ) from the link below and use an application such as ImgBurn ( Note: You may want to de-select the additional software offerings during the installation of ImgBurn ) to burn the ISO correctly to a blank DVD - a guide on using ImgBurn to write an ISO to a disc is Here. The Windows Image source is Digital River.
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit.
Use the disc to perform the installation, enter the Windows activation key found on the COA Label when requested and when the installation has completed, use the 'Phone Method' detailed in the link below to activate the OS - this method supported by Microsoft and is popular with people who just want a clean installation of Windows 7 without the additional software load normally bundled with OEM installations.
http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-windows-7-by-phone.aspx
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Does the time capsule act as an external hard drive too?

I haven't got the time capsule but I'm thinking about getting it but I want to know does it Work as an external hard drive too, so can you store things like music files and things on there and access them anytime?

It cannot be plugged in via usb.. only by ethernet.. so it is not really external hard disk.. it is network storage but not a NAS.. it is designed purely as a target for Time Machine backups.. primarily for laptops with wireless only connections.. eg MBA as they do not have ethernet.
As a place to store files the TC can be pressed into service but is really poor in having no automated method to back itself up.. and they do die which leaves them a sealed unit which Apple refuse to fix or open even to recover your data.
Buy a NAS from any of the major companies.. if you want Network storage..
Buy a USB drive from any of the major companies if you want something to plug into your computer for storage.
TC is neither.. arthur or martha.

I have a macbook pro with only 128gb of hard drive. I have lightroom installed and all my photos on an external hard drive. Can I store my lightroom library on the external hard drive too?

I have a macbook pro with only 128gb of hard drive. I have lightroom installed and all my photos on an external hard drive. Can I store my lightroom library on the external hard drive too?

Yes. Find the LR catalog file by looking in Edit/Catalog Settings/General. Close LR and navigate to that spot. The catalog file is the one that ends in .lrcat - move it to wherever you want. Next to the .lrcat file is a subfolder called Previews.lrdata. You can move that over as well, but if you don't LR will generate new previews. Double-click on the .lrcat file in its new home and LR will open with that catalog. Set Preferences to When Starting Up Use Most Recent Catalog.

Multiple USB hard drives - too much of a good thing?

How much throughput does USB on a late 2007 model Mini really have?
I ask because I have a USB audio interface and I'm thinking about buying a pair of USB hard drives too. Do I need to worry about trying to do too much through USB at once?

The problem with USB is that whilst it has a reasonably good theoretical 'speed' at 480Mbits/sec, the bus has no hardware controller dedicated to it, so the actual speed data can move is determined by how busy the system is doing other things. The 480Mbits/sec speed is thusly a burst value, not a sustainable one.
For the same reason, USB drives can be problematic if the intention is to continuously stream data (HD video for example) because while the drive(s) would likely be perfectly OK in moving files about (because the data can be moved at varying speed) for continuous data, USB can stall out.
Much will therefore depend on exactly what your drives are doing. Personally, I'd go for at least dual interface external drives containing both USB and firewire, and use the firewire option. Firewire has the advantage that it does have a hardware controller, so while it's 400MBits/sec speed is theoretically lower than USB2.0, it is a fully sustainable data rate, so for continuous streaming, more reliable.
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Using a 7200 RPM hard drive- too hot?

A question about hard drives and heat. I've read using a 7200 RPM HD in a fanless slot load iMac may be too hot. What has been people's experiences with this? Does anyone have suggestions of cooler running drives? I have a 60 GB 7200 RPM IBM Deskstar that was original equipment in the Digital Audio I had that I'd like to try in my iMac to replace the original 4400 RPM 20 GB drive.
Also, has anyone added any fans to the inside case of their slot loader?

Hey Steve,
Here's a discussion from:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6805878&#6805878
">Other forums say that "modern" 7200rpm drives do not get dangerously hot. How modern is 2002?
Well if it were me and wanting to save everything I could I would go ahead. When this came up before I suggested putting a wrapped copper heat sink around the drive. I would at least put a thermal pad between the drive and the mass store cage to maximize heat transfer. (this is what's done in the eMac) If you did that you'd probably want to do the same thing between the cage and the divider panel.
I would then monitor the drive temp and if I felt it was too high I would go to a wrapped heat sink.
still too high - mini fan scab power off the 12 V supply to the drive.
When this was brought up before I read a study that said that there was no correlation in drive temps and failure rates."
Also, has anyone added any fans to the inside case of their slot loader?
I did this. Mounted a 12V squirrel cage fan in my son's iMac 500. It was just below the upper vents. I scabbed power off the 12V from the hard drive.
It worked in there for about two years but I noticed it was kind of noisy even tho' that's the quietest type of fan.
Later I thought you could mount a more conventional type directly over the back of the HD mounting cage.
However in all these iMacs the most common point of failure is in the upper part of the iMac. ( The PAV board ) Most often this is due to heat buildup and involves the high voltage capacitors and flyback transformer. That was actually why I mounted that fan in the upper section.
Richard
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Copying data to time capsule from external hard drive too slow....

is there a way to make the transfer of data from a external hard drive that is plugged into the time capsule, transfer faster?
im transfering 11gb and it says it will take 3 hours to complete.
there must be a faster way to transfer all my data, in less time?
thanks,

If you are copying any important information to the TC directly (example: iTunes library, iPhoto library, Movies), please make sure that you implement a backup solution for these files. The Airport Utility has an Archive function which will backup the entire TC to an externally attached USB drive.
For faster data transfer, you could try connecting your Mac to the TC with Gb Ethernet and than attach the external USB drive to your Mac. I would expect a Mac connected drive to transfer faster to the TC (faster than a USB drive connected to the TC) as the Mac has much more memory and compute power.
You could connect the drive to your Mac and observe the transfer rate before waiting 3 hours on the other configuration.

Backup Drive too small...

I recently upgraded to a 24" iMac and have 2 500GB usb drives which were sufficient for my prior backup needs. Now I am having trouble backing up. I moved my iTunes library to the system drive (750GB) for speedier performance. Can anyone please explain how to connect 2 USB drives as a RAID so that I can have 1 effective 1TB drive and use it for time machine?

Hi Flooseman,
I hope I can clarify your issue about the OKR D: partition.
1. The D: One Key Recovery partition is not for your "normal" backups. The D: partition is already filled with the factory restore apps/drivers backup. There is no need to even touch that drive. Why do you think that "One Key Recovery is non-functional."? You would only need it, if your C: Windows system got somehow corrupted. Then you could reset your system, using the OKR function, to the factory installed OS. Unless you had backed up your user files to some other medium (external HD, CDs, or even the Cloud) using the OKR would delete those user files.
2. If the hard drive crashes, you would always need some other backup to an external source. That's the case in every computer with only 1 internal drive. OKR was not made for this failure, so it's really not a "issue"
3. For the last, oh I don't know, >5 years, most OEMs do not ship any "recovery CDs" in computers packaging. If you want a CD, you can make the factory restore by burning one yourself. However, in Win 8, creating the USB Recovery Drive is the new way to go.
http://mobilesupport.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/HT080887
To reiterate, the D: partition is not made for your backup. It already contains the factory image. Use the USB Recovery Drive for your OS. Backup your user files to an external HD, CDs, or the cloud.
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Can I use Time Capsule as a Hard Drive too?

My 500gb computer hard drive is full. However my Time Capsule has a 2 TB hard drive. Is their a way I can delete files off my hard drive and store them on the Time Capsule in a location other than the Backup folder? I need help because if I delete files from my hard drive, when my computer backs it up they will be gone. I guess what I need to know is if I can create a folder on Time Capsule to manually store files. Thanks. Jim

jsmnkcmo wrote:
LaPastenague (and AIO)
I am running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 (because last time I checked -- and it has been a while -- a software application I am using does not support Lion) and the TC is 4th generation, 2TB, Firmware Version 7.6.1.
Change the TC back to 7.5.2 it has far less issues than later firmware.
My original thought was to eliminate some clutter on my physical desktop and my home office by reducing the amount of media I have lying around and number of attachments to my iMac (without having to install a new HDD --internal or external-- on the iMac). Your post and the one below it concerns me about the reliability of the TC. Are TC’s really that unreliable? If the HDD in the TC fails, can the HDD be replaced? Do I need to ghost the HDD on the TC incase it crashes?
TC is designed as a wireless network backup for laptops.. more than anything that was the principle concern as people do not connect hard disk to a laptop and back them up.. so including it in the router was to help wireless users.. more than anyone or anything else. All devices die at some point.. if that is the only place your data is stored one day you will lose it.. bank on it.. now it is not likely to be tomorrow.. and it might not fail for 3years.. but you can easily corrupt it.. itunes and iphoto libraries should not be on network disks.. they can be on a media centre as a shared disk but really the TC is a device that is without backup.. if you corrupted it today .. when was the last time you backed it up.
The TC is a sealed unit.. You can open it and replace the disk.. Apple will deny warranty. If it breaks and you lose all your data in warranty.. apple will say or data or the TC .. take your pick. They will not help recover data.. they will offer a replacement at the cost of your original one. Thus ending its usefulness as a backup.. but you note if it was a backup then all the data is on disks elsewhere.
That is what Apple intends.. it is a backup not a file store.
Which would you recommend: upgrading the HDD on the iMac or just get an external HDD and hide it the best I can?
Whatever works for you. I think you can replace the DVD with a drive holder.. ?? I am not sure.. disk are hard to replace and expensive in iMac.. so hanging an external makes better sense. It can be a few feet/meters away.. Neatness.. is overrated.
I cannot see your screenshot and I don't know why it is greyed out.. Reset the TC and please don't use names with spaces or apostrophe in them..

Airport Time capsule as external hard drive too?

Can the new airport time capsule work as back up and as an external hard drive? If I have photos saved in the cloud online and put onto time capsule, can I then delete from my mac and still have them on time capsule?

Apple do not recommend having the iphoto library (same applies to Aperture) on network drive.
iphoto network no no.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1198
It's recommended that you store your iPhoto library on a locally mounted hard drive. Storing your iPhoto library on a network share can lead to poor performance, data corruption, or data loss.
You cannot use TC as external drive it is now and forevermore a network drive.
There are also backup issues.. since Time Machine cannot backup files on a network drive.. nor can TC back itself up.
It is much better to use an actual external hard disk.

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