According to my system preference there is 49 GB to other. How can I delete some of these to give more storage for other projects?
Can anyone help me clean my hard drive from old files?
Go step by step and test.
1. Start up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212
2. Backup your computer.
3. Empty Trash.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13806
4. Disk space / Time Machine ?/ Local Snapshots
Local backups
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4878
5. Delete old iOS Devices Backup.
iTunes > Preferences > Devices
Highlight the old Backups , press “Delete Backup” and then “OK”.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
6. Re-index Macintosh HD.
This will take a while. Wait until it is finished.
System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
7.Try OmniDiskSweeper. This will show the storage size details of the items.
https://www.omnigroup.com/more
Select Macintosh HD and click “Sweep Selected Drive” at the bottom.
Delete the files you don’t want to keep.
Be careful. Delete only the files that can be safely deleted. If you are not sure about any file, don’t touch it.
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OS X v10.6.8 or later
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MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
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Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
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When I go into Libary in Encore CS6 there are nothing in it. How can I get it to Work?
When I go into Libary in Encore CS6 there are nothing in it. How can I get it to Work?
Operating System: Windows 7
Has it ever worked? No If so, what's changed? : Nothing
Recent System Hardware or Software change?: NoPasting the Content from the above link :
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To the topSolution: Install the CS6 Functional Content
Creative Cloud and disc product customersDownload and install the functional content for Adobe Premiere Pro and Encore.
After Effects template projects were migrated to the After Effects Exchange.
Adobe Premiere Pro and Encore Functional Content is available here:
Mac OS (1.1 GB)
Windows (734 MB)Installation instructionsMac OS
Double-click the .dmg file to mount a disk image containing the installers.
Choose to install Encore, or Adobe Premiere Pro functional content, or both packages. Open the folder for each package and locate the installer.
Run "Install.app" to begin the installation process.
After installing the first package of functional content, the installer ejects the disk image. Remount the disk image to run the second installer.
Windows
Note:If you installed the previous functional content packages, it's possible that you have Templates and Textures folders in the Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS6\Presets folder. Delete these folders before installing.
Extract the contents of the downloaded zip file to a convenient location (for example, the Desktop).
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Navigate to the folder for the content you want to install and execute the installer.
Electronic Software Delivery (ESD) customers only
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In a web browser, go to www.adobe.com/membership.
Sign in with your Adobe ID and password.
Click View Order History.
Look at the row with your order number and click Download.
On the download page, look at the row with the description for function content. For example, for CS5, look for “Adobe Premiere Pro CS5: Download contains additional ReadMe files plus content (menus, buttons, and backgrounds) for Adobe Encore CS5.”
Download this content using Akamai Download Manager or Alternate Download Method.
Close Encore and Adobe Premiere Pro.
(Mac OS) Double-click the .dmg file that you downloaded. On the Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Content disk image, open the Encore Functional Content folder. Double-click Setup.
(Windows) There are two files that you downloaded (for CS5, these files are PremierePro_5_Content_LS7.exe and PremierePro_5_Content_LS7.7z). Double-click the.exe file to extract the folders and files. Browse to the Encore functional content folder within the extracted folders. Double-click Setup. Following are detailed steps for Windows:
Go to the folder where you have downloaded files from the download page. For example, Desktop\Premiere.
Double-click PremierePro_5_Content_LS7.exe. The installation files are extracted to a folder named Adobe CS5. For example, Desktop\Adobe CS5.
Go to the Adobe CS5\Premiere Pro Family Content Installers\Adobe Encore CS5 Functional Content folder.
Double-click Set-up.exe. Installation starts. Follow the instructions to complete installation.
To the topAdditional solution: Install the Resource Central library content
Download the extra library content
Choose your language to begin the download:
English French German Japanese Italian Spanish Korean
Extract the Library content to the Library folder
Extract the zip file that you just downloaded to create a .7z file (for example, en-US.7z).
Extract the .7z file to any convenient location (for example, the Desktop). This step creates a folder based on the language you selected.
7-zip for Windows (available for download at http://www.7-zip.org/download.html)
The Unarchiver for Mac OS (available for download at http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html)
Copy the contents of the language folder (for example, en-US) to the following location:Windows: C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Encore CS6/
Mac OS: Applications/Adobe Encore CS6/
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