Deleted songs to free disc space

I deleted all my songs from edit...select all and then I hit delete. I needed to freespace, so I copied all songs to a thumb drive. The deleted songs are not in recycle bin and I didnt get any extra space on my c drive?! Where are they so I can permanetely delete them?

When I was deleting the albums one by one, I saw the gb going down???? Then when I deleted 5gb of music at once it didnt change... also I never got a msg whether to send to recycle or not.... am I to assume they are deleted.... but who knos where too!!

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Deleting files, but free disc space doesn't budge

so, I was just cleaning up my harddrive. I just deleted another 2GB and yet.. free disk space did not increase. Not even a tiny bit. What am I missing here? The files were an old project that I moved to an external drive. Yet free disk space is stubbornly remaining at precicely 59.47GB.. Why is this happening to me?... There IS a God, and he hates me?
This is totally baffling..

Linc,
ok, I admit I'm overreacting. However.. I'm read local snapshots start deleting themselves when 80% of the disk is full. I'm a total layperson.. but, maybe that's because HDDs are said to operate best when there's at least 20% free? So if the local snapshots were indeed totally harmless, why would they need to curate themselves this way, why not just fill up ALL the free space, or 99% instead of 80%? I might be mistaken.. but in general, the more free disk space, the better, right? It means less fragmentation and more room for the system and swap space, etc... that is what I meant by cluttering up your drive. Who's to say 30% free wouldn't be better, especially considering that I almost never actually have to use TM.
Yet Apple does not even allow me to turn it off in the TM preferences, forcing power users to resort to terminal workarounds, stranding intermediate users like me since I do not mess with terminal (yes I know I must seem like a n00b but unlike, say, my mom, I can actually grasp most of the concepts invovled and am usually capable of making an informed choice about how I want my own darn computer to handle my own darn files), and of course safely guarding the dumbest...everyone's mom...um..the beginner users from having to understand anything for it to "just work". Gurrrr..

HT201272 how do store my apps in my icloud? how do i delete a purchased song to free up space on in my memory?

how do store my apps in my icloud? how do i delete a purchased song to free up space on in my memory?

justquite wrote:
how do store my apps in my icloud?
You don't.
how do i delete a purchased song to free up space on in my memory?
Select it and press Delete.
Note that you will need to redownload it (iTunes > Purchased) to play it.
If you subscribe to iTunes Match, you can stream it or downlaod it.

OK to remove MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.6.dmg from Downloads folder to free disc space?

To free disc space I've been removing old files. MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.6.dmg is by far the largest, at 1 GB. I seem to recall using this file when I had to revert back to 10.6.6 after having font problems with 10.6.7. I believe it's OK to just remove it to a backup source, but want to check before doing that, just in case. Thanks for your council and any enlightenment on the function of such update dmgs, once they've been used.

IMHO you have a more serious problem here. If 1 GB is going to make a difference in the amount of free space you can notice then your disk is probably too full and you should be looking for more drastic solutions to gain free space such as deleting your files.
Allan

How much free disc space should be on a new MBP?

On my brand new MBP, my first mistake was I did not immediately time machine the new mac or record the "available" disc size in it when it first came out of the box.
My next mistake was I ran migration assistant twice, and it failed with unspecified errors both times.
Now when I go to Apple->AboutThisMac->Storage, it reports OTHER as 121.48 GB, and Audio/Apps/Movies/Photos/Backups together are several dozen GB in total. So OTHER is taking up most of the used disc space right now.
Disc utility says the HD has used 151GB total, with 348.1 GB available.
Capacity of the disc size is 499.1GB
I have not yet put any data on this MBP, unless the migration utility did it without me knowing it and didn't delete it when it failed.
What exactly is OTHER data?
How can I find out if my failed migration attempts has put 100GB or thereabouts on this machine that I can safely delete?
How much disc space is USED right out of the box on this MBP (2014 13" retina, 500gig drive)?
Thanks!!!!

Here is a definition of OTHER: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867
Download from the Internet OmniDiskSweeper (free) and open it. It will show all of you files and the respective sizes. this should permit you to see exactly what you have on your MBP.
I would estimate that the OSX and the initial applications should take about 20 GB space or less.
Ciao.

Not enough free disc space for encoding remaining assets

I get this message when I try to print my DVD "not enough free disc space for encoding remaining assets"
Does this mean I have too much videos and material on the computer. I have tried to delete several but it does not seem to be making any difference. Please help/explain... Thank you!
I

IDVD is limited by the duration of your movie and nothing else.
A single layer DVD is good for about two hours. A dual layer DVD is good for about three hours and 45 minutes.
You do need a certain amount of free space to create DVDs.
To burn your iDVD project to a single-layer DVD disc, you should have 8 to 10 gigabytes (GB) of free disk space on your hard disk, depending on the size of your project. For double-layer discs, you need 15 to 20 GB of free disk space. To check how much disk space you have, Control-click the hard disk icon on your desktop and choose Get Info. Then look next to Available to see how much space you have.
The encoded DVD files remain on your hard disk inside your project’s folder. If you do not want to save the encoded files after you burn your project to a disc, you can delete them.

My computer says I need an extension I have no idea when I hit search web what site is safe to download and which is not. Any suggestions. I was having a problem with a program "coupon alerts" and I deleted it and deleted itunes to free up space

Message says I need an extension to download itunes. Got a message saying coupon alerts were causing problems to delete. I deleted "coupon alerts" in control panel and then deleted itunes to free up space thinking I could just go into itunes through web and pull up my account and hear my music. Obviously im not an avid computer person. Now I can't even download or open itunes without this extension and when it says search web there are tons and I have no idea which one is safe and which ones contain viruses etc. can anyone help me resolve and suggest and explain what I should do about getting the proper extension and if I may have one already in computer.

jsavage9621,
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HT1583 I'm trying to burn a Magic DVD in iDVD and I get a message stating "not enough free disc space for encoding the remaining assets. How do I resolve this?

I'm trying to burn a Magic DVD in iDVD and I keep getting a message stating that there is not enough free disc space for encoding the remaining assets. How do I resolve this?

It means your hard drive is too full to accomodate the project and its many swap files etc.
You need to move some files (not applications) to your external hard drive, and keep at least 25-30GB free.

I deleted all my messages, yet in my usage it still says saved messages? How do I permanently delete them to free up space? Thanks!

I deleted all my messages, yet in my usage it still says saved messages? How do I permanently delete them to free up space? Thanks!

If you've already deleted your messages and it's saying this, that means you have corrupted data.
Sync your contacts & calendars to iCloud, copy your photos to your computer, and then restore the phone & set it up as new (don't restore your backup). Thats' teh only way to get rid of this.

I tried to open an Audacity file. I got the following error message: "Warning there is very little free disc space left on this volume. Please select another temporary directory in your preferences. How do I select another temporary directory?

I tried to open an Audacity file. I got the following error message: "Warning there is very little free disc space left on this volume. Please select another temporary directory in your preferences. How do I select another temporary directory?

Audacity > Preferences > Directories. You will probably need to use an external drive as it sounds like you Mac's drive is getting too full???

Free Disc Space

Hi!
Does someone know a way to determinate the free disc space on harddisc or floppy disc with the help of the Java API??? Maybe there should be a way with a java.io.File object (returned by java.io.File.listRoots())...
And another question: Does someone know a "non Pure-Java" way to receive the number and names of mounted filesystem under ?nix. I can only get the / directory, but I want to know, how many drives are in a system and how many free disc space is available at every on this drives/partitions/directories....

I think just command.com will do, you don't have to put it in the full path.If you're on NT then it's different, it' cmd.exe . Plus I think the
switch you passed should be a capital C rather than lowercase c.
For convenience you might want to stuff everything into an array and pass it to exec as a array.
OK, the CreateProcess IOException comes from the fact
that the "dir" command isn't a real command (I think
its part of the command.com). Now I tried to start a
process with the following commandline:
...exec("c:\\windows\\command.com /c dir c:\\");
The pathname can be substitute by system variables
(see Properties). But the process doesn't return any
kind of text (only on the console...arg)...
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
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Test test = new Test();
System.out.println("'"+test.execute("c:\\windows\\comm
nd.com /C DIR C:\\")+"'");
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protected String execute(String command) throws
s Throwable {
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Process process =
s = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
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BufferedInputStream biserr = new
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boolean clientstop = true;
int status = -1;
int loops = 0;
while (clientstop) {
try {
status = process.exitValue();
clientstop = false;
} catch (IllegalThreadStateException itse) {
status = -1;
clientstop = true;
try {
this.sleep(500);
loops +=500;
} catch (Throwable t) {}
} catch (Throwable t) {
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t.printStackTrace();
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buffer.append((char)bisout.read());
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buffer.append((char)biserr.read());
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process.destroy();
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timeout of 2min: "+command);
break;
bisout.close();
biserr.close();
return buffer.toString();
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Contiguous Free Disc Space

I have an 1.25ghz eMac running OS 10.3.9 and 256 mb RAM. I recently purchased DiskWarrior which fixed a problem for me.
DW recommended that I create 145mb of free disc space on my HDD for building a replacement directory rather than write the new dirctory over the top of the existing directory each time.
How does one make 145mb of free space on one's HDD without optimising the HDD?
I understand that if I start the eMac up in Classic (OS 9) Mode I can run Alsoft's PlusOptimiser 1.3 to optimise the HDD
How does one start up in OS 9 mode on an eMac (or any other Mac)? The best I can manage is to start up Classic after having already booted up in OS X. If I can do this, I can use my copy of PlusOptimiser 1.3.
I have tried using the generic Install disc for Mac OS 9.1 that I purchased once from Apple for my PowerMac 6500/300. However although it appears in the Startup Disk Prefs Panel nothing happens
I have an external HDD connected by firewire. I have installed the eMac's system on it and I can free boot from thihs if I want to.
Booting from the external HDD doesn't work because PlusOptomiser sees OS X on it. PlusOptimiser 1.3 won't work with HDDs which share OS 9 and 10 it seems. I need to boot from a pure OS 9 disc it seems.
Yes I so know that it shouldn't be necessary to optimise the eMacs HDD nevertheless it remains a matter of fact that I don't have any contiguous disc space to enable Disk Warrior to run at its safest extent.
PM6500/300 (603e) Mac OS 9.1.x

Hi El Deanio,
I wouldn't be concerned about DW and it wanting 145 MB of contiguous free space. You obviously would have that amount.
It seems to be a spurious message.
Check out this post, which among other things mentions this.
eMac Disk Optimiser
regards roam

Deleting caches to free up space

a friend of mine has in internal hard drive that is COMPLETELY full and needs my help explaining what she can throw away to free up space. an external drive is not an option.
I see that the /User/Library/Caches/Quicktime folder can get big...mine is around 250 MB
Can I simply delete this entire folder without a problem? I mean, isn't it just leftovers of downloaded quicktime movies that are completely unnecessary?
I also would like to know if it is possible, without a 3rd party program, to delete all the different non-english language versions of OS X that are automatically installed???
And can I easily manually throw away all printer drivers for printer models that are not used without running into any problems screwing up the OS??
thank you very much

Hi David!
As Limnos posted, insufficient available space, can cause performance issues, system corruption, and possible loss of data.
Depending on Mac system usage habits, it is a general recommendation, to keep 10% to as much as 20%, of the Total capacity, available at all times.
Review the suggestions, in the documents that I have linked to below.
Authored by Dr Smoke:
Problems From Insufficient RAM And Free Hard Disk Space
Freeing Space On Your Mac OS X Startup Disk
Have you ever run any routine Maintenance procedures, as suggested in the articles linked to below?
Mac OS X 10.3/10.4: System Maintenance, authored by Gulliver
Maintaining Mac OS X, authored by Dr Smoke
Is the Mac shutdown overnight, or does it run 24/7?
If you turn the Mac off nightly, the Background Maintenance Tasks, are never run.
These can also be run, using a Third-Party utility, or manually using Terminal, to run the CRON Commands.
I use MacJanitor, when necessary.
INSTRUCTIONS TO RUN CRON MANUAL COMMANDS
Quit all applications/programs.
Navigate to HD > Applications > Utilities.
Double click on Terminal, to open.
At the prompt, type:
sudo periodic daily
Press Return.
Enter your Admin password when prompted, then press Return.
This will execute the daily script that is sheduled to run every night.
When completed, repeat this procedure, but change the command to:
sudo periodic weekly
This one rebuilds a database or two, and usually takes somewhat longer to complete. It is scheduled to run once a week.
Repeat again, with command:
sudo periodic monthly
Or they can all be run in one pass, which is preferable, with this command:
sudo periodic daily weekly monthly
When the tasks complete, and return to the prompt, you may quit Terminal.
Restart the Mac, and run Repair Permissions.
TO REPAIR PERMISSIONS ON THE STARTUP DISK
1.Open Disk Utility, located in Applications/Utilities, and select the startup disk in the left column.
2.Click First Aid.
3.Click Verify Disk Permissions to test permissions or Repair Disk Permissions to test and repair permissions. (I never "Verify". Just run "Repair".)
Rerun RP, until no messages are reported.
When "Repair Permissions" is complete. Quit "Disk Utility".
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IPhone messages won't delete, can't free enough space?

Hello,
I'm on an iPhone 4S with iOS 7.1.1. I'm almost out of storage... I have 8.96 GB of "Documents & Data" and 8.51 GB of "Other."
Usage in settings indicates that I have 8.8 GB of messages saved. So I have to delete my messages. However, even after I restart, all my messages reappear and I have not freed any space. How come the messages keep reappearing when I try to delete them? Is there a way for me to delete them permanently?
And, what is this "other" category that is taking up so much space? I know that other used to be app data, but now with iOS 7 that has been split up into "Documents & Data."
So, how come my messages won't delete? Is there a way for me to permanently delete them to free space?
And how can I clear up space from my "Other" category?
Thanks so much for the help!

There is corrupted data on the phone. You need to restore the phone using iTunes, without restoring a backup.
Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings

How do i delete songs or free up my gb

How do i delete music from my ipod touch and how do i free up my gigabits

With iOS 5 you can delete songs by swiping the song left or right and tapping the delete button.
Yu can lso delee app and photos to regain storage.
If when you connect the iPod to your computer (wifi or USB and click on the iPod under Devices in iTunes the bottom of the page shows a colored bagraph of storage usage. If the other is greater than about 1- 1 1/2 GB you need to restore the iPod to get the other down to its norm of abo 1/2 GB. Sometimes a restore to factory defaults/new iPod is required.

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