Hard disk space on your main drive to run system 10.6.8?

How much hard disk space on your main drive of a MacPro do you need to run system 10.6.8?
I also run Lightroom 4.4, and photoshop CS3
Thank you-

You need more like 50% free on the system.
you need or want 24-48GB RAM for CS6
You want to insure you do not use the boot drive for scratch which CS6 will and will use a lot and hurt performance
Having a couple SSDs on PCIe Sonnet Tempo Pro SSD $300 is a great place for L4/5 catalogue/library, or separate set for CS6 scratch
And all your media of course is not on the boot drive as well.
An SSD boot drive of 120GB $89 or larger, Some large/r SSDs for scratch or/and L4 of 250-750GB or even 1TB.
Lots of good tips on performance and configuring upgrade guides:
http://www.macperformanceguide.com

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Just checked on Lion - somehow I have over 100gigs in Back Ups, but much less in pictures. I moved Itunes, Aperture Libraries to my external hard Disk. Still running low on the 250 gigs space. Any tips on how I can free this are much appreciated!
Thanks!

Did you actually move / delete the data on your HDD?
When you click and drag to an external drive, it automatically copies instead of moves.
What are these backups & their location?
You could try and app similar to WhatSize.

'private' hard disk space

This question is mainly due to curiosity. The hard disk space on my MacBook is nearly full and I am trying to empty it. I have used Disk Inventory, as suggested on a discussion here, and have found 4Gb of something called 'private.' I assume this is something to do with the workings of the MacBook and I shouldn't touch it, if I could find where it was anyway. Am I correct?

Hello Tim,
You don't say what size your Hard Drive is. If it is getting to small, you might want to install a larger one. In the MacBook it is VERY easy. I just replaced mine with a Seagate Momentus 7200.3 ST9320421AS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive for only $90. I put the old hard drive in to a Nippon Labs USB-25SATA-BK 2.5" Black USB 2.0 External Enclosure for $11, so I can use it as a spare Hard Dive later. I then used Carbon Copy Cloner to transfer 100% of my old Hard Drive to the new Hard Drive.
Best thing I ever did for this MacBook.
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Reducing Hard Disk space

I'm running out of space on my MacBook at a frightening rate and don't find it easy to see just what things are causing this. I'd like to transfer some things to an external disk to manage this but don't know where to start! What's the best way to analyse what using all the space, please?

There are many programs around that can show you what is taking up space, some you have to pay for. The free ones are grand but I completely disagree with spending money like that when you could just right click a few folders.
I would suggest that you open up a finder window, click on your home directory in the sidebar, right click (ctrl click) and select get info. The info pane will open and show you the size of the folder up the top right. It could take some time to calculate the size depending on how big it is and the specs of your computer. It will eventually tell you, so just leave it if it doesn't show you straight away. You can do more than one folder at a time although you must do this process separately for each folder.
you can't select loads of folders and click get info to show the size for each folder, this will just show the info pane for the folder you right clicked even if loads were selected. You can however select multiple folders and press cmdalti this will bring up the inspector window which will add up the total size for all selected folders. Alternatively you can right click your home directory in the side bar and click get info, this will show you the total size of all sub folders.
I would suggest strongly that you leave your applications on your main hard drive (would be a bit silly to have them on an external seeing as you have a MacBook and wouldn't be able to bring it anywhere without the external!!) Start with moving things that you need. It varies from person to person, but for me I have my music on all my computers, photo's to a certain extent, documents on all, and movies are on an external and my imac. This means I have two copies of everything and all are easily accessible. It is up to you what you move but don't touch system files and as I said, leave applications for the above reason and also the fact that Leopard is expecting applications to be there.
So in conclusion, I would say in order of need, starting with the ones with least need, move your media files to the external until you have enough space on your MacBook. Also, your boot drive should have roughly 10% free (depending on its size, obviously for a 1TB HD you don't need 100GB free) in oder for the computer to use this space to run smoothly.
Finally, remember to backup all your data. A common mistake made by many is that they assume that there files are safe on externals. They see externals as the medium used for backup so they don't backup files that are stored on externals only, due to lack of space on the main drive. Therefore if the external goes, so does all there files. An external could just as easily be the same Hard Drive inside the computer and people would be killed backing up.
Hope this helps, it's a long post so I may have got confusing, let me know if I did.
Regards

Losing Hard Disk Space

Hi All. I'm seriously losing hard disk space on my Macbook Pro 17 and it's been doing this heavily since I installed Lion.
My laptop has a 160GB hard drive. Out of this, I can add up only 70GB of files. Add another 20GB of free disk space so that totals 90GB. What's happened to the remaining 50GB hard disk space? Are there invisible files being written that I need to look for? Please help as this is really frustrating. Even using WhatSize doesn't add up to all the hard drive space I should have.

Naz Hussain wrote:
On mobile backups I only have 1.3MB. I use Time Machine but that goes to an external hard drive.
By default, Lion on notebook computers will also save backups to your local disk. If you have many large files that are changing, that could account for your space.
If any software is creating directories then I can't see it.
The curl and ffmpeg make me suspect that you have some torrent or peer-to-peer software. Such software would generate many large files that Time Machine's local snapshots would backup. It would also be likely to save such files in temporary directories that are hidden.

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Hello all
Well I'm glad to say I'm near the end of my first FC project, it has taken me a couple of months but I'm for the most part of happy with and, it has been a learning experience for sure...
One thing I have learned is the amazing amount of hard disk space consumed, this has me questioning a few things.
Is it normal for an average of 1 minute to consume 1 Gig of HD space ?
What is the best way for one to manage HD space when working with FC ?
I know I'll need to up-grade my HD to one much larger, my thought is going with an external HD. If all goes as planned I'll have a G5 and can retire my G4.
Thanks for any and all advise....
James

"If you get an external HD make sure it is a Firewire one and not a USB 2.0."
My advice (from bitter experience) is to get TWO separate external HDs, one for the Scratch and one as a backup of the Scratch, backed up regularly. If the Scratch disc fails you will have to re-capture from your camera and if you have several active projects that is a pain - in fact a disaster if the failure damages the captured files and you can't re-shoot.
A RAID seems an attactive proposition because whenever you save a file to the RAID, (and I think that applies to capturing), the data are written simultaneously to the other drive in the RAID, so making a continuous and automatic backup at thast time. However, if the internal power supply circuitry in the RAID case failes, both drives fail. So two HDs, each in a separate case, seems safer.

IMovie rendering hard disk space issue

Hi,
I have a 2.33GHz Mac Book Pro and a seagate 500GB firewire drive. All my imported video clips are located on the external drive. I have created the project on the external drive as well. My inbuilt hard disk is loaded up with music snaps and other office data.. and i have successfully created a imovie project. i have about 20 GB of free space and the project is 2.5 hours long. i am not able to render the movie and send it to iDVD as my hard disk runs out of space. is there any way that the rendering can be done on the external drive as well?

Karthik Nayak wrote:
.. is there any way that the rendering can be done on the external drive as well?
no.
temp-files are always stored on the same drive/partition where the OS-in-use is located.
you could install a MacOs on your ext. HDD and launch from there..
or, perhaps easier to realize, de-locate your Libs (iPhoto, iTunes) to an ext. HDD to have more free disk space on your internal ... read the support pages how to accomplish that!

I am running iTunes on an IBM comp system Win XP with a 70gb hard disk. I have 4 kids with 4 IPOD Touches. Their apps and album art are eating up the hard disk space. I changed the Media Folder to an external hard disk. How do I get the apps to go their?

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Upgrade the existing hard drive.
Try creating a link for the app folder on the external drive... this may or may not work.
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I can load the RAW files onto iPhoto but when I then send them to PSE or iPhoto itself for editing they seem to be automatically converted to .jpg and do not have the usual RAW editing selection palette. However, the PSE Organizer seems happy to accept the .dng files (but not the RAW files) and when sent to PSE for editing I do get the RAW type palette, so it looks like storing my .dng files in Organizer is a good idea and, therfore, I might as well store other photos there as well rather than run two different organizers - I will leave the photos in Bridge as they are.
If you are talking about photos not in iphoto, this is correct. If you use "from iPhoto" you will get automatic duplicates of the originals in a new location. If you export them manually and use from files and folders, yes, the organizer just makes a thumbnail.
This paragraph made me think! I'm pretty sure that when I decided to transfer my photos from iPhoto into PSE Organizer I used "from iPhoto" as this seemed the easiest way. Does this mean that I have duplicated the file size of my iPhoto library and am therefore using much more hard-disc space than if I had used "from files and folders" (getting just thumbnails)? The transfer seems to have pulled in a lot of folders! If this is the case, is there any way to go back and do it again but "from files and folders" next time?!
This is all rather complicated it would seem (or I'm making it that way!) and I really appreciate your help.

Insufficient disk space for encoding. disk space on encoding target drive?

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How to find out how much hard disk space is available

how to find out how much hard disk space is available

Right Click on your Mac Hard Drive Icon and Choose Get Info
Look at Available...
If your Mac Hard Drive is not visible on your Desktop...
Goto...
Finder > Preferences > General Tab > and Check Hard Disk.

Hard Disk Space Usage

I am at a trying to figure out how to retrieve some of my hard disk space as my Powerbook G4 with an 80 GB HD is now running painfully slow.I remember reading that Apple recommends keeping 20% of your disk space free for best performance and there is no doubt that since I dropped below 20 GB of free space the performance has been noticeably worse with many many more spinning rainbow balls. The Finder shows that I have 15.97 GB available.
I have looked at the Finder and done a ⌘-I (Get Info) for each item listed.
Desktop: 984 KB
[My Home Folder]: 24.66 GB
Applications: 4.41 GB
Documents: 386.2 MB
Movies: 3.96 GB
Music: 13.14 GB
Pictures: 5.04 GB
Within this I looked at Library Info: 2.14 GB and Mail info: 1.38 GB. Clearly there is a lot of overlap since Movies, Music and Pictures are all under [My Home Folder]. I have only loaded about 30% of my CDs into iTunes so as you can imagine I am concerned that if I add more I'll have no space left. It seems silly to have an iPod that has a 60 GB capacity yet my hard disk clearly does not allow for that much music (I do not have any desire to use my iPod as a calendar or address book - it is a music device) and with the system software etc I know that there is a big imbalance.
Any ideas? I've also noticed that mail has suddenly slowed down massively. I do not delete emails so that could be hoarding disk space I suppose.

I only have 512mb ram and my computer works fine although it is always better to have more. An external hard drive such as Lacie is also a great bet - I just purchased a 300 GB drive and its the biz.
I would suggest that you download whatsize from versiontracker - its free software that tell you exactly what you have on your computer in a table columned format - its brilliant and it lets you delete whatever you dont need within the software.

Trying to free up Hard disk space

I am trying to free up hard disk space but I cannot find what is eating up most of it 112GB are used and about and about 42 of it is alloted to music and photos. I cannot find what is eating the bulk of the rest. I can't find any other large blocks of used space when I check folders on my Hard Drive. Any Ideas.

Use Whatsize. Same can be found on VersionTracker and MacUpdate.
*A few tips:*
Empty the trash!
Open up your application folder & go through all your apps. Trash all the apps you no longer want and/or use.
An easier way to do this is to open the Application folder in list view & press the Command+j keys.
In the the dialog that appears, click the "This Window Only" button & the "Calculate All Sizes" check box.
Wait a bit until your file & folder sizes have all been calculated, then click the "Size" column to sort your apps from the fattest to the most anorexic.
Get rid of all your photo files you don't want and/or need. Same goes for those pics off the websites you downloaded (gifs, jpegs, etc.).
I'm old fashion. I still keep my photos in a photo album. So when people come over my house, they can actually "touch" & "feel" my photos without me running to my computer to "show my photos".
Get rid of all your music files you no longer listen too. Especially, if you already have the actual CDs and/or DVDs or you can later redownload from a website.
Use Spotlight to make sure you got rid of everything. You can even trash directly from Spotlight!
Drag what you don't want and/or need to the trash. Better yet, download this neat little shareware app demo called AppZapper. It basically does all the work for you by not only trashing the apps but the apps preference files, caches & all its associated files.
Another software that does the above is AppDelete. Best of all this software is free!
Burn what you want and/or need onto CDs or DVDs.
Not everyone has the luxury of purchasing an external HD and/or a .Mac account to store their "stuff, junk, music & photos".
You can check with your ISP to see if they offer free storage space. Most if not all do now-a-days. I store all 5000+ of my music (mp3s) files & 500+ music videos in my ISP storage bin.
There are thousands if not millions of free storage facilities on the web also. Use your favorite search engine, Google &/or MacGoogle to search them out as they come in different storage sizes to fit your needs & wants.
Check for duplicate fonts.
Applications>Font Book
Select “All Fonts”
If you see any “black dots” next to any fonts this mean you have duplicates and/or multiple versions of these fonts.
To clean this up, select a “black dotted” font or the Apple + click to select multiple dotted fonts;
Edit>Resolve>Duplicates.
What the above does is turns off the duplicates & multiple version fonts. Not delete them.
More than likely the “extras” were installed by other programs and/or other users.
Clear out font caches
Use FontNuke. It does all the work for you. And, best of all it’s FREE.
Printer Drivers
Get rid of all the printer drivers you don’t need & use except the ones for your current printer(s)/scanner(s).
HD>Library>Printers Folder
If you accidently threw something out that you needed for your printer/scanner it can be easily obtained from the manufacturer’s website and/or from the CD that came w/the printer/scanner.
Garage Band
Has about 1GB of loops stored. Get rid of some some them. You surely don’t use, like and/or need them all.
HD>Library>Audio/Apple Loops>Apple>Apple Loops For GarageBand
Or just get rid of the Garage Band app altogether if you don’t use it.
Get rid of extra languages
Strip your computer down to your “native” tongue.
You can do this with a FREE utility called Monolingual. Another app that apparently does all the work for you. I’ve never used it. However, a lot of users here swear by & recommend it highly.
However, there is a warning for *native English speakers*. Make sure you keep BOTH English and English (United States).
Other Resources:
Knowledge Base Article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303602 Mac Maintenance Quick Assist
Scroll down to "4) Prune Through Your Files".
Slimming your hard drive
Rule of thumb: You should never let your hard drive get to where you have only 10-15% of space left.

Ziplight.mdimport/hard disk space loss?

I started noticing some major loss of hard disk space of late and this seems much worse after updating to 10.4.7 and installing the new iLife and iWork '06 packages. During installation of these sizable packages, it's to be expected; but after some monkeying around and restarting, I had over 5 GB. But now I find I'm hovering around 1 GB with nothing new added -- even after restarts.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
Using Disk Inventory X, I also see that something called Ziplight.mdimport is taking up 4 GB, and I have no idea what this is. Anyone there know?

Ziplight.mdimport is a plug-in that allows spotlight to search within and index the contents of zip files. This is third party. Any idea who installed it?
You may try to re-index your drive via terminal:
sudo mdutil -E /
Press return, key in your password and press return again. This will delete the index of your boot volume and recreate it. If you still have space problems you may have to get rid of Ziplight.

Confused about hard disk space

ok, I am new to Apple and not a computer person per say, so I am very confused when all of a sudden my new computer is now telling me I do not have enough space on my hard disk to download things. I have downloaded pictures and videos but have never had this problem with my old pc and I have more disk space on my apple. am I doing something wrong?
and, I tried to move some of my photos that I downloaded onto a disk to free up some space but it's not letting me move the originals. I'm getting super frustrated -- HELP!

Agreed, jtandi, we would be happy to help.
Have you checked your system profile to see how much hard disk space you have available? If not, follow these steps and let us know what you find.
- Click the Apple Logo in the top left of your menu bar
- Click More Info
- Your MBP displays a summary screen, Click "More Info"
- Your MBP displays a more detailed information tree. Click "Serial-ATA" under Hardware
- your MBP displays information on your hard disk. Look towards the bottom of the display. You will see the name of your hard drive. If you have not renamed your computer, it will be Macintosh HD. Below the name will be your hard drive's "Capacity" and "Available" in GB's. Let us know what these two readings are

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