Hard drive full, can't reboot after permissions fix interrupt

I was repairing permissions, and killed the process because it was taking too long with all the ACL kext issues. I decided to restart, now it's taken over 12 hours to boot in safe mode and still a spinning progress ball. I know I need to clear free space for the os, although I never saw a waring,, and only incidentally realized know full it was. Only 10 gb free space.
I have a time machine back up but am not sure it's recent at all. I have successfully booted from the snow leopard install disk and verified that the disk is ok. My question is this. Should I continue to let it boot up? Will it ever? Is there a way to delete files when booted from the install disk? Or anywhere else?
Ideas? Thanks, joe

Yes, I would backup your data immediately before the drive has a complete failure.

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Hello
I have just downloaded itunes as I have just purchased my first ipod. I started to put all my CD's onto my computer but have run out of hard drive space on my computer. I have a external hard drive that is capable of storing all my music. Can I put all my music on a portable external hard drive and get itunes to use that as the default music folder? If so how do I do that?
Cheers
kooze

Chris, Thanks for the quick response. I didn't Copy anything. I followed all of the directions step-by-step in the document http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305451, up to Step 10. The only step that I haven't done yet is #11, dragging my older C: iTunes location to Recycle Bin. I started iTunes as you said, holding the Shift key, but the start box is looking for a *.itl file which is not in my new "E:iTunes 10-2007" file directory. It did not move over during the Consolidation step. Can I move it into the new E: directory by dragging it. The Consolidation step also seems to have left behind an Album Artwork file directory. Consolidation only copied the actual music files in C:.../iTunes.

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I have a Pavilion g7 1167 dx laptop with a 500GB hard drive. A couple of months ago I started getting error messages that the computer is low on disk space. This is for both the C and D drives. I haven't installed or added anything that would take up a lot of space so the messages baffle me. I have deleted as many files as I can and freed up a lot of disk space, but every time I do that the space mysteriously disappears within days of sometimes hours.
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xeno0,
Removing the battery and holding down the power button will not affect any of the files but if you run the system recovery it will erase everything. If you run the system recovery, you will have the option to back everything up on the computer.
By what you are explaining, I’m thinking that you have a virus.
Let me know how everything goes
Have a good day.

Hard drive full on wake. But restart fixes it?!

When I wake my mac from sleep in the morning my mac is running really slow and it says my hard rive is full, but I know this isn't true. When I do a restart it shows the hard drive with 10% free as it should be (22GB on a 250GB hard drive)
Why is it doing this and forcing a restart?!
Thanks,
James

Downloaded Etrecheck....this is the report....lots of red stuff!
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Mac using has plenty of hard drive space…but slowing down to halt and saying all arrive space taken up
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
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I have reached full memory capacity on my 500GB Time Capsule. I am considering purchasing a 2TB Time Capsule. Do I need to resave all existing data on the new hard drive or can I start afresh? Or can I link both time capsules to operate independantly?

Hi,
I have reached full memory capacity on my 500GB Time Capsule. I am considering purchasing a 2TB Time Capsule.
a) Do I need to resave all existing data on the new hard drive or can I start afresh?
b) Or can I link both time capsules to operate independantly?
Thanks,
Paul

You may not need to buy a new Time Capsule.
You can connect a USB drive to the Time Capsule, and use it in addition to the TC's internal HD. You may need a powered USB hub as well.
Exactly what is on your TC? If it's only Time Machine backups, you may not need to do anything -- Time Machine will delete the oldest backup(s) automatically when it needs room for new ones. But if you have more than about 250 GB on your internal HD, that 500 GB may not be large enough to keep backups long enough.
If you have other data on the TC's internal HD, besides your backups, you could back up to the external HD and use the internal for the other data, or vice-versa. But TM backups cannot "span" two drives, and you shouldn't mix backups and other data on the TC's internal HD.

After having a virus and restart my hard drive i can't download quicktime as usual

after having a virus or something and restart my hard drive i can't download quicktime player as usual.it appears that my computer or antivirus doesn't recognise
the program or something like that.thanks

What's the precise text of the error message please, alex? (I can't quite place which one you're getting based on the current description.)

After upgrading to a new hard drive, I can't drag songs to my ipod

I can only play them on my computer. I get an error message "itunes could not copy...because an unknown error occurred (-50)
Any clue what to do?
Just to complicate matters further, I'm going to move all my data back to the first hard drive next week (long story)

After upgrading to a new hard drive
How did you get everything onto the new hard drive?
I'm going to move all my data back to the first hard drive
So you deleted it from the original hard drive?
How do you plan to get it back to the original?

My MacPro says the startup disk is too full. I have 4 internal hard drives that have 2T each so there is plenty of space, but all start up programs, libraries, iTunes and application folder are on the '1st' hard drive. Can I move any to 2nd drive?

My MacPro says the startup disk is too full. I have 4 internal hard drives that have 2T each so there is plenty of space, but all start up programs, libraries, iTunes and application folder are on the '1st' hard drive. Can I move any to 2nd drive?

Your system will likely fit just fine on a small fast 250GB SSD
What you have is lots of stuff that should not be on the boot drive, data and graphics or media files and libraries that should be moved to another drive.
If you are getting a message like this, STOP, off load files, make room, and make sure to have 15% free or more.
Do not try to move anything from system and its library and sub folders. Move your home user account and just leave the essential home library but move all the rest.
A full drive can have trouble finding free space segments and writing out updates to files and to the directory. And loss of directory means loss of where files are located and their segments.

Why is my hard drive full when I only have the operating system loaded and nothing else? No pics, music, nothing...It's the 60 Gig hard drive on the air built in late 2010.

Why is my hard drive full when I'm only running the operating system and nothing else is loaded? No music, pics, nothing! I understand the hard drive is small at 60 gig, but I can't believe the os would take up that much space.

First, empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. Then reboot. That will temporarily free up some space. According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB free on the startup volume for normal operation. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of your data. Use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper to explore your volume and find out what's taking up the space. Proceed further only if the problem hasn't been solved. ODS can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To really see everything, you have to run it as root. Back up all data now. Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways: ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.) ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens. ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid. After installing ODS in the Applications folder, drag or copy — do not type — the following line into the Terminal window, then press return:sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of this. Don't delete anything while running ODS as root. When you're done with it, quit it and also quit Terminal.

My mac air says hard drive full and 90% is full of 'other' which I cant work out what 'other' is as i Have transferred most to my external hard drive

My mac air says hard drive full and 90% is full of 'other' which I cant work out what 'other' is as i Have transferred most to my external hard drive.
Do you know how I can tell how large each file is taking up and what my 'other' category could be?
thanks

Initial easy steps to gain disk space:
- Delete all files in the Downloads folder.
Empty the Trash.
- Start iPhoto.
Empty its trash.
Restart.
Backup:
Run a Time Machine (or other) backup since you are about to delete and move files and you may need to recover from any inadvertent mistakes or decisions. You will need one external hard drive for your Time Machine (or other) backup and a second if you plan to offload some files. (See suggestions for where to purchase hard drives at the end of this message.)
For more about backups:
Time Machine Basics: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
Most commonly used backup methods:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3045
Methodology to protect your data. Backups vs. Archives. Long-term data protection:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6031
Deleting files:
Then use the free application OmniDiskSweeper http://www.omnigroup.com/more to explore your volume in descending order by size so you can attack the problem from the top down, deleting the largest unwanted files first. Delete with caution and do not delete any system files. Remember to empty the trash after trashing the files.
Additional reference on freeing disk space:
http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html
Offloading files:
Consider moving some of the no-often-used large files or directories to an external disk. Use ODS again to find them. This will be at least your second hard drive. Your first one(s) is/are for your Time Machine (or other) backup(s). Do not offload files onto a Time Machine disk.
Format the second drive as Mac OS Extended (journaled). Using OWS to find large files/folders and copy them from the system drive to the external hard drive and delete them from your internal drive.
Then  > System Preferences > Time Machine > Options… > Remove the offload HD name from the exclusions list.
Now both your system disk and your external offload disk will be backed up onto your Time Machine disk.
From: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html
To move your iTunes Music folder to another disk or partition:
To change the location of your iTunes Music folder, carefully follow the instructions in the AppleCare® Knowledge Base document "iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Music folder."Additional information can be found in iTunes Help.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.thexlab.com/105/ 00000849.html
Laptop users may want to consider having two iTunes libraries: a small library of current favorites on their computer, while their complete library resides on an external hard drive. Utilities like iTunes Library Manager enable you to easily have multiple iTunes libraries you can use with your account. https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7689/itunes-library-manager
To move your iPhoto Library folder to another disk or partition:
To move the iPhoto Library folder to a new location, employ the instructions in the AppleCare Knowledge Base document from http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2506 corresponding to the version of iPhoto you are using. Additional information can be found in iPhoto Help.
Laptop users may want to consider having two iPhoto libraries: a small library of current, favorite photographs on their computer, while their complete library, or archives of older photos are saved on an external hard drive. Utilities such as iPhoto Buddy and iPhoto Library Manager enable you to have multiple iPhoto libraries that you can use with your account.
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/12175/iphoto-buddy
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7158/iphoto-library-manager
Hardware — Bigger disk/SSD:
OWC sells 120, 240 and 480 GB SSD upgrades for MacBook Airs. A 240 GB upgrade costs $265. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/ . If your Mac is under warranty or AppleCare replacing the SSD will void the warranty.

What format i should use for my external hard drive that can be used interchangeably between mac and pc?

What format i should use for my external hard drive that can be used interchangeably between mac and pc?

Usually Fat32/MS-DOS as mentioned, but that has several limitatiuns, like 4GB filesize limit.
One option is MacDrive for you PCs... allows them to Read/Write HFS+...
http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/
More options...
NTFS-3G Stable Read/Write Driver...
http://www.ntfs-3g.org/
MacFUSE: Full Read-Write NTFS for Mac OS X, Among Others...
http://www.osnews.com/story/16930

I accidently deleated file from the Elements organizor and from the hard drive. Can I get it back?

I accidently deleated a file from the Elements organizor and from the hard drive. Can I get it back? How to do it?

There's a good chance that you can if you haven't done too much work after deleting it. Typically files are not actually wiped from the hard drive, rather the space they take is marked as free to use by another file if needed. So if it hasn't been used by another file it can be recovered.
Try this program... it will help if you know where the images were stored.
http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Colin

I have a HP Pavilion Elite i7 Desktop w Windows 7 and I desire to add a 3 TB Hard Drive. Can I?

I have a 2 year old HP Pavilion Elite i7 Desktop w Windows 7 and I desire to add a 3 TB Hard Drive. Can I add a 3TB Hard Drive (probably the Segate Barracuda XT 3TB HD) as a secondary drive without changes. If not, what should I do?
HP=Pavilion
System Model     AU850AA-ABA e9290f
Processor Intel    Core i7 CPU [email protected] 4 Core
Bios                    American Megatrends Inc. 5.24, 10/29/2009  (should update)
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows 7 Home Premium
System Type x64-based PC
9 GB System Memory
1 GB Segate Barracuda Drive
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"

Hi,
Make sure that the power supply unit is powerful enough. It's a desktop so adding a 2 or even 3TB hdd shouldn't be a problem..
Dv6-7000 /Full HD/Core i5-3360M/GF 650M/Corsair 8GB/Intel 7260AC/Samsung Pro 256GB
Testing - HP 15-p000
HP Touchpad provided by HP
Currently on Debian Wheeze
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To save hard drive space, can I put my iMovie projects and clips on an external drive?

to save hard drive space, can I put my iMovie projects and clips on an external drive?

Yes.
To preserve your projects, all moves should be done from within iMovie, (not the Finder).
First, the external drive must be formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled). FAT32 will not work. You can reformat using Disk Utility if you need to.
When importing video from your camera, you can specify your external drive as the target on the import screen.
For existing projects, you should move using these instructions.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#move7d66613
There is an error in the instructions where it says to drag the project icon to the icon in the Event Library. You should instead look for your hard drive icon in the Project Library.
You can move events using these instructions.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3ac6d42c
If you want to move Events, and copy photos, copy music, etc for editing on another Mac, you should use the FILE/CONSOLIDATE MEDIA feature after moving the Project as above.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/#mov3ac6c7c9

If i wipe my hard drive clean can i redownload itunes and ...

if i wipe my hard drive clean can i re-download iTunes and get all my songs back and have my iTunes work like it does now ???
my internet browser stopped working and the only thing that may get it working again would be wiping my hard drive and basically starting new with my computer ... my question is if i do so can i get my iTunes working again like it is now ??? i do have an iPod with most of the songs on it now, i dont know if that would make a differece or not.

Click here and follow the instructions as well as creating another backup of the iTunes Library after it's been consolidated.
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