How can i make more room on my 6-year old MacBook Pro?

How can I make more room on my 6-year old MacBook Pro? I already have an external hard drive.

Two options:
Delete files from your Home folder you no longer use or need (but do not delete anything from the /Home/Library/ folder.)
Buy and install a larger hard drive. You can find suitable drives at OWC. You would need a 2.5" notebook drive that is SATA II or SATA I compatible - 1.5 or 3.0 Gb/s.

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How can I upgrade the OS on my 5 year old MacBook Pro 17. It is currently running 10.4 (Tiger). I have an IMac 27 running Lion but have Snow leopard discs which came with the purchase. Can these be used to upgrade?

Buswab wrote:
How can I upgrade the OS on my 5 year old MacBook Pro 17. It is currently running 10.4 (Tiger). I have an IMac 27 running Lion but have Snow leopard discs which came with the purchase. Can these be used to upgrade?
If they are the grey discs which came with the iMac, then they will be machine specific and will not work on the MBP anyway. You will need to purchase a retail copy of Snow Leopard from the Apple Store for about $29 and upgrade from that. I presume your MBP is Intel and not G4.
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Why are you SHOUTING in the worst font ever invented?
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when I attempt to use bootcamp and on my MBP I can not make a bootable disk image on a external Usb flash drive. I can select the windows 7 image, and the click the klocation which I want it to be put, but after I click next Boot camp crashes and I get an Error message. It asks me to reopen boot camp, which I do and attempt again, but I get an error message once more.

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Delete the old backups..
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http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
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How do I make more room on my startup disc? I keep getting a warning that it's full.

Bernie007 wrote:
How do I make more room on my startup disc? I keep getting a warning that it's full.
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http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnidisksweeper/
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My system is slow o
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 16:57:32
Disk Information:
          Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 319.21 GB (143.12 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
          com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity          (1.3.2f5)
          com.symantec.kext.pf          (4.2.1f7)
          com.symantec.kext.ips          (3.2f8)
          com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm          (11.2.2f3)
          com.symantec.kext.fw          (1.0.3f5)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
          [System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.avscandaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.deepsight-extractor.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.diskMountNotify.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.MissedTasks.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.navapd.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.navapdaemonsl.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.Sched501-1.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.sharedsettings.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.symdaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.symSchedDaemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
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          [System] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.mga.updater.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.symantec.uiagent.application.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
User Login Items:
          Garmin Lifetime Map Updater
          Steam
          iTunesHelper
          Skype
          Steam
          Mail
          GamePadCompanionLauncher
          Mac Game Store Helper
          HPEventHandler
          SymSecondaryLaunch
Internet Plug-ins:
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link
          npgtpo3dautoplugin: Version: 0.1.44.29 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          GarminGpsControl: Version: 3.0.1.0 Release - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 4.9.1.16010 3rd-Party support link
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
          BrowserPlus_2.9.8: Version: 2.9.8 3rd-Party support link
          LogitechDeviceDetection: Version: 1.0.0.76 - SDK 10.7 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
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          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
          GamePadCompanionPrefPanel 3rd-Party support link
          Norton\nQuickMenu 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
          None
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                    Anna-1:          Version: 1.0.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare:          Version: 1.0.8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Drawn The Painted Tower:          Version: 1.0.7 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Mayan Prophecies - Ship of Spirits CE:          Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/MacGameStore/Demos/Mayan Prophecies Ship of Spirits CE/Mayan Prophecies - Ship of Spirits CE.app
          Garmin Lifetime Map Updater:          Version: 2.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Google Chrome:          Version: 20.0.1132.47 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          FacebookVideoCalling:          Version: 1.2.0.157 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Facebook/video/1.2.0.158/FacebookVideoCalling.app
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               8%          WindowServer
               2%          HP Utility
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          NortonAutoProtect
               0%          mds
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          111 MB          DashboardClient
          102 MB          WindowServer
          94 MB          mds_stores
          90 MB          Mail
Virtual Memory Information:
          36 MB          Free RAM
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          1.18 GB          Inactive RAM
          758 MB          Wired RAM
          1.27 GB          Page-ins
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Congratulations on your new laptop! Also, thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with transferring your iTunes Library to your new computer.
I notice that you are coming from the article “iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer,” and it sounds like you might have used the Home Sharing method outlined in that article.
With Home Sharing, you can stream content from another computer, and it sounds like that is how you have it currently set up. The last step is to import the content to your new computer. Use these steps on the new computer (while the old computer is on) to import the music to your new computer’s hard drive:
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Send the playlists file to yourself as an e-mail attachment, use an external drive, or use file sharing to move the playlists file to your new computer. Once the file is on your new computer, open iTunes and choose File > Library > Import Playlist. The import process will remove any items from the playlists that you didn't share via Home Sharing.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
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Best,
Sheila M.

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