How do i create space on the start up disk by moving pictures from i photo but keeping them readily available

how do i get pictures off of my start up disk but in a way that i can recll them into iphoto

You will first of all need an external hard drive. There are lots of them available. Search MacSales or NewEgg for one that suits your needs. Get one that is bigger than you think you'll need.
Once you have an external drive, format it using Disk Utility (in the /Applications/Utilities folder) if it has not already been formatted to work with a Mac.
Copy your Pictures folder (which should contain your iPhoto library) to the new hard drive.
Launch iPhoto while holding down the option key on your keyboard. It will ask you to select an iPhoto library. Select the library on the external hard drive. Confirm that all your pictures are there and you can work with them.
Drag the iPhoto library that is in your Pictures folder on the internal hard drive to the Trash.
Empty the Trash.
You should now have a bunch more space on your hard drive.
If you have not been backing up your data religiously, start using the external hard drive to do so (be sure to get a nice BIG drive so you have plenty of room for backups.) Also realize that since your iPhoto library is now stored on the external drive, backing it up again to that drive is not particularly useful. I suggest burning all your important photos to DVDs. If the photo library is too big for that, get another external hard drive and back up to that. Data security is important.

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How do i create space in my start up disk on mac book pro?

how do i create space in my start up disk on mac book

For information about the Other category in the Storage display, see this support article. If the Storage display seems to be inaccurate, try rebuilding the Spotlight index.
Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then restart the computer. That will temporarily free up some space.
According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation—not the mythical 10%, 15%, or any other percentage. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of the data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
When Time Machine backs up a portable Mac, some of the free space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of recently deleted files. The space occupied by local snapshots is reported as available by the Finder, and should be considered as such. In the Storage display of System Information, local snapshots are shown as Backups. The snapshots are automatically deleted when they expire or when free space falls below a certain level. You ordinarily don't need to, and should not, delete local snapshots yourself. If you followed bad advice to disable local snapshots by running a shell command, you may have ended up with a lot of data in the Other category. Ask for instructions in that case.
See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) or GrandPerspective (GP) to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one. Note that ODS only works with OS X 10.8 or later. If you're running an older OS version, use GP.
Deleting files inside an iPhoto or Aperture library will corrupt the library. Any changes to a photo library must be made from within the application that created it. The same goes for Mail files.
Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
ODS or GP 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 see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
If you have more than one user account, make sure you're logged in as an administrator. The administrator account is the one that was created automatically when you first set up the computer.
Install the app you downloaded in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click anywhere in the corresponding line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
sudo /Applications/GrandPerspective.app/Contents/MacOS/GrandPerspective
Launch the built-in 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.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator. Ignore any other messages that appear in the Terminal window.
The application window will open, eventually showing all files in all folders, sorted by size. It may take a few minutes for the app to finish scanning.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means. When in doubt, leave it alone or ask for guidance.
When you're done with the app, quit it and also quit Terminal.

HT1338 how do i make space in the start up disk

how can i make space in my start up disk

Check out https://discussions.apple.com/message/21475397#21475397 this should help

How do I clear space on the start up disk?

not enough room on start up disk what do i do?

Allan Eckert wrote:
…found that OmniDiskSweeper to be a useful tool to find out for sure exactly where the the files and folders are that are taking up the most space.
this is just 'useful' if you know what to do with that info...
examples:
you'll find tons of huge 'Help'-files, well hidden in the libraries ... would you erase them?
you'll find tons of browser-cache files … would you erase them?
you'll find tons of 'cpi'-files (if you archive your SDcards)… would you erase them?
The expert can do a lot of 'improvements', but the average user is simply overwhelmed
MacOS as a Unix has a lot of 'self-healing' interanlly (as an examples: the famous cron-jobs), and there's little need to trigger those manually ...
OP asked to free disk-space - a start is to drag the obvious ones (video, pics, music) externally. the erasing of the few kB, a Korean/Danish/Maori/… location doesn't have any noticeable effect....
(excuses to an Korean, Danish, Maori forum members being here abused as 'exotic'! )

HT201364 how do i make space on my start up disk

How do I make space on my start up disk to allow for updates?

You should never, EVER let a conputer hard drive get completely full, EVER!
With Macs and OS X, you shouldn't let the hard drive get below 15 GBs or less of free data space.
If it does, it's time for some hard drive housecleaning.
Follow some of my tips for cleaning out, deleting and archiving data from your Mac's internal hard drive.
Have you emptied your iMac's Trash icon in the Dock?
If you use iPhoto, iPhoto has its own trash that needs to be emptied, also.
If you store images in other locations other than iPhoto, then you will have to weed through these to determine what to archive and what to delete.
If you use Apple Mail app, Apple Mail also has its own trash area that needs to be emptied, too!
Delete any old or no longer needed emails and/or archive to disc, flash drives or external hard drive, older emails you want to save.
Look through your other Mailboxes and other Mail categories to see If there is other mail you can archive and/or delete.
Other things you can do to gain space.
Once you have around 15 GBs regained, do a search, download and install OmniDisk Sweeper.
This app will help you locate files that you can move/archive and/or delete from your system.
STAY AWAY FROM DELETING ANY FILES FROM OS X SYSTEM FOLDER!
Look through your Documents folder and delete any type of old useless type files like "Read Me" type files.
Again, archive to disc, flash drives, ext. hard drives or delete any old documents you no longer use or immediately need.
Look in your Applications folder, if you have applications you haven't used in a long time, if the app doesn't have a dedicated uninstaller, then you can simply drag it into the OS X Trash icon. IF the application has an uninstaller app, then use it to completely delete the app from your Mac.
Download an app called OnyX for your version of OS X.
When you install and launch it, let it do its initial automatic tests, then go to the cleaning and maintenance tabs and run the maintenance tabs that let OnyX clean out all web browser cache files, web browser histories, system cache files, delete old error log files.
Typically, iTunes and iPhoto libraries are the biggest users of HD space.
move these files/data off of your internal drive to the external hard drive and deleted off of the internal hard drive.
If you have any other large folders of personal data or projects, these should be archived or moved, also, to the optical discs, flash drives or external hard drive and then either archived to disc and/or deleted off your internal hard drive.
Good Luck!

HT201364 How do I clear space on my start up disk?

My computer keeps telling me that my start up disk is almost full, I've tried to delete things, and that didn't work, but how do I even get to the start up disk?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6047
http://pondini.org/OSX/LionStorage.html
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142
Disk Inventory X: http://www.derlien.com/
Grand Perspective: http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/

How do I delete photos from my iPad but keep them on my mac?

How do I delete photos from my iPad but keep them on my mac?

Set iPhoto to automatically import photo stream photos to your iPhoto library:
Once imported, deleting them from your photo stream will not delete them from your library. If they aren't imported yet, contol-click on the photos and choose Import.

How can I delete photos from my iPhone but keep them in iCloud? I.e. I want more than just a backup of what's on my phone, I want selective storage of my photos. Can iCloud do that?

Hi,
Can I use iCloud as photo storage rather than just backup? Right now, it just syncs the photos from my iPhone. I want to delete some photos from my phone, but keep them in the cloud.
I also want to be able to adjust the settings of certain folders in iPhoto to do different things.
I.e. I have a "work" folder in my photos app on my iphone. I want all the photos and videos in this folder to be stored in dropbox and be erased from my iPhone.
I have a "family" folder in my photos app on my iPhone. I want all the photos and videos in this folder to be stored in iCloud and erased from my iPhone.
Finally, why can't I log into iCloud from anywhere and see my photos? For example, when I go to my friend's house, I want to be able to log into iCloud from his computer and show him photos that are no longer saved on my phone, but rather stored in the cloud.
Would I be better off with dropbox, flickr, or Amazon for something like that?
Thanks!
Amy

If you have the photos on your computer a great way to test is to remove your phone from your computer and see if the photos are still on it; if they are still on your computer you are free to do so
Also when you are importing photos from the device to iPhoto you should get the option to delete after importing
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083

How to make free space on your start up disk

Hey!
I'm experiencing some problems with my MacBook Pro. Everytime I'm trying to save something or downloading something, it say my start up disk is almost full. And sometimes it tells me I have to quit applications to make space.
How can I make free space, I mean, I can't have used all the memory on my computer already, I've only had it for a year. I'm guessing I've got a file that's taking up a lot of space. How can I identify it? And how can I make free space on my start up disk?
Thanks for the help,
leozinho2r

Download and use either WhatSize or Omni Disk Sweeper to see what files are filling your drive. Trash them if you don't need them.

How move file with space in the name to another foler on Linux from ABAP?

Hi experts,
My requirement is to move the file on Linux to another folder via ABAP program.
IN SM49 is defined ZMOVE command for "mv" operating system command. In ABAP, fm:
SXPG_COMMAND_EXECUTE calls ZMOVE external command to move the file to another folder.
But in case that file has space in the file name, then the fm gives error and the file can not be moved.
I have tried as given in the Note 1152084 - Parameter for external commands but it doesn't work.
Don't know if the reason is that the note is for Windows or Unix and we have Linux.
So, I have tried with ''%file name%' and '''file name'''.
PLease advice hoe to move file on Linux to another folder from ABAP program if the file has spec in the name.
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Danijela Zivanovic

Hi,
You can also try :
mv "file\ name" /<path_to_new_dir>
(Put "\" before each space)
Regards.
Rajesh Narkhede

How do I clear space on my start up disk?

I want to install new OS. I am told I must clear space on Startup disk. What is and where is this on my McBook Air?

Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion's Storage Display.
2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
6. See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.

How do I remove a picture from one album, but keep it in another?

I have created an aditional album along with the default "Camera Roll" and I have moved certain pictures from "Camera Roll" into the new album. I no longer have the need for the picture to be in "Camera Roll" but when I tried to delete it, I got this message: "This photo is used in an album. Do you want to delete it everywhere?" The only options are "Delete Everywhere" and "Cancel". How can I (If I can) remove ceratain images from the "Camera Roll" while still keeping them in a different album?

Yeah, i got the idea of the photostream, cameraroll (finally)...
Putting a photo in new album in iphone is just "tagging" or adding "pointers" to a photo. a photo in camera roll can "appear" in many albums. Sounds like gmail label...
And,
Put a photo in the camera roll, it will sync to photostream (iphone). Photostream will sync to photostream (macbook) . If i delete the photo from camera roll, it will not sync back from photostream (iphone, macbook) and the photo in my macbook is left untouch. leaving only the photo at photostream (iphone and macbook) only.

How to delete all apps of a iTunes account from a iPhone, but keep them on my Mac?

We are a big family and every one has his own iTunes account, but we got only one computer. We purchesed some of the apps twice (with different accounts), and if I sync, iTunes takes the apps from random accounts and loads them onto my iPhone. So sometimes I cant take the Apps I really want because my iPhone is already filled with content from 5 iTunes accounts.
So how can I choose, from wich account I want my content?

thanks, but lets say I want the apps from my mother, my father, my sister, my other sister, my brother and me. my other brother bought the same app as I did and iTunes syncs, I don't know why, the app from my other brother's account. so my iPhone would be packed with 6 accounts, but thats impossible. so how can I tell iTunes "sync these accounts, but not that one!"

Hi peeps, I recently had my iPad Air replaced and it automatically uploaded all my photos back from iCloud on to my iPad, taking up an enormous amount of storage. How can I delete them from my iPad, but keep them on my desktop?

Hi peeps, how do I delete all my photos from my iPad once they have been saved to my desktop, as they are clogging up my storage?

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236
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http://ipadacademy.com/2011/09/another-way-to-quickly-delete-photos-from-your-ip ad-mac-only
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iPhoto for iOS (iPad): Delete photos from iPhoto
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The Fastest Way to Remove All the Photos from the iPad Camera Roll
http://ipadinsight.com/ipad-tips-tricks/the-fastest-way-to-remove-all-the-photos -from-the-ipad-camera-roll/
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http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/delete-pictures-from-your-ipad.html
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Moving pictures from laptop to EHD, keeping photoshop elements 10 on laptop need more space

I have asked this question in another forum and came so close to getting a resolution but the person was not familar with photoshop elements 10.
He suggested a drag and drop method but could not give me any specific step by step directions.
Can anyone help me?
Please read my previous question posted I believe it was Sept 25 or close to that time.

Thank you for your response.
Can you explain step by step how to drag and drop within the elements organizer.
The directions that I was given by someone in my previous post was for later elements. I have elements 10.
Does anyone have any help with making sure pictures do not get corrupted in the transfer? I have a lot of pictures to transfer to the new EHD and do not want to have to go through my pictures one by one on my back up to find the picture and get on the new EHD
I have only had nightmares when changing to an updated version of PSE or to a new computer even though I have followed the directions on the photoshop web site. I am so so afraid that this will be an even bigger nightmare because I can find no step by step directions on how to do this.

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