How to clear hard drive space?

my hard drive is "full" i need a way to clear space or compress files, without taking them off of my computer, Ive already put all my photos and movies on an external hard drive all thats left is 25 gigs of music and applications really. hard drive is 80g. I cant have my external hard drive all the time and i need space on the laptop in general, thanks for any help

i said right there, that i didnt want to move any more stuff off of the computer, ill dump trash or compress files, but i need to make room.
Not being a smartass, but somtimes it doesn't matter what you want.
If you can't clear enough space you may have to move more files off, or buy a larger internal drive.
http://www.bombich.com/software/local.html
This is not tested on Tiger, but there may be an equivilent.

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Hi there,
I have deleted several GB of messages, folder by folder from Entourage as I have the complete set in Mail. However, I had restarted my iMac and there seems to be too small amount of hard drive space available after this delete has been completed. I don't see anything left in the Entourage folders, nor in the Trash on the dock. So, where else can I check to reclaim the hard drive space? I'm currently showing 140 GB and there should be around 155 GB free.
Advice much appreciated. Thank you!
Lynn

Have a look at this article* I wrote:
http://www.macmaps.com/diskfull.html
Hope you are able to find your lost space.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

Is there any application or plug in that anyone knows of that could tell me how much free hard drive space i have left on my mac? Thanks so much. . .

I'm looking for an application or plug in that can tell me how much free space I have available on my hard drive left for my MacBook Air, thanks so much!

***Correction***
The other way to do this is to choose About this Mac under the Apple menu. When the window appears, click on More Info, and then choose Storage from the selection of tabs at the top.

How to clear hard drive?

Hi there
Soon I am giving my powerbook 12" to a friend. How do I clear off my hard drive of all my personal data (i.e., restore back to original)
Thanks for any help you all can give me.

Actually, there are only three options available for a secure erase. (I wondered about that "17-pass" option since it doesn't exist). There is the "Zero Out" option, the "7-pass" option which zeroes out your data seven times, and then the "35-pass" erase that I mentioned which zeroes out, of course, thirty-five times.
Now for the most infamous answer of all to your new predicament. One that I always give out. Target Disk Mode.
You can do this by connecting your PowerBook to another Mac capable of running/installing the version of Mac OS X that's on your disc. Trouble is, this can only be done--because you have the original discs, not retail versions (or are they retail?)--on a similar model PowerBook. (Or if you have retail versions of the disc, since that runs on any machine).
Though I wonder if it would work if it detects a compatible system, your PowerBook, and goes through with the installation process.
Long story short, Target Disk Mode allows you to do many things, but in your specific case, now that I've gone into it, it might not work with original restore/install discs. (That's a first for me... giving a solution that won't work because of a rare stumbling block).
Target Disk Mode is usually for transferring files, but you can also do it to install software to other computers that may have a faulty optical drive. For instance, if you wanted to install, say, iLife '08 on your PowerBook, you connect it to another Mac with the disc running, and then under Target Disk Mode, select your PowerBook as the destination volume.
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You know, you can do a simple method of deleting your files. Any files that you created yourself and know you did, simply put those in the trash. When you've found all your files, do a "Secure Empty Trash" from the file menu instead of the regular empty trash method. The only other thing I see that would need to be deleted are preference files (this is more risky because if you throw something out that the system needs, there could be conflicts... back in the days of Mac OS 9, it was easy to just pick and choose things to throw out. Not with Mac OS X) from things like Safari, iTunes, iPhoto, and any other place with personal info, like Address Book, iCal, etc.
The other big thing would be your user account itself. You'd have to rename it (the short name can't be changed without using third-party software), change the password to something else or just leave it blank so your friend can use it. The problem there is that even though the password is changed, I've found that the system will sometimes look for an original password for things like Keychain Access, etc. So your friend might want to install something new, or could be just working in Safari, and a pop up dialog box might come up asking for a keychain password or admin password (other than the new one).
So I guess the real thing to do is completely reformat your hard drive to pack it all up and make it clean and usable from the start. =(

Clear hard drive space on a terra bye hard drive iMac intel.

i have a full hard drive. i have cleared a lot of video files but not making much head way. the bulk of my files are pictures and music, and videos. i have over 5000 files that are associated with iphoto that have the "face" discription in them, can i safely delete them, i do not use face library? also i download my videos from my digital camcorder (sony hd), and i have a lot of files that say clip in them, can i delete them safely after I have movie in itunes? any suggestion would be helpfull. thanks in advance ricky

rleblanc49 wrote:
i have over 5000 files that are associated with iphoto that have the "face" discription in them, can i safely delete them, i do not use face library?
No clue what you're talking about. What's "face library"?
any suggestion would be helpful
Get an external hard drive. (Better than regrets when you've deleted pics and video clips you want, but you'll never get back.)

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I'm running out of space on my macbook air. too many TV purchase downloads on Itunes. If I delete them, can I re-download them in the future if I want to watch them again?

You should still be in the habit of backing up your purchases locally.
Let's say you purchased a TV show last season and the audio track is in stereo. If the copyright holder decides it wants that TV Show to have a Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track they will provide new files to Apple and the original ones you purchased will be removed. Well, if you have not backed up your purchases you have just lost that TV Show in your purchase history. It is gone and you can't download or stream it again.
So backup your purchases.

How to check Hard Drive space?

Hey...
I am new here...bought a MacBook last July and I am loving it. Just one question though...I bought a MacBook with 120 GB RAM but when I check the computer it says that it's capacity is 74.21 GB which I am thinking is actually the 80 GB RAM. Also, when investigating further, I realized that the serial number on the box was in fact different than the serial number listed on the computer directory. Is this common or did I get ripped off?
Thanks
Jay.D
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i have a fealing you waited to long to go about trying to fix this, if you paid for the 80 and wanted the 120 then the guy that sold it to you is either dumb or just made a mistake. if you paid for the 120 and got and 80 you probably got ripped off, but this late in the game you can't really go back.
hope that it works out for you

Memory and hard drive space.

Hi,
i was wandering how i can find out how much memory im using, and how much hard drive i have left, or have used. Because im thinking of buying two more movies from itunes, but i dont want to make my macbook slow or anything like that.

Hey,
Theres numerous ways to find out how much Hard Drive space you have. A more in-depth look at your HD can be found by accessing Activity Monitor and then Clicking on Disk Usage. You can also see how much RAM you have available by looking at the System Memory panel. You can also see how much available Hard Drive space you have by opening Finder and the amount you have Free will be at the bottom of the window. Another way to show info is to use your Desktop to show how much total space your Hard Drive has and how much you've used by Right Clicking the Desktop> Click on Show Item Info> and then under Macintosh HD it should display the info.
-Tom

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Hello,
I have noticed that my hard drive space is significantly reduced by the movies, slideshows, idvd's etc. that I have created.
I have about 100GB of files to archive and I am asking what is the best and quickest way to do this?
I would prefer to backup the files onto a DVD that I can reload onto a mac later on if I need to. I could make a dvd that is playable in any dvd player but I'd like a data backup that I can load and edit at anytime.
Is this possible and how do I do this?

a single-layered dvd-r fits 4.7GB... <math> ~22 DVDs.... phphewww...-
plus, most iM projects are much larger than to fit on one dvd...- you need a 3rd party Tool as toast7, which allows socalled spanning (=automatic segmenting and, much more important: rejoining these segments to one, single file...)...
how about investing into any external firewire harddrive, ~200Gigs are for <150€ (some offer<100€)... reliable, fast, convenient (drag'n drop).
don't forget to format with DiskUtility as MacOsExtended/hfs BEFORE usage
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A couple months ago, I activated photo stream using my apple ID. I was under the impression that all the photos uploaded to my photo stream would only use server space on icloud and wouldn't actually utilize disk space, or at the most, the option was available to only download specific photos to my hard drive. My hope was that I could upload the photos to a specific drive, and view the uploaded thumbs or low-res comps on any device as a reference.
This is not the case.
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I have been uploading directly to an iphoto library on an external hard drive specifically designated for handling all my RAW high-res images.
What has been happening is all those RAW files are also being uploaded directly to my iphoto library on my iMac and eating up memory which I cannot reclaim, even after deactivating my Photo Stream in preferences. We're talking almost 100 GB of memory is tied up right now.
I don't want to just go in and start deleting files and folders in my Masters folder, since I have heard this will break iphoto, but the photos in my photostream do not show up in any event and I need to reclaim the hard drive space.
How can I safely delete them?

If the files are loose inside the iPhoto library package here's one way to get them out:
1 - open your library, select all of the photos in the library and add a unique keyword, XXXX, to all of them.
2 - Rebuild the library with iPhoto Library Manager as follows:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.>Click on the Add Library button,
2 - select the library you want to add from those in the selection window.
3 - make sure that in the rebuild window the checkbox "Scavange orphaned photos" is checked.
4 - now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
5 - in the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed. Click on the Create button.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
3 - open the library, create a smart album with the criterial "Keyword is not XXXX".
4 - the smart album will include those photos that were not visible in your original library. Select them and use the key combination of Command+Option+Delete to move them to the iPhoto Trash bin.
5 - empty the iPhoto Trash bin via the iPhoto ➙ Empty iPhoto Trash Bin menu option.
6 - empty the Trash bin in the Dock to remove the files from your hard drive completely.
Be sure to read Note 1 above. You can use the new library without your books, slideshow, etc. and it will not contain those errant files. Of course delete the original library if the new one is satisfactory.

How do I find what's using my hard drive space

My wife has a 14" iBook. How do I find what's using all the hard-drive space? It only has a 40GB hard-drive (it's one of the older G3 models) but there isn't a lot loaded onto the HD. There is only 3GB space left. I've gone through every application and utility and document and every folder (document, movie, etc.) and the largest space-hogging folder is iTunes which uses 15GB because of the music. I can't find any singular folder that uses any sizeable HD space. I recently loaded Tiger so I don't know if Tiger uses the rest of the space or if it's just a combo of all the other applications.

You could download and use WhatSize to see what may be eating up the space.
With a 40 GB hard drive, you need to keep at least 6 GB free in order to avoid problems.

How can i tell how much hard drive space my website is taking up on my computer?

I have a website that i build through iweb and publish via mobile me. i have about 200 podcasts on the site, and I am trying to figure out how much hard drive space this is taking up on my computer. these files are not in itunes, and i'm not concerned about the space they are taking up in my cloud, i just want to know how much space on my computer they are taking up because i'm trying to decide if i should move my iweb site to a different computer to alleviate some space issues. any help would be much appreciated.

Check the size of the Domain.site2 file that is in your Users/Home/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder. it contains all of the files used to create and publish your site. I'm not sure if it copies the podcasts into it or not. You can open the domain package and do a search for them. Just don't move, rename or delete any files inside that package or your site is toast.
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How do I find out what's eating up my hard drive space?

I installed Leopard quite a while back on my 1,8 GHz PowerPC G5 tower. I had to try twice and call Apple support because I was having problems installing it. I never seem to have much hard drive space, and I don't really have much on this computer. My iTunes library takes up a bit of room, but there's really not much else on the hard drive. I cleaned out some old stuff tonight and made some room, but I am wondering how much of my space is eaten up by the previous OS. Also wondering if Leopard is on here twice because of the double install attempt.
I am trying to make room to install Logic Express 8. So where are the OS's on here so I can trash anything extraneous, and is there a way -- other than individually Apple I'ing everything -- to see what's taking up so much space on my hard drive. As you can probably tell, I'm not the most computer literate person. Thanks.

Try a program such as Disk Inventory X or OmniDiskSweeper.
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When i look at how much hard drive space i have available, my mac says i have 250 gigs used up in backup. I can not find this backup file to delete it and free up the space

When i look at how much hard drive space i have available, my mac says i have 250 gigs used up in backup. I can not find this backup file to delete it and free up the space

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