How to free up space on my mac
hi all,
i've a macbbok air with 128gb flash storage{2013}.i needed to free up space, so i made a backup on a seagate harddrive connected to my airport extreme. after the backup was successfully done, I moved a previously downloaded large file{45gb} to trash,and then emptied trash.
See here for answer about “OTHER” taking up space and how to free up unwanted space being taken up:
http://pondini.org/TM/30.html
and here:
http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html
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How can free + used space tbs size, can someone explain
Hi Gurus
Can someone explain this, How can free + used space in a tablespace can be greater than size of a tablespace. What am I missing here . Thanks a lot .
I am on 10.2.0.1, HP-UX
14:38:52 SQL> select owner,sum(bytes), sum(BYTES) /1024/1024 "MB" from dba_segments where tablespace
name='USERDB1ADATA' group by owner;
OWNER SUM(BYTES) MB
USERDB1A 839680000 800.78125
1 row selected.
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A_DATA';
BYTES MB
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1 row selected.
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e='USERDB1A_DATA';
SUM(BYTES) MB
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1 row selected.
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New DBAGood point, Howard, about the recycle bin. So I cleaned up, recreated the table, filled it, dropped it but did not purge it, and ...
SQL> create table test.x tablespace test as select * from dba_objects where 1=2;
Table created.
SQL> insert into test.x select * from dba_objects;
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SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL> drop table test.x;
Table dropped.
SQL> with
2 dbf_size as (select sum(bytes) size_
3 from dba_data_files where tablespace_name='TEST'),
4 dbf_free as (select sum(bytes) free_
5 from dba_free_space where tablespace_name='TEST'),
6 dbf_used as (select sum(bytes) used_
7 from dba_segments where tablespace_name='TEST')
8 select size_, free_, used_, (size_ - free_ - used_) left_
9 from dbf_size, dbf_free, dbf_used
10 /
SIZE_ FREE_ USED_ LEFT_
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SQL>and then I played around with my SQL and came up with
WITH
dbf_size AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) size_
FROM dba_data_files
WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
dbf_free AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) free_
FROM dba_free_space
WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
dbf_used AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) used_
FROM dba_segments
WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
dbf_fbin AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) fbin_
FROM dba_segments
INNER JOIN
dba_recyclebin
ON (tablespace_name=ts_name
AND segment_name=object_name)
WHERE tablespace_name='TEST')
SELECT size_, -- tablespace size
free_, -- free space reported
used_, -- segment space used
fbin_, -- segment space in recycle bin
(size_ - free_ - used_ + fbin_) left_ -- 64K overhead per data file
FROM dbf_size, dbf_free, dbf_used, dbf_fbin
/which does
SQL> WITH
2 dbf_size AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) size_
3 FROM dba_data_files
4 WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
5 dbf_free AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) free_
6 FROM dba_free_space
7 WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
8 dbf_used AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) used_
9 FROM dba_segments
10 WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
11 dbf_fbin AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) fbin_
12 FROM dba_segments
13 INNER JOIN
14 dba_recyclebin
15 ON (tablespace_name=ts_name
16 AND segment_name=object_name)
17 WHERE tablespace_name='TEST')
18 SELECT size_,
19 free_,
20 used_,
21 fbin_,
22 (size_ - free_ - used_ + fbin_) left_
23 FROM dbf_size, dbf_free, dbf_used, dbf_fbin
24 /
SIZE_ FREE_ USED_ FBIN_ LEFT_
5242880 5177344 2162688 2162688 65536
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Tablespace altered.
SQL> WITH
2 dbf_size AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) size_
3 FROM dba_data_files
4 WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
5 dbf_free AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) free_
6 FROM dba_free_space
7 WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
8 dbf_used AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) used_
9 FROM dba_segments
10 WHERE tablespace_name='TEST'),
11 dbf_fbin AS (SELECT SUM(bytes) fbin_
12 FROM dba_segments
13 INNER JOIN
14 dba_recyclebin
15 ON (tablespace_name=ts_name
16 AND segment_name=object_name)
17 WHERE tablespace_name='TEST')
18 SELECT size_, -- tablespace size
19 free_, -- free space reported
20 used_, -- segment space used
21 fbin_, -- segment space used in recycle bin
22 (size_ - free_ - used_ + fbin_) left_
23 FROM dbf_size, dbf_free, dbf_used, dbf_fbin
24 /
SIZE_ FREE_ USED_ FBIN_ LEFT_
10485760 10354688 2162688 2162688 131072Message was edited by:
Hans Forbrich
Cleaned up the script and tested with second data file added to verify LMT overhead. -
How many free disk space after install OS X lion (10.7) ?
Hi,
I would like to know that how many free disk space after install OS X lion (10.7) on MBA i5.
Many Thanks,
EricI want to buy MBA i5, I would like to free disk space of MBA 13" i5, Could anyone tell it to me? Thanks
As you're buing a new MacBook Air, it will come pre-installed with Lion. The actual installation will be somewhat larger than a "clean" Lion install as it will come with iLife preinstalled. Obviously, with an Air's limited storage space, you want to be sure that you have enough room for any applications and data that you'll want to keep on the SSD as well. It is fairly easy to upgrade the SSD on an Air:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Aura_Pro_Express
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ikeep getting a message that my start up disc is full and i don't know how to free up space.. also when i o to download some files i am told there is no space left to download i bought this macbook pro used an receiver no discs.. what can i do??
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Download OmniDiskSweeper and see where your larger files are... you can move them to an external drive or trash them: it's up to you.
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https://discussions.apple.com/message/15470135#15470135
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HOW TO GET MORE SPACE ON MY MAC
Anybody have an idea how to free space of my mac.i bought new external hard drive and move most of my folder with music films and document in it.after moving i deleted them from my laptop then emtpy the trash,but after doing this,i still dont get free space.after deleting more than 20gb folder,i still dont have the space free of my laptop.anyhow out there for HELP.
{quote:title=Thomas A Reed wrote:}
Take a look at this page for just a few examples:
Unfortunately, as is pointed out there, there doesn't seem to be a comprehensive list of applications that Monolingual breaks. I had also heard that MS Office cannot be updated after running Monolingual on it, and that is verified by the [Monolingual FAQ|http://monolingual.sourceforge.net/faq.php].
Actually, I'm talking about the main localizations for X.
Applications/Application.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj
So, if you speak English, you would safely trash all the “.lproj” files within your apps except for the “English.lproj” one (if you are semi-intelligent) and your app would be unharmed.
I hadn't heard of or run into the Office 2008 problem as the system I'm running never had language localizations installed. But if the problem is updating you can remove the checksum verification from the updater or reinstall Office to apply the update and that should take care of that. But I see your point and should post fuller instructions when it comes to that app.
{quote:title=Thomas A Reed wrote:}
I think that recommending a program like Monolingual to the average user is akin to handing a loaded firearm to a child.
You do????
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How much free disk space after setup
I am just about to purchase a macbook and I am trying to find out how much disk space I can expect to have free.
I was thinking of getting the 80gb model but I also have a 40gb ipod which is two thirds full.
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While these aren't small they are rather typical as it includes the standard Mac OS X installation, full iLife 06, Adobe CS2, Microsoft Office v.X, Macromedia Studio MX plus a few other things. So you can realistically count on anything from 20 to 30GB for the OS and software. Yes you can obviously get less than that by optimising your installations. From there it's just how much data you have and what sort of data you use.
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Apple TV (1st gen): how to free up space?
how do i delete some of the content to free up space for new content?, Apple TV (1st gen) : how do i delete some of the content to free up space for new content?
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Hope this helps.
/svenskdod
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