HT201210 my startup disk is full - it seems to contain all of my pics and videos ever taken, is this what I need to erase to get more disk space?

what do I do?

You can move your libraries to an external drive (see Ralph's post) - please note: in order for the OS to operate properly, it needs an absolute minimum of 10 - 15 GB of empty space available at all times - more is better. Here are the instructions for moving your libraries (once they're moved and you know everything works, delete them on your internal drive):
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2302
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2506
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449

Similar Messages

What do I need to do if my startup disk space is full

what do I need to do if my startup disk space is full

Here are a couple of good primers:
Where did my Disk Space go?
http://macmost.com/what-to-do-when-your-hard-drive-is-full.html

Startup Disk Space

My startup disk is filled almost to capacity and I'm looking to free up some more space. I've noticed that two of the main folders, Library and System, on the disk contain essentially the same files. When I click on the System folder I get a Library subfolder that contains pretty much the same files as does the main Library folder. Can I just delete one of these libraries to free up space? Are there any better ways to free up startup disk space?

1. No.
2. Move items such as your iTunes and iPhoto libraries to another drive. The volume containing the iPhoto library needs to be formatted as Mac OS Extended.
(115847)

How to free up startup disk space

This is my first Mac and I love it but between my mom and I using it I have no startup disk space left on my Mac. I have no idea how to fix it, when I look to see what is using up space it says "other" 130 GB of other. What should I do? I live like 2 hours away from an apple store so at home solutions would be great! thanks
seriously fustrated
tech girl

Other data is going to include
Doucuments
Application data
Aplication Preferences
Emails
The operating system
System files
config files
The best way to reduce this space is deleting old email which may be in the thousands
Also old documents and old folders that dont get used

ITunes no longer loads "checked" songs onto my iPhone 5. It seem to be all or nothing or choose from the 4 categories. What happened to "sync only checked songs?"

iTunes no longer loads "checked" songs onto my iPhone 5. It seem to be all or nothing or choose from the 4 categories. What happened to "sync only checked songs?"

In the case you aren't trolling, here's some alternative mapping services.
Apple is constantly working on improving their new Maps service, but until it reaches the level of finesse necessary to be usable, take a look at some alternatives.
If you would like to send a suggestion to Apple, please go to http://www.apple.com/feedback or you can Report a Problem via the Maps app by tapping the bottom right.
Bing Maps offers a very good maps service with Bird's Eye, a feature similar to Flyover. It's arguably better than Google Maps.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bing/id345323231?mt=8
You can use Google Maps by creating a shortcut to the Home Screen with help from the article below.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/20/how-to-get-google-maps-on-ios-6
MapQuest also has a very nice app available.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mapquest/id316126557?mt=8
Nokia Maps is another great service that you can add to your Home Screen via a web shortcut.
http://m.maps.nokia.com
Waze is another very well reviewed app.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/waze-social-gps-traffic-gas/id323229106?mt=8
Here's an article detailing how to receive Public Transport directions.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/09/transit-apps-ios6-woes/?pid=3798
If you want a YouTube app, Google has made a very improved version available on the App Store.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/youtube/id544007664?mt=8

HT1937 I can't get do this iCloud, I just do not get it! I looked at so many instructions to try and help me and nothing seems to work. All I want to do is copy and paste all my photo's and videos as I used to before the iphone updated to iOS. Can you hel

I can't do this iCloud thing, I just do not get it! I looked at so many instructions to try and help me and nothing seems to work. All I want to do is copy and paste all my photo's and videos as I used to before the iphone updated to iOS. Can you help me? P
I've tried looking for the devise in My computer but all it says is iCloud. I really want to find the DMIC folder and I don't know how!

Emma Norton wrote:
I've tried looking for the devise in My computer but all it says is iCloud.
You should not see anything labeled iCloud in Windows Explorer.

Photostream Issue - I have had several phones over the years all backing up via iCloud/Photostream. It seems that the oldest of my photos and videos are simply gone and I cannot seem to figure out how to get access to them. Why is this happening?

Photostream Issue - I have had several phones over the years all backing up via iCloud/Photostream. It seems that the oldest of my photos and videos are simply gone and I cannot seem to figure out how to get access to them. Why is this happening? Is there anything I can do to get them back? I'm freaked out by the thought that I am paying for what I thought was a safe place for my photos to be stored and accessed later but now see that there are nearly 500 pictures/videos gone from my photostream folder. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. - Michael

Hi newmarket,
Photo Stream is not a respository for archiving photos. It is a cloud storage device that will store the last month or last 1000 photos taken by any device on the same Apple ID, and then will "share" those photos with all other devices that have Photo Stream turned on,and that are logged onto the same Apple ID.
iCloud backups will contain all of the photos that were on your camera roll the last time you backed up your device.
If you have photos outside of the Photo Stream parameters, and they are not all on your current camera roll, then you have no way to retrieve them unless you have imported them to the computer you sync with or have uploaded them to some other cloud service like DropBox.
Sorry,
GB

When trying to open itunes i'm receiving a message stating "this folder is on a locked disk or you do not have write permissions" Any idea what I need to do to get it working. The issue happened after I installed DJ Software

When trying to open itunes i'm receiving a message stating "this folder is on a locked disk or you do not have write permissions" Any idea what I need to do to get it working. The issue happened after I installed DJ Software

Read the part about changing permissions on the iTunes folder in: https://discussions.apple.com/message/11583914

My Macbook Pro keeps on saying that my disk space is full (startup Disk space) how or what do I need to do to resolve this as it is preventing me downloading all software updates?

Can someone help?

it actually says this "You need 5.34 GB of available space to download and install the updates. To increase available space, remove files from your startup disk, and then try again."
Don't even know how to do what it is asking me to do, can I get some direction?

A private var folder is taking up all of my startup disk space and I can't delete it.

HI,
My startup disk usage jumped to full quite unexpectedly. On running 'daisy disk' I can see that most of the space has been taken up with files marked as:
Disks and folders/macintosh hd/private/var/vm followed by a whole lot of 'swap file' extensions (34.3 GB in total)
and
folders/macintosh hd/private/var/db
What are these large files, and how do I delete them? Daisy disk says that they are required by OsX- but they weren't there before-
Alison

Shutdown the computer. Wait 30 seconds then restart. See if anything has changed. The swap files should be deleted. The main reason you may have such large swap is because you are running out of memory from trying to run to many applications concurrently.
Do not do anything with the /private/var/db file. The system needs that file.
There are many things that can take up space on a hard drive:
Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks' 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 gain startup disk space

Sorry for what is probably a stupid question ... I ran the usual software update and when I tried to install the Mac OSX update, I got a message that "Your hard disk does not have enough space" and "You need 5.19 GB of available space to download and install the updates. To increase available space, remove files from your startup disk, and then try again. "
But I have no idea how to access my startup disk (I didn't even know I had one). How do I find it and how do I choose which files can be deleted safely?
Thanks for any advice for this novice.
J

A few suggestions:
Empty the trash!
Open up your application folder & go through all your apps. Trash all the apps you no longer want and/or use.
An easier way to do this is to open the Application folder in list view & press the Command+j keys.
In the the dialog that appears, click the "This Window Only" button & the "Calculate All Sizes" check box.
Wait a bit until your file & folder sizes have all been calculated, then click the "Size" column to sort your apps from the fattest to the most anorexic.
Get rid of all your photo files you don't want and/or need. Same goes for those pics off the websites you downloaded (gifs, jpegs, etc.).
I'm old fashion. I still keep my photos in a photo album. So when people come over my house, they can actually "touch" & "feel" my photos without me running to my computer to "show my photos".
Get rid of all your music files you no longer listen too. Especially, if you already have the actual CD/DVDs or you can later redownload from a website.
Use Spotlight to make sure you got rid of everything. You can even trash directly from Spotlight!
Drag what you don't want and/or need to the trash. Better yet, download this neat little shareware app demo called AppZapper. It basically does all the work for you by not only trashing the apps but the apps preference files, caches & all its associated files.
Another software that does the above is AppDelete. Best of all this software is free!
Burn what you want and/or need onto CDs or DVDs.
Not everyone has the luxury of purchasing an external HD and/or Mobile accounts to store their "stuff, junk, music & photos".
You can check with your ISP to see if they offer free storage space. Most if not all do now-a-days.
There are thousands if not millions of free storage facilities on the web also. Use your favorite search engine to search them out as they come in different storage sizes to fit your needs & wants.
Check for duplicate fonts.
Applications>Font Book
Select “All Fonts”
If you see any “black dots” next to any fonts this mean you have duplicates and/or multiple versions of these fonts.
To clean this up, select a “black dotted” font or the Apple + click to select multiple dotted fonts;
Edit>Resolve>Duplicates.
What the above does is turns off the duplicates & multiple version fonts. Not delete them.
More than likely the “extras” were installed by other programs and/or other users.
Clear out font caches
Use FontNuke. It does all the work for you. And, best of all it’s FREE.
Printer Drivers
Get rid of all the printer drivers you don’t need & use except the ones for your current printer(s)/scanner(s).
HD>Library>Printers Folder
If you accidently threw something out that you needed for your printer/scanner it can be easily obtained from the manufacturer’s website and/or from the CD that came w/the printer/scanner.
Garage Band
Has about 1GB of loops stored. Get rid of some some them. You surely don’t use, like and/or need them all.
HD>Library>Audio/Apple Loops>Apple>Apple Loops For GarageBand
Or just get rid of the Garage Band app altogether if you don’t use it.
Get rid of extra languages
Strip your computer down to your “native” tongue.
You can do this with a FREE utility called Monolingual. Another app that apparently does all the work for you. I’ve never used it. However, a lot of users here swear by & recommend it highly.
However, there is a warning for *native English speakers*. Make sure you keep BOTH English and English (United States).
Other Resources:
HD Space Checkers:
Disk Inventory X (FREE)
WhatSize (SHAREWARE)
OmniDiskSweeper (FREE)
GrandPerspective (FREE - donation)
Knowledge Base Article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303602 Mac Maintenance Quick Assist
Scroll down to "4) Prune Through Your Files".
Slimming your hard drive
Rule of thumb: You should never let your hard drive get to where you have only 10-15% of space left.
!http://i50.tinypic.com/izvwo1.gif!

HT201364 How do you free up startup disk space on mac book pro 2013 model its not letting me update anything at all

how do you free up disk space on macbook pro 2013 model to upgrade and update software

Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks' 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.

My SD card seems corrupt, how can I recover photos and videos

The SD card I used in a GoPro camera seems corrupt, I cannot detect in either in the camera or on the computer. How can I recover my photos and videos?

Type "recover photos" into a search engine window.
Dozens of fairly inexpensive products are available. Some have free trials or limited recovery for free.

HT1349 my mac book disk is full but i cant delete anything because the finder dont load, the trash wont open or anything wont open. i tried to take all my pics and videos off but i cant because nothing opens up, its in dashboard mode. what can i do to fix

My mac book's finder. trash and other things don't work. how can i save all my data even though i cant transfer it all because my disk is full and isn't allowing me to delete stuff? and my midi isn't working

Start with this comprehensive troubleshooting article:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521
Look at this one for possible solutions:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
Ciao.

I am having consistant problems w/ my mb pro freezing for 20-60 seconds while working in different programs and apps. i've upgraded my RAM to 8gigs and deleted over 60 gig of pics and videos to try to help, but nothing seems to work.

I've now been having this problem for months. It just freezes up and either shows me the dumb color wheel or doesn't show me anything sometimes and i just cant do anything for about 20-60 seconds. i can't exposae or anything. Also while working on a power point presentation it froze 4 different times for good and i had to do a hard restart just to get it working again. i lost my work and had to keep starting over. it was so annoying. it seems most of the time it does it, it is while i'm in Excel, Outlook, or Powerpoint. so perhaps it has something to do with my microsoft office. but i have the newest version and all the updates and everything. and i believe its happened when doing other tasks too. So i just can't figure it out.
A few Mac friends suggested i free up some space on my hard drive and upgrade my RAM. So i did. i put all my videos and photos on an external harddrive and deleted them all on my computer. i also upgraded to 8 gigs of RAM.
And honestly i can't even tell a difference after doing both of these.
HELP! PLEASE HELP! I'M ABOUT TO GO CRAZY. And having all the non Mac believers telling me it cause i have a Mac even drives me more nuts..
Jason

Any of this help?
it froze a few times over the last hour and half while browsing the internet.
and also while working in excel it all of the sudden shut down excel and said. "Excel has encountered and problem and needs to shut down, you may lose the work you were on." or something like that. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME TOO. Excel, outlook and powerpoint frequently just shut down on me out of now where. I've bolded and underlined when this happened.
1/8/12 11:50:56 AM
Software Update[4573]
PackageKit: *** Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/PPD_Installer_RI3292E3L.pkg
1/8/12 11:51:22 AM
com.apple.launchd[1]
(com.apple.suhelperd[4575]) Exited with exit code: 2
1/8/12 12:13:51 PM
com.apple.launchd[1]
(com.apple.netauth.sysagent[4608]) Exited with exit code: 255
1/8/12 12:17:37 PM
com.apple.launchd[1]
(com.apple.netauth.sysagent[4616]) Exited with exit code: 255
1/8/12 12:20:47 PM
com.apple.backupd[4644]
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
1/8/12 12:21:39 PM
com.apple.launchd[1]
(com.apple.netauth.sysagent[4645]) Exited with exit code: 255
1/8/12 12:26:25 PM
[0x0-0x26026].org.mozilla.firefox[263]
colorbits: 24 alpha: 8 depth: 24 stencil: 0
1/8/12 12:26:25 PM
[0x0-0x26026].org.mozilla.firefox[263]
*** depth: 24 (req: 24)
1/8/12 12:27:54 PM
[0x0-0x26026].org.mozilla.firefox[263]
colorbits: 24 alpha: 8 depth: 24 stencil: 0
1/8/12 12:27:54 PM
[0x0-0x26026].org.mozilla.firefox[263]
*** depth: 24 (req: 24)
1/8/12 1:00:43 PM
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[112]
([0x0-0x1b01b].com.microsoft.Excel[210]) Exited: Killed
1/8/12 1:03:51 PM
[0x0-0x199199].com.microsoft.Excel[4763]
Sun Jan 8 13:03:51 Jason-Streiffs-MacBook-Pro.local Microsoft Excel[4763] <Error>: CGBitmapContextCreate: invalid data bytes/row: should be at least 5760 for 8 integer bits/component, 3 components, kCGImageAlphaNoneSkipFirst.
1/8/12 1:03:52 PM
[0x0-0x199199].com.microsoft.Excel[4763]
Sun Jan 8 13:03:52 Jason-Streiffs-MacBook-Pro.local Microsoft Excel[4763] <Error>: CGBitmapContextCreate: invalid data bytes/row: should be at least 5760 for 8 integer bits/component, 3 components, kCGImageAlphaNoneSkipFirst.

HT201210 my startup disk is full - it seems to contain all of my pics and videos ever taken, is this what I need to erase to get more disk space?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for