HT5920 how do i delete files from my start up disk

how do i delete files from start up disk

If you do not need the files any longer, you can Drag them to the "Trash", then "Finder -> Empty Trash".  Once you empty the trash you cannot get them back.
Or are you talking about something else.  If so, then please provide more details.

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  • How do I delete files from the start up disk?

    I keep getting the messsage that my start up disk is full and I shoudl delte files, which I have tried to do, by putting stuff inthe trash and emptying it, but that does not seem to be enough and I keep getting the message. ireally don't ahve much stored on my computer except for a lot of photos. Could the photos be the problem?

    Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
    iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
    Then reboot. 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. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of your 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.
    If you're using Time Machine to back up a portable Mac, some of the free space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of files you've recently deleted. 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.
    To locate large files, you can use Spotlight. That method may not find large folders that contain a lot of small files.
    You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) to explore your 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.
    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 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.
    Install ODS in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
    Triple-click the line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
    Launch the 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 (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
    The application window will open, eventually showing all files in all folders. It may take some minutes for ODS to list all the files.
    I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything while running ODS 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 ODS, quit it and also quit Terminal.

  • How do I delete files from my start up disk?

    I keep getting a message that my start up disk is full. I deleted a bunch of pictures, but it did not free the space on the hard drive.

    download OmniDiskSweeper.

  • How do I delete items from my start up disk so I can download yosemite

    How do I delete items from my start up disk to create enough space to download Yosemite?

    You need at least 6 GBs to download the file and another 6 GBs to install it. Plus, you need at least 12 GBs free space on your 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.

  • HT201210 how do i remove files from my start up disk

    how do i remove files from my start up disk on a macbook 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.

  • HT1338 how do i remove files from my start up disk?

    How do i remove files from my start up disk?

    Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
    See Lion's Storage Display.
    You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
    Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
    Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.

  • How do I removes files from my start up disk ?

    How do I removes files from my start up disk ?
    My Mac Book Pro seems to be out of space and say i need to remove files from start up disk..

     
    It is very difficult to offer troubleshooting suggestions when the "os version" you are using is unknown as each os has their own troubleshooting solutions. 

  • How do you remove files from your start up disk without deleting any files?, How do you remove files from your start up disk without deleting any files?

    Hi,
    I was wondering if anyone knew how to remove files from the start up disk without deleting any files?
    I am unable to add any more photos and even download the latest updates because the start up disk is full....
    Is it possible to move the files off the start up disk without deleting them?
    I would appreciate feedback,
    Thanks
    Sammy

    Well you can move them to an external drive but this will delete them from the internal drive. Which is what you have to do to free up disk space.

  • HT1338 how do i delete files from my start up?

    how do i delete files from my startup?

    rastos wrote:
    how do i delete files from my startup?
    Do you mean your Accounts system preferences login items or something else?  For login items select an item and click the minus to delete it from the list.  Other "startup" processes need to be deleted from other specific places.  So you need to be more specific about what you are talking about.

  • HT201177 How Do I Remove Files From My Start-Up Disk?

    Can someone tell me how to remove files from my start up disk?

    Your startup volume is full. First, reboot. That will temporarily free up some space. According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB free for normal operation. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of your data.
    Use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper to explore your volume and find out what's taking up the space.
    Proceed further only if the problem hasn't been solved.
    ODS 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 really see everything, you have to run it as root.
    First, back up all data if you haven't already done so. No matter what happens, you should be able to restore your system to the state it was in at the time of that backup.
    Launch the 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.
    ☞ If you’re running Mac OS X 10.7 or later, open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the page that opens.
    After installing ODS in the Applications folder, drag or copy — do not type — the following line into the Terminal window, then press return:
    sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
    You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up.
    I don't recommend that you make a habit of this. Don't delete anything while running ODS as root. When you're done with it, quit it and also quit Terminal.

  • How do I delete items from my start up disk?

    Can't download updates because there are too many things on my start up disk.  Where do I find my start up disk and how can I delete unwanted items w/o losing my important ones? Any morsel of help would be greatly appreciated!!!

    You sound like a newbie Diane, so I'll answer from that assumption (no slight intended):
    Best idea #1: Get a bigger harddrive.  Problem solved. Unless, of course, a person doesn't "clean house" so to speak every once in a while so that the garbage builds up on their HDD until it is once again unnecessarily clogged with unknown 'stuff.'
    Tips to get space back:
    First, your  "/Library/Printers" directory is probably 90%+ filled with hundreds & hundreds of megabytes of printer files that you will never, ever use. If you were to completely empty that folder, & then plug in a brand-new printer, eventually software update will pop up a message for you to download drivers for it, so there's really no need for multiple manufacturers' PPDs to be kept in the Printer folder. You're going to be surprised how much space you'll regain from dumping all the printer files you don't need. HUGE amount.
    Also, dump old emails, especially ones with big attachments. You can do a sorting of your Inbox so that all the emails with attachments will show up at the top of the list. And if you have sent a Reply to a msg that's got a picture in it, & you didn't disable sending that attached picture in your Reply, then you will then have 2 copies of the same msg & attached picture: In the Inbox, & in the Sent box. Wasted space.....
    Download & run Monolingual: http://monolingual.sourceforge.net/
    This great little free util will do these things over about 10 minutes time:
    1. Remove all things written in languages that is not your chosen language from inside applications  on your HDD (instructions, readme's, etc);
    2. Removes all languages but your chosen language from the Input Menu (Chinese, Korean, etc, if you're not of that ethnicity & read that language).
    3. For the benefit of Intel machines, removes all PowerPC code from Universal Binary apps.
    Also, get rid of applications you don't think you'll use in the next 6 months or so, & also pictures & videos taken with digital cameras that you don't *really* want to keep. All those things are big spacetakers.
    From all these steps, you should see the recovery of 4 maybe 5 gigs of space.
    One other idea: Get online & get yourself one of those 16 or 32GB flash drive & move stuff onto it. Those sizes of flash drives are at a very low price now.
    Those tips are some good starter things you can do, for the time being, until you go get yourself a bigger HDD, Diane.
    And by the way, with the exception of running Monolingual (it's automatic -- just select your language, deselect the rest, click its GO button, & come back in 10 minutes), REMEMBER THIS:
    IF IN DOUBT, (AND I MEAN REAL WARRANTED DOUBT; I.E., BASED ON AT LEAST *SOME* KNOWLEDGE), NEVER FORGET THAT WHILE YOU'RE DELETING THINGS, YOU CAN ALWAYS CLICK ON THE CANCEL OR QUIT BUTTONS, OR TAP THE ESC KEY, ETC TO BAIL ON SOME DELETION PROCEDURE. COMMAND + PERIOD (.) WILL STOP MOST OPERATIONS DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS, TOO.
    BETTER SAFE THAN "SORRY!."
    Rock on!.......
    KK

  • How do I delete files on my start up disk?

    My Mac keeps telling me:  "Your start up disk is almost full......you need to make space available by deleting files."  How do I do that?

    Janice,
    If your system is like most users what is taking up the most space is media such as  photos, music and movies. The best way to handle that problem is getting an external HD (EHD) and moving the libraries. Here are Apple's instructions for doing so:
    iPhoto: How to move the Library to an EHD
    iTunes: How to move the library to an EHD
    If you just have lots of stuff in data files then get an external HD and drag the files from the internal HD to the EHD.
    Here are some high quality HD's I'd recommend. DO NOT scrimp on HD's especially if you're moving valuable information like photos (your memories) and music.
    OWC Mercury Elite Pro series
    LaCie d2 Quadra series
    G-Tech G-DRIVE series
    Personally I use the LaCie's (I've got 4) but would be very happy having OWC or G-Tech on my desk too.

  • How do I remove files from the start up disk

    I am unable to synch my iphone, or upgrade itunes because I get an error message asking me to delete files. It tells me to go to the start up disk and delete files. My MAC has 2GB, so far I have used 159MB

    For hints on how to free disk/SSD storage see
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5872318?tstart=0
    and
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5939678?tstart=60

  • How can I delete files on my start-up disk?

    How can I safely delete my files?

    Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
    See Lion's Storage Display.
    You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
    Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
    Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
    Remember that must moving files into the Trash does not delete them completely. You must also Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.

  • Where can I find the Start up disk and how can I delete file from it.

    where can I find the Start up disk on theMac Book Air?
    How can I delete files from it?

    The startup disk is the internal SSD in your MBA.  You may delete files by draging the file  to Trash (or clicking on them and then execute COMMAND+Delete).  Then empty Trash.
    Ciao.

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