I need to free up some disk space?

I'm still not used to these apples so I don't know what to do. I bought a mac computer game for my child and it says "Requires at least 1 MB of free disk space" Free up some space on your local disk and then relaunch. I don't know where to go to see how much free disk space I currently have. Also I don't know what things I can safely removing to free up that space. Can anyone help me with this?
I have itunes with several songs on it .. . .. I'm assuming thats taking up some of the space but I can't really take any songs off because then my IPOD is screwed. But what other things can you remove to free up space? Please help thanks!!
Jamie

Hi Jami320,
Welcome to Apple Discussions
As John said, you may want to move some of your files off your computer temporarily, until you can free up some space. You are in luck though, you already have one. You can use your iPod as a storage device, so you can put files on it as long as you have enabled disk use (Knowledge Base Document #61131 on Using your iPod as a Storage Drive).
After you have freed up enough space; before you install the game, you may want to free up more space for future use.
A great program to show you exactly what is on your computer is WhatSize.
If you are going to use WhatSize to delete any files/programs/applications, please be careful and make sure you know exactly what you are deleting and if there are any repercussions. WhatSize will show you files that you would not normally see; they are referred to as "invisible files". These invisible files are hidden from the users view because they would clutter the desktop and they hold vital information that if corrupted or deleted may cause problems. Please make sure you know what you are doing!
Have you deleted files that you don't use; like for my iBook, GarageBand. I use GarageBand on my iMac because it is much easier and faster, so I deleted it on my iBook. Have you tried the "erase install method"? The reason for doing this is because Mac OS X installs all the necessary fonts, languages, drivers, etc that people all over the world my need, by default. This tends to take up some room that you might want to get rid of (make sure first what you don't need and need). You erase and install your system software (Knowledge Base Document 301270 About Install Options w/ Mac OS X 10.4), and when installing, do a custom install. This way you can install the languages, drivers, and applications you want. The same technique can be done with iLife.
I hope that helps,
Jon
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