Installed 10.6.7 3 times, how do I delete the duplicate files
I installed the new update (10.6.7) about 3 or 4 times becuase things kept going wrong with some programs.
As a result my hard drive space has become a lot smaller.
Is there anyway of reversing the updates or finding the duplicate files I don't need?
Thanks
You shouldn't have any duplicate system files, the OS should take care of that.
AFA where your disk space, use WhatSize or Omni DiskSweeper
to find out what's hogging it.
Do you have good backup? If not create one now.
-mj
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