Is it safe to delete installesd.dmg in mavericks?

Is it safe to delete installesd.dmg in mavericks? It takes up 5.3GBs and I'd like to free up the space.

Yes, it's safe.
Mavericks has a different way to create a USB thumb drive installer where the Install OS X Mavericks.app file is used instead of just the InstallESD.dmg file. So, if you have the full installer file (Install OS X Mavericks.app) around, hang onto it. You can use DiskMaker X 3.0.3 to create the Mavericks USB thumb drive

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Is it safe to delete a file from an external hard drive that's being used for Time Machine backups? The file is not a backup -- it's a .dmg from the manufacturer of the hard drive. Other than that one file, I don't use the drive for anything other than Time Machine.
I'm just concerned because I don't want deleting the file to affect Time Machine in any way.
Thank you.

I have done it without issue.

What is taking up all the room on my 160GB HD? And what is safe to delete?

I am new to Mac, and have a Macbook Pro, OSX 10.5.8, with a HD of 160GB. I use an external HD to back up my Home Folder and for Time Machine (which may be redundant, not sure). I use iDisk to back up my Personal Data and Settings.
There is a HUUUUGE (76GB!) file of backups on my Mac HD, which is probably the backup Home files from Time Machine before I began using an external HD for backups.
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If I'm using an Ext HD (500GB) for Time Machine, do I ALSO need to back up my Home Folder there, too?
And should I use a completely separate ext HD to back up my OSX? I have not yet backed this up.
Random question: what is a .dmg file, and
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Keysfins,
First let's remember that 160GB is not a very large HD by today's standards. If you are intending to use your MBP for items that take up a lot of HD space such as photos, video or music then I think it would be wise to either upgrade the drive to a larger drive or to store that information on a second external HD. I would not recommend deleting any of the files on your internal HD with the exception of data files you may have already created.
When you use TM the first time it will back up 100% of the internal drive, after that it backs up just files that have been added or changed so you Home Folder is backed up automatically and yes they should be.
You can also get another external HD for creating a bootable clone, these are useful if the internal drive has a fatal crash. With a bootable clone this gives the peace of mind that if you do have a fatal crash you can be up and running in minutes. In order to create a bootable clone you would need either SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner. Both apps do the same thing however SuperDuper is $28 and offers support for that price where CCC is free with no support. The difference between a cloned drive and TM is that TM creates hourly backups and is not a bootable drive whereas a cloned drive is a snapshot in time (you choose when) of the internal drive and is bootable. Many people (including myself) use both TM and a bootable clone, it just depends on your level of paranoia regarding backups. There is an excellent article in MacWorld that talks about back up strategies based on your degree of worry. The link for that article is here.
Last a .dmg file is a disk image file, in short when you get a new application (like CCC, SuperDuper etc...) you will probably receive them as a .dmg file. Here is an article that gives you a little more information if you are interested.
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Roger

How to install Lion over Leopard if I already have the InstallESD.dmg file?

How can I install Lion over Leopard? I know everyone keeps saying you have to have Snow Leopard, but it seems that you only need it to actually download the file. I have the file and I've created a back-up disk and drive (using a 4gb card) and nothing worked. I don't understand why I can't install even if I have the file. The computer doesn't even recognize the disk when I press option at start up but it recoginizes it as Lion when fully logged in. I can't install using the .pkg file because it says it can't be installed on the running system. I have tried to use the drive and it gives me a EFI Boot when I press option at start up and so I click on it and It goes to the apple grey screen with the circle circling below it. But after a while, that apple turns into a No sign basically. So what else do I need to change or edit to install Lion over Leopard. The startup disk nor the drive are working.

The Lion installer is not a bootable device. You must run the installer like any other application. Since the installer will only upgrade Snow Leopard it may refuse to run. What you might try is putting a bootable Snow Leopard system onto a 16 GB USB flash drive, drag the Lion installer application into the Applications folder, boot the computer from the flash drive then run the Lion installer.
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Make Your Own Lion Installer
1. After downloading Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Lion application. After Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Lion installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing Lion.
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Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
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Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
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Open Disk Utility.
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Delete Microsoft .dmg files?

I'm trying to free up some space and I know that some .dmg files are for downloads, but I have a microsoft .dmg file that takes up a little over 1 gb. I'm wondering if it's safe to delete it. Thanks in advance for your help!

SalemGirl63 wrote:
Having checked the file, it is the microsoft installer (disk image).
It's still too little info. An installer for what?
Do you need that software? Is it the only copy you have?
Select the disk image, get info on it in Finder via 'File > Get info…' Does it have a 'Where From:' section within 'More info'?
That would be the web URL where you downloaded it from - you may be able to redownload it in future, but since we don't know if you have brought software from Microsoft it may be that you need the file and should back it up.
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If all the photos from my iPhone 4s Camera Roll show up in iPhoto under Library- Photos, is it safe to delete them from the iPhone and not risk losing them?

I am getting messages about being out of space on my phone for taking any more photos. I am scared to delete anything with all the photo stream and syncing that happens cause I don't want the photo to delete in many places at the same time.
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I've looked, but can't find my answer clearly in the forums.

IF you have successfully imported your pictures to your Mac http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083 then it's safe to delete it from your phone.
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Safe to delete Lightroom from my internal hard drive?

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I'll bet there is all kinds of other stuff that can be removed from your hard drive, various temporary files, log files, etc. Try a free app like CCleaner (on Windows) to see what it does.
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Why does Itunes Windows download Numbers, Pages, iMovie and iPhotos in Library and I can't even open it. It is taking up space, safe to delete?

Thanks for helping me out in advance. I recently installed Itunes and figuring things out.
So I click the thing that said downloads available and the download screen started dowloading the apps below. It takes a huge amount of space in my tiny hard drive (256 GB), I clicked, double clicked, hyper-clicked and nothing really happened.
Is it safe to delete in iTunes, or windows explorer window?If I delete it would it delete it from my iPhone? Pardon for my newbness..

Hello traderjohn,
You can absolutely delete those apps within iTunes. If you ever need to download them back in you can do that as well. It should not affect anything on your iPhone and when you sync your iPhone. Take a look at the articles below for more information.
How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT5772
Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht2519
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How to Create a Bootable Flash Drive to do a clean install of Lion. I have tried to use the InstallESD.dmg but it still will not do a clean install so that I do not have to do a reinstall from the Recovery (That just re downloads and takes over 6 hours)?

How to Create a Bootable Flash Drive to do a clean install of Lion. I have tried to use the InstallESD.dmg but it still will not do a clean install so that I do not have to do a reinstall from the Recovery (That just re downloads and takes over 6 hours)?
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PS: There is no way that I'm going to buy a Install USB from Apple... They have over billed me over $300.00 because the Apps Store still has bugs (Glad I did not write that App/Service)
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Here you are bro, courtesy of "softpedia.com"....brilliant site!!!
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After the check has ended and, if the errors exceed a certain level of seriousness, the Disk Utility application will require you to restart your Mac and use its Mac OS X Install disc counterpart.
Other users may have to reinstall OS X altogether, but will find, or already know, that their SuperDrive (a CD/DVD reader and write combo drive) is not functioning properly and it will not be able to read the Install disc.
Although this might happen to Mac OS X Leopard users due to faultyhardware, the vast majority of problematic SuperDrives will be encountered inside Snow Leopard running Macs.
This is due to the updated SuperDrive firmware included in either the Install disc or the software updates one has to install to reach the latest version of OS X, namely 10.6.6.
This can be fixed by flashing the SuperDrive’s stock firmware using free command line tools that one can find for free online (I will write about this process also, but at a later time because this article only focuses on allowing you to create your own alternative USB boot disc).
If you are reading this last bit of information with skepticism, than you should know that it happened to me too. Despite all my tries to make it work properly, the SuperDrive kept on munching any inserted DVDs and just popped them out in about twenty seconds.
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Launch Disk Utility (you can find it inside /Applications/Utilities). Here select the Leopard Install disc in the list of drives on the left and click on the New Image menu entry at the top of the window. A save message will appear where you will have to select the Desktop as a destination.
Step 2
After Disk Utility has finished creating the Leopard DMG, insert your USB stick and erase all data and reformat the disk. To do this select the USB in the list of drives on the left and, after clicking on the Erase tab on the right side of the window, choose the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format and click the Erase button beneath.
Step 3
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Is it safe to delete iTunes media that is no longer available in the iTunes Store?

There is a support document that states it is OK to delete content locally so long as the content is available in the cloud depending on your geographic location. As I'm in the US all media types are available. From the document:
You can delete items that you bought from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store from your iOS device, Mac, or PC. Because Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) plays content from the cloud, you don't need to delete items from your Apple TV.
Before you delete an item, make sure you can download it again. If you can't or need to pay to download it again, back up the item before you delete it.
What I am still not clear on is if it is also safe to delete content that is no longer available in the iTunes store? Will it still be available for previous purchases?
I prefer the quality and off-line availability of iTunes media over Google Play but I've had issues recovering deleted media in iTunes in the past and so have less anxiety about the security of my purchases on Google Play versus iTunes. Can someone confirm if items no longer available for sale in iTunes are or are not still available via the cloud?

Thanks for the reply although I'm not too happy to hear it. What's awesome about the cloud is no longer having to keep up with any physical media. The promise of that is realized with everything else (my work, music, books) besides movies and TV.
I wonder how Google Play will handle movies/tv that becomes unavailable? Google Play does allow you to download media in some circumstances (on Android and iOS) but is generally intended for streaming. Maybe relying on a physical copy as I do with iTunes should make me more comfortable with it and not less.
I will come back to mark your reply as the solution as it becomes clear there is not a contrary position. Thank you.

Windows 8.1 - safe to delete "Browser Choice"?

Windows 8.1
The European Union ordered Microsoft to include a program in the Windows OS sold in Europe. This program makes a pop up
to invite PC users to use browsers different than Internet explorer.
This is not a malware or adware issue.
This obligation has expired.
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The most reassuring would be to get a reply from Microsoft staff clearly saying whether deleting all the "browser choice" files would not cause any problems including for future updates etc, or even that an uninstaller has been prepared for this
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Kindly go through the workarounds as suggested in the following thread of discussions:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-winapps/unable-to-remove-browser-choice-screen/a07924fa-b0f1-4c75-a111-cb665f5af3b2
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Installing clean Win 8.1 on X1- is it safe to delete all partitions first?

I have created a Windows 8.1 installation USB drive using the Microsoft tool and am going to install it on my X1 (gen 2), but wanted to check if it's safe to delete all 6 partitions on the drive using the installation and let the Windows installer recreate the required Microsoft reserved partition?
The first 1000MB partition is the one I am concerned about- should I leave that alone? I can't fine any confirmed details about what it's used for.
I have created a Lenovo recovery drive as well in case it goes wrong.
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If everything is on your computer, as it should be, then you are safe.
Not sure what you want.
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Is it safe to delete CiFiles folder on Windows storage Server 2008

Hi Team,
.ci file growing in "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Projects\SystemIndex\Indexer\CiFiles" location. Is it safe to delete the CI file. please let me know, any other way to disable
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How to avoid in future this type of issue?
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Hi,
When you use indexing service, the service create .ci files. The files are content index files on the server. As long as the service is not running you should not encounter any problems if you delete the folder.
Is it safe to delete CiFiles folder on Windows Server 2008 R2
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