My MacBook Pro is almost out of space on my startup disk?? The computer is only a month old!!
I have a new MacBook Pro, and I also got the iphone 5 for Christmas. I wanted to upload all the pics/videos off of the old iPhone onto my MacBook before restoring it and setting up the new iPhone. Once I started the import process, halfway through, I got a notice saying I was getting close to running out of space of my startup disk. This seems weird to me. I am new to Mac systems, and am trying to find where I can see how much memory I am using, how much I have available. Can someone help me?
I feel very computer illiterate!!!
Would you please post these two displays from your MBP:
This is found >About This Mac>More Info...>Storage. (the Apple icon is in the left hand corner of your menu bar)
Click on the HDD icon in the upper left hand corner of your desktop, COMMAND I (the letter i). The icon will probably be labeled McIntosh HD.
Ciao.
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