Need more space on start up disk-

I need to make more space on my start up disk- I want to erase and start up using lion 10.7 that is in my itunes app - if i erase will that be deleted too?

If you're talking about formatting your hard drive it will erase everything on the partition your format. Try installing Lion first, or removing some software, photos, applications, etc.

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HT201364 what is the best way to create more space on start up disk?

I am trying to upgrade Mac OS X to 10.9 to improve syncronisation between MAC and Ipad. However I am getting the message "startup disk almost full". I was wondering how I can create more space without deleting programs and files that are important to the functionality of my MAC. Knowing what to delete would be helpful but I am a little worried that I might delete somethng very important without being able to retrieve it, if necessay. I have a 500GB WD external hard drive if that helps in answering my question. Thanks in advance for any bright spark that can answer this question.
Andy

You should always maintain an absolute minimum of 10 - 15 GB of empty space in order for the OS to function properly. If you do video editing, then you should have a lot more - at least as many GB free as you have temporary files in your project (an hour of HD video project could easily amass more than 100 GB). So, follow Linc's link. You can also permanently move your iPhoto library to an external disk:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2506

I am getting a warning need more space on my disk. I have checked the Console and there have been 4000 thousand messages in my system log in the last 2 days. I have emptied as many files as possible.

Hi
I am getting a warning on opening my mac saying I need more space as my setup disk is full. I have emptied many files as well as my Trash. I am planning to get an external drive for my photos, but it has been suggested that I check Console and under the system log the following message (of which they say 4000 messages have been logged in 2 days) '06/06/2014 16:08:23.341 com.apple.dynamic_pager: dynamic_pager: Need more space on the disk to enable swapping'. This is a copy of one of the items. It is from the system log. I really do not think I have enough files to warrant this warning, with the exception of photos. My storage shows 143 MB free out of 120.47. Thanks for any help.

First off, no MacBook Air can run 10.3 or earlier.
Secondly, are you sure you only have 143MB of storage free? That's seriously low. With MacBook Airs of 120 GB hard drives, or even 140 GB which is often the case when it says out of 120, you shouldn't allow your free space to go down below 20 GB. MB is 1024 fold less than a GB. So if you really have 143MB free on a MacBook Air, you are long past the minimum space you should be keeping it at, and need to start clearing a lot of space now*:
http://www.macmaps.com/diskfull.html
I'm asking this thread be moved to the MacBook Air forum,a as we can't say for certain what you have when you post in the 10.3 or earlier forum.

Deleted TM backup to start over, now TM says it needs more space than avail

I deleted the backup image on my 500 GB Time Capsule to start over. Now Time Machine says it needs 700 GB of space and only 350 GB available. I only have 100 GB on my MacBook with OS 10.5.8. How do I let TM know that I want to start over and only backup the 100GB with today as a baseline? Thanks

YokoVP wrote:
TM says it needs more space (530 gig) for the backup that is actually on my IMAC (used 420 of 1 trb). Any ideas why TM will not back-up and why it requires 530 gig when my IMAC has only used 420 gig?
Because TM needs workspace on the TM drive, and yours is much too small. TM adds 20% to the estimated size of the backup when requesting space.
But to work well, TM usually needs 2-3 times the space of the data it's backing-up. See #1 in the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip* at the top of this forum.
Short term, you may be able to "finagle" getting backed-up by excluding a lot of things temporarily, running a backup, then removing some exclusions and running another. That way, the 20% won't get applied to the total amount of data all at once.
That will work, for a short period of time, but not for long. You need a much bigger drive.

I got my first macbook air about a year ago. awhile ago i started getting these notifications saying "your startup disk is almost full" or "your startup disk is full". i was wondering how to get more space on my startup disk, if that is possible?

i got my first macbook air about a year ago. awhile ago i started getting these notifications saying "your startup disk is almost full" or "your startup disk is full". i was wondering how to get more space on my startup disk, if that is possible?

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.

HT1688 i cant get update on phone or take videos, says i need more space

i cant get my phone to turn off and trying to just restore but unable to backup due to error saying i need more space, i cant even get some text messages or emails and i cant video anymore either

Back up ALL of your photos and videos to your PC and remove them from your camera roll.
Next, delete any apps you don't use on a regular basis or at all.    Go to Settings - General - Usage to see which are the largest ones and start from there.
Use Facebook?   Delete that... You can always reinstall it, but by deleting now you'll erase all of the cache that it's been using to download photos etc from your news feed.
Send a lot of Messages?    Delete those also... Especially the attachments such as photos.   Over time they take up an enormous amount of space.

HT4818 I need more space on the windows side of my computer.

I need more space on the windows side of my computer. Can I adjust my bootcamp settings or do I have to start over and reinstall everything to adjust the memory allocation?

Try CampTune

How do I get more space on my startup disk

How do I get more space on my startup disk?

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.
Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.

Need more space! Is external hard drive an option??

New to atv. Bought 40g model. Now going on vacation and need more space for more stuff. Can external hard drive be hooked up via USB and accessed through atv??

Can external hard drive be hooked up via USB and accessed through atv?
Not without voiding the warranty. No publicly available device is officially supported by that USB port.
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NEED MORE SPACE ON D DRIVE

NEED MORE SPACE ON d DRIVE

Hi, Is it the Recovery partition ? Please do not touch to it, do not save anything to it. Regards.

Since installing mavericks my WD time machine doesn't work, it keeps insisting it needs more space? This wasn't an issue an hour earlier?

Since installing mavericks my WD time machine doesn't work, it keeps insisting it needs more space? This wasn't an issue an hour earlier?
Id also like to know if Powerpc software will be supported? I have C&C Generals on disc but it doesnt run now mavericks is installed?!
Annoying!

Regarding time machine, it probably took a full backup after you put mavericks on. To investigate, open Console, select "All Messages" and type "backup" (without the quotes). It will then only show you backup-related messages. If you're not sure how to read those, copy them and paste them into a reply here; we can investigate the situation.
I don't know anything about your PPC software issue, sorry.

I have an 8gb iPhone 4 and i need more space, is there a way to get more space rather then buying a whole new phone?

I have an 8gb iPhone 4 and i need more space, is there a way to get more space rather then buying a whole new phone?

No. Sell the 8gb and buy one with more capacity.

My phone needs more space. I have lots of pictures on it and on my iPad. I recently purchased a MacBook and now my pics are on there. If I delete my camera roll from my phone, might I lose them?

I Need more space But if I delete my pics from my phone, how do I know that they won't reappear after the backup, or, much worse, be deleted from my MacBook and iPad after the Cloud backup?

1. Connect the phone to iTunes and do a backup (better safe than sorry)
2. Open iPhoto on the Air, and import all your photos from the phone
3. Now you can delete the photos on the phone and they're safe in iPhoto
4. If you want to put them (or some of them) back on the phone, you can put the ones you want on the phone into an album in iPhoto, then sync that album back to the phone
Hope that all makes sense

OS X lion says that i need more space till i can download the app what should i do?

OS X Lion says that I need more space till I can download OS X Lion in the App Store, what should I do?

More hard drive space or more RAM? Lion will need at least 10gb of free space on the hard drive and a minimum of 2gb of RAM.

How do i make more space on my startup disk

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