Not enough space to install Yosemite, after I've already began installing it.
I have a 2010 Macbook Pro and I began upgrading to Yosemite last night. Before it finished installing I closed my laptop and went to sleep. When I opened it back up the installation process did not resume, so I forced it to shut down. Now when I turn it on it tells me that I do not have enough space to install it on my hard drive. I have been restarting it, but it will not let me exit the installation set up process, but now I cannot install it because I don't have enough space. It allows me to go into disk utility mode, but I don't have a back up of my system. Can anyone help? I would prefer not to lose all my info but I understand that this is a possibility. I just want to make sure I do the right thing if I can get out of this mess. If I go buy an external hard drive, could I plug it in and install Yosemite on the external?
THanks for any help.
Are you following these directions?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5872
What you may have to do is click on the HDD icon and check the bottom of the display where the Permissions are displayed. You may have to make changes there.
Ciao.
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