Running out of disc space

Despite a 80GB external drive to which I moved all my photos
and despite emptying my trash and everything else I considered dispensible I am still getting a message that my START UP DISC IS ALMOST FULL. Current capacity is 750 MG. Any suggestions?

Scoobie:
I'm glad that you found some additional space. I'd recommend that you run OnyX to do regular system maintenance and cleaning on the Mac. The PS scratch disk relocation should help keep the startup drive from overloading while you're working on Photoshop files. Both of the above should bring back some "pep" to the Mac.
I still don't know what's taking up 17GB or so on the startup drive, but running on a full drive is not a good thing. If you launch Activity Monitor (from the Utilities folder) and view the System Memory section, you'll get an idea of how much of the drive the OS wants for virtual memory (which is variable, depending on what programs are running). The point is, when the drive becomes full, fragmentation sets in, the OS doesn't have enough breathing room, the system slows down, and the risk of problems increases.
If the externals are 120GB or smaller drives, you might consider pulling one of them from it's enclosure and using it internally as the startup drive if the boss won't split for a new drive. If the Mac can boot from the external drive (via FW), you might also run the OS from there, albeit it will run more slowly than if run from an internal drive. The optimum answer, however, is to get the boss to agree that a small investment in a larger drive is a wise thing to do, particularly when weighed against the probablility of having time-consuming downtime problems with the Mac, which may cost more in the long run.
Good luck!
Gary

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