SSD full

My Mac mini SSD is almost full so I was looking to see what was taking up space as I already store photos, music, videos etc on the HD or an external HD
In my home user folder on the SSD there is a hidden library folder which is taking up 144Gb. Almost all of that is due to the Mail folder and a sub folder called V2 which takes up a massive 137G, more than half my entire SSD capacity. This seems to have all my emails and attachments in it.
Can I safely move this whole mail folder to the HD which has plenty of space as I can't see from within the mail application any way of checking or changing the account paths. Thanks for anyones advice
AlvPop

Quit Mail by choosing Quit from the Mail menu. Note: Clicking the red icon in the upper-left hand corner of the Mail window does not quit Mail.
Open Safari (click it in the Dock, or in the Finder, choose Go > Applications, then double-click Safari).
Choose File > Save As…
If the disclosure triangle to the right of the Save As field is pointing down, click on it.
Press Command-Shift-Period (.). You should notice new items appear that were previously not visible.
Navigate to your Home folder, then the Library folder, then the Mail folder, then to the folder that has the name of your account.
Click the Trash icon in your Dock. A Trash window opens.
Drag ".OfflineCache" from the Safari window to the Trash window.
Empty the Trash. Note: If your Trash is already empty, you may need to place something in it to empty it.
Click Cancel to exit the Save window.
Quit Safari.
Open finder
Click "Go" on the menu bar at the top
Hold down option and click on library
Open the mail folder then open V2
Open the folder called "mailboxes"
Find the folder that says "Recovered Messages" and drag that to your trash window
Empty the trash if applicable
Let me know if this helps

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ARealMac(PPC)User wrote:
...I found a few discussion threads on here somewhere where some users indicated that their original MacBook Airs, or other SSD-equipped MacBooks, were still performing quite well and responsively after a few years of use. Can anyone substantiate this for me? How long have you been using your SSD(s) in your Mac(s), and do you think the newer models will be able to last several years? I would greatly appreciate any insight.
While I think your concern is legitimate (it was mine too), I think to some extent, how long they last will be up to you. The individual cells in the flash media in an SSD have limited life spans, and SSD controllers have a variety of techniques to spread that wear around evenly (wear leveling). That wear is exacerbated by the controller having to erase a whole block of data when even just one page needs to be changed, and if not all the data in the block is still valid, more data than necessary gets moved (write amplification). To provide some extra room for all this reshuffling of data, SSD manufacturers build in extra space that's inaccessible to the user (over-provisioning), but it typically runs about 7%. (This is a good discussion of the inner workings of all this)
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Daudbros wrote:
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qubilist wrote:
I just installed Windows 7 on a SSD on my X120e. It is a fresh install and I really liked the Black Login Screen that my Lenovo X120e that came on the regular drive. Is there a way to download this screen and make my login screen back to this screen?
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Bitkeeper wrote:
JNavas wrote:
that module is quite expensive, and performance will be even more impaired due to 60% of memory opoerating in single channel mode.
yes on the price.
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1. See RAM Performance Benchmark: Single-Channel vs. Dual-Channel - Does It Matter?
2. You can avoid paging (not swapping) overhead by limiting Virtual Memory, either by turning it off entirely, or by setting a small range of 512-1024. (I use the latter approach.)
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HiVolt wrote:
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If I were you I'd wait, unless you've got to replace a defective drive.
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