Comments on: How to free up some Hard disk space. http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-free-up-some-hard-disk-space.html ...the art of macintosh maintenance... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:59:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michayla http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-free-up-some-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-496430 Michayla Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:56:41 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=321#comment-496430 Hi, I used your first tip and it said it saved me 532MB of space but then I checked again and it didn't make any difference. I still only have 7MB left... Hi, I used your first tip and it said it saved me 532MB of space but then I checked again and it didn’t make any difference. I still only have 7MB left…

]]> By: Sean http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-free-up-some-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-478898 Sean Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:07:30 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=321#comment-478898 You get a larger external usb or firewire 800 hard drive drag all of the music over to that drive a 500 gb or larger would be best and change the settings in iTunes you mite have seen it in iTunes with the settings it's looking for it on the internal drive and if you know how to change the internal drive i would go for a 750 gb metric 9 mm thick some 750 gb hard drives are metric 12 mm thick and if you are using a mac metric 9 mm are the thickest that can be installed and with 5400 rpm they are more reliable and i find 7200 rpm drives can crash more easily and from my experience i don't notice much difference in speed. the 3 1/2" hard drives are 7200 rpm and that is up to 4 TB witch seagate has brought out You get a larger external usb or firewire 800 hard drive drag all of the music over to that drive a 500 gb or larger would be best and change the settings in iTunes you mite have seen it in iTunes with the settings it’s looking for it on the internal drive and if you know how to change the internal drive i would go for a 750 gb metric 9 mm thick some 750 gb hard drives are metric 12 mm thick and if you are using a mac metric 9 mm are the thickest that can be installed and with 5400 rpm they are more reliable and i find 7200 rpm drives can crash more easily and from my experience i don’t notice much difference in speed. the 3 1/2″ hard drives are 7200 rpm and that is up to 4 TB witch seagate has brought out

]]> By: Janis http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-free-up-some-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-471958 Janis Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:52:00 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=321#comment-471958 So basically, I just need to add more RAM in order to upgrade on this computer. So basically, I just need to add more RAM in order to upgrade on this computer.

]]> By: Janis http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-free-up-some-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-471957 Janis Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:51:06 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=321#comment-471957 Thank you for taking the time to give me more explanation! =) Thank you for taking the time to give me more explanation! =)

]]> By: admin http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-free-up-some-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-471638 admin Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:23:37 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=321#comment-471638 Under 'About this Mac' is how much RAM (memory) your computer has. The only way to increase it is to add more RAM. Deleting programs form your Hard Disk doesn't affect this. This is where your programs run and do their calculations. RAM is usually 1G, 2G, 8G, 12G etc. To look at your disk usage go into 'Activity Monitor' and click on 'Disk Usage'. This is where everything is stored. Hard Disks are usually 160G, 500G, 1000G etc. Under ‘About this Mac’ is how much RAM (memory) your computer has. The only way to increase it is to add more RAM. Deleting programs form your Hard Disk doesn’t affect this. This is where your programs run and do their calculations. RAM is usually 1G, 2G, 8G, 12G etc.

To look at your disk usage go into ‘Activity Monitor’ and click on ‘Disk Usage’. This is where everything is stored. Hard Disks are usually 160G, 500G, 1000G etc.

]]> By: Janis http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-free-up-some-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-471453 Janis Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:50:50 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=321#comment-471453 Ugh -- I've done all of this and yet it seems to have had no effect. I cleared tons of movie files, music. I deleted at least a gig on iTunes, according to Disk Inventory. Did all the language deletes and printers stuff etc...Deleted the trash. Rebooted. I'm trying to update from Leopard to Lion, which requires 2 GB. Under About this Mac, nothing has changed. Still shows that I have only 1 GB. What's a girl to do? I appreciate any ideas. I have to do this in order to update from MobileMe to iCloud. :/ Ugh — I’ve done all of this and yet it seems to have had no effect. I cleared tons of movie files, music. I deleted at least a gig on iTunes, according to Disk Inventory. Did all the language deletes and printers stuff etc…Deleted the trash. Rebooted. I’m trying to update from Leopard to Lion, which requires 2 GB. Under About this Mac, nothing has changed. Still shows that I have only 1 GB. What’s a girl to do? I appreciate any ideas. I have to do this in order to update from MobileMe to iCloud.

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]]> By: admin http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-free-up-some-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-458363 admin Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:24:12 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=321#comment-458363 249.1 gb with 614.9 mb left - Yep you are way overfull!!!! Options: - Upgrade hard drive to a bigger one. - Move all your large files like vidoes or music to an external USB drive. - Follow the instructions in my post above. 249.1 gb with 614.9 mb left – Yep you are way overfull!!!!
Options:
- Upgrade hard drive to a bigger one.
- Move all your large files like vidoes or music to an external USB drive.
- Follow the instructions in my post above.

]]> By: Klavistata http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-free-up-some-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-457951 Klavistata Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:15:31 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=321#comment-457951 oh and activity monitor says i've utilized 249.1 gb with 614.9 mb left :/ oh and activity monitor says i’ve utilized 249.1 gb with 614.9 mb left :/

]]> By: Klavistata http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-free-up-some-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-457950 Klavistata Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:14:42 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=321#comment-457950 Hey man, I believe i've filled up my disk space with music, on Itunes It says i've stored 79.18 gigs of music, and I really don't want to get rid of any of it. Is there anyway for me to create more space, or "add" disk space? Sorry but i'm pretty inept when any comes to anything involving computers that isn't the simple of tasks, so my question might be illogical. But either way, thanks for the input. Hey man, I believe i’ve filled up my disk space with music, on Itunes It says i’ve stored 79.18 gigs of music, and I really don’t want to get rid of any of it. Is there anyway for me to create more space, or “add” disk space? Sorry but i’m pretty inept when any comes to anything involving computers that isn’t the simple of tasks, so my question might be illogical. But either way, thanks for the input.

]]> By: digital screen http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-to-free-up-some-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-364821 digital screen Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:45:01 +0000 http://macintoshhowto.com/?p=321#comment-364821 oh i cleaned up my laptop disc space that computer running faster then first .thanks owner oh i cleaned up my laptop disc space that computer running faster then first .thanks owner

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