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0neo8 · 2009-02-20 00:25:09

whats the difference between boot volume on my laptop and the internal ata disk on my laptop. my laptop tells me my start up memory is almost full.

20-02-2009 12:25am

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whats the difference between boot volume on my laptop and the internal ata disk on my laptop. my laptop tells me my start up memory is almost full.

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#2 20-02-2009 12:50pm

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What model is it?
What is the exact error message you get?

Clicky

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#3 20-02-2009 2:03pm

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its an apple powerbook g4.it says something very similar to "your start up disk is almost full please free up some space".i can see that my capacity is 93 GB and i have used up 92.5 GB.

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#4 20-02-2009 3:42pm

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Do you have Eclipse installed?
http://evolve.reintroducing.com/tag/eclipse/

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#5 20-02-2009 5:53pm

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no never heard of it

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#6 20-02-2009 8:50pm

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Maybe someone in the dedicated Mac forum know better but the best way to see what is taking up space is the list view in finder, the second view mode.

In this one, if you right/control click on the category tabs, "name", kind, etc. you can add a size view option in the Show View Options menu, you can also enable Calculate All Sizes. this will enable the option to calculate sizes of all folders and files, therefore making it very easy to see what is taking up space across the entire HDD,

I don't recommend removing anything from the Library or Systems folders, as that is where the OS lives, but definitely take a look at your own user folder to see what is going on.

You may also just need to open up Disk Utility and do a Disk and Permissions repair.

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#7 21-02-2009 11:04pm

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hey i like that move.very useful.ill work with that thanks.im learning.first computer ive had.mac is a difficult computer to learn how to use

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