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  • 07-08-2009 11:27pm
    #1
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭


    Find out where most of the space is being used? I am pretty sure that i have not used up all this space so quickly but seem to have only half gig left on my macbook pro. this is just recent. I have about 40-50 gig of music, a few films(small file size) and pics nd a few docs.

    Can anyone shed any light on this for me.

    cheers

    frAg


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  • #2
    Mac055
    Closed Accounts Posts: 54 ✭✭Mac055


    Go to applications, then click on the Utilities folder, open up Activity Monitor... it'll give you an overview of what's being used on your mac and the memory it's using..

    Hope this helps


  • #3
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    search for files larger than 10gb


  • #4
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    xslimmer and daisydisk


  • #5
    thecommander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭thecommander


    Downloads folder is usually the culprit.


  • #6
    pvik00
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭pvik00


    Try using this to determine what takes up space unnecessarily. You can drill down or look at aggregates on various folders.
    http://tc.versiontracker.com/product/redir/lid/1330862/whatsize.dmg

    BEWARE: This version is free, but if you upgrade it'll become a crippled shareware.

    Note that localizations and universal binaries burn a lot of space, too.

    Also, searching the forums might be a good idea, there's a new topic on this almost every week.


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  • #7
    zeris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 401 ✭✭zeris


    Install Disk Inventory X which is a nice graphical and open source tool to identify where and what type of files are eating all your disk space.

    Common disk eaters are data files for iMovie HD, Garageband and even printer drivers.

    If you and everyone who uses your laptop only needs to speak English then a quick (and relatively save) fix is to use Monolingual and remove all the non-English language resources.


  • #8
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    Mac055 wrote: »
    Go to applications, then click on the Utilities folder, open up Activity Monitor... it'll give you an overview of what's being used on your mac and the memory it's using..

    Hope this helps

    cheers but i cant access the activity monitor. i click on it but it wont open up for me.

    Where do i find the downloads folder?

    JUst to clarify its the hard drive that is almost full. I remember when using PC that i could open the hard dr and see how much music, movie etc is taking up space.

    can anyone update me on this
    thanx again


  • #9
    pvik00
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭pvik00


    frag420 wrote: »
    cheers but i cant access the activity monitor. i click on it but it wont open up for me.

    Where do i find the downloads folder?

    JUst to clarify its the hard drive that is almost full. I remember when using PC that i could open the hard dr and see how much music, movie etc is taking up space.

    can anyone update me on this
    thanx again

    Activity Monitor will help you close to nothing in this case (other than what you already know), so don't worry about it.

    Pick one of the utilities suggested above and you will see space broken down per directory on your hard drive. Then you'll be able to see what to get rid of.
    Also, the OS itself has plenty of crap in it, especially if you haven't (custom) reinstalled since your machine came out from the shop. Localization/Printer Drivers/System Voices/Universal binaries take up surprising amount of space.
    Re-read the thread again, it's full of useful comments.

    The Downloads folder is under ~/Downloads. (Where ~ is your home directory, named after your OS user). You can of course check it, but space can be wasted at thousand different places.

    If you want to see how much space a directory takes, in the Finder just highlight it and press Cmd + I or right click and Get Info.


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