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Mac Usage

bobbaggio · 2012-02-28 23:19:15

Hey guys, I bought a brand new macbook pro, has 500 gb on it, and apparently it is all being used up? I had a smaller hard drive on my PC and the same/similar programs and there was never any problems? What files are delete able? I.e language folders, printer folders? I am not sure what could be possibly taking up 500 gb?

28-02-2012 11:19PM

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bobbaggio

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Hey guys, I bought a brand new macbook pro, has 500 gb on it, and apparently it is all being used up? I had a smaller hard drive on my PC and the same/similar programs and there was never any problems? What files are delete able? I.e language folders, printer folders? I am not sure what could be possibly taking up 500 gb?

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#2 29-02-2012 01:11AM

Sad Professor

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You tell us. You've obviously been downloading/transferring a lot of content to it. Do you download a lot of music, movies, etc? It's this user content that you should be deleting rather than system files.

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#3 29-02-2012 09:47AM

DotOrg

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install this little app: http://daisydiskapp.com/ it will show you what's using the space

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