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    Consequences of low HDD space

    • 16-05-2012 09:36PM
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      Josey Wales
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      I was just wondering what the consequences of having extremely low space of a MacBook HDD are.

      My MacBook is from mid-2007 and still runs very well and is in great shape, except for the fact that I have 602.9MB of space left. I don't have any games installed, no large applications, no movie files or other large files that I'd use.

      It is mainly photos and music I guess. I've also used Disk Inventory X to find and delete items I don't need. I will be getting a new Mac sometime this year but am curious what risks I have from running with such low space.


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    • #2
      MiniNukinfuts
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      There's just a higher risk that you lose more information if it was to be corrupted. someone might give a more technical answer :P


    • #3
      Kensington
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      Kernel panic. Essentially the OS runs out of space to modify and swop system files and the system hangs.
      Can in some cases lead to irreversible OS corruption requiring a complete re-install.

      <5GB is very risky territory to be in, <1GB is bordering dangerous.

      Have you an external drive or something you can temporarily shift some stuff over to in order to free up space?


    • #4
      Josey Wales
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      Kensington wrote: »
      Kernel panic. Essentially the OS runs out of space to modify and swop system files and the system hangs.
      Can in some cases lead to irreversible OS corruption requiring a complete re-install.

      <5GB is very risky territory to be in, <1GB is bordering dangerous.

      Have you an external drive or something you can temporarily shift some stuff over to in order to free up space?

      I will move some stuff onto my Time Machine. That should buy me some time.


    • #5
      grizzly
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      I keep my whole itunes collection on a 2nd drive. Was very easy too setup.


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