I have a Powerbook G4 that once had 80 GB, but now has a little over 1GB. I've been erasing files trying to free up space, but its still not changing much. Do those updates that Macs always suggest you doing take up space, like updates for the iPod and iTunes and Firefox and Photoshop? If they do, how can I delete those update files? I have tons of pictures and songs, maybe thats whats taking up alot of the space. Please help, thank you.
2007-07-15 14:47:45 · 7 answers · asked by onyxanya 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Most likely it is your pictures and music files that are occupying the space. Although per GB you can hold quite a few music files (about 200 depending on bitrate), that can fill up quite quickly if you download music often. Pictures can vary in size and quality, but also shouldn't take up too much space.
Updates are definetly not what is taking up most of the space on your hard drive, since they are almost always extremely small in size. Even if they were the culprit here, I strongly suggest against removing updates, as they often fix security vulnerabilities in software (ie. Firefox).
Photoshop files (psd) require about 10x more disk space than a jpg file, and if you do not need them, it would be best to just export them as jpg files (or the file type of your choice), and delete the psd files.
Videos always take up a lot of space, and although you didn't mention it, you probably have some on your computer.
2007-07-15 14:57:28 · answer #1 · answered by psychiccheese 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct in your assumption that the Pictures and Songs are the culprit.
I suggest you get an External Drive that connects via Firewire and move all of you Songs and Pictures to it. Do not delete the System Updates for your Computer, you need them.
You simply drag and drop them to your new drive and if it just copies them then you double check to make sure and after you verify they indead copy fine then unplug the External and delete them all from your Mac.
You need to get rid of all of that stuff or it will lock your computer up.
Don
I prefer IOmega that is USB it is very simple just plug them in and start dragging, the only downside is the cost of the removable disc's. This way you have everything on removable disc's
2007-07-15 15:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by Don M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think of in case you had to organize a shelf finished of books in a haphazard way, pages torn and scattered and additionally you probably did no longer have everywhere to maintain the books temporarily! There could be no way the books might desire to be rearranged. hence you want atleast 15% loose area (there are some 0.33 occasion kit that defrag with a lot lesser loose area- google for trial variations). For this you are able to uninstall classes which you dont want, burn music, video clips %. and so on onto DVDs ets, run a diskcleanup(do away with temp records, recycle bin records, older restoration factors) and additionally you may desire to have the skill to get some area loose. you additionally can get an exterior stress and pass some stuff off to it. If that doesnt artwork, look into some 0.33 occasion kit that would finished the job with a lot lesser loose area.
2016-10-03 21:40:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've noticed that iphoto, iMovie, and iTunes can duplicate files a lot. Especially iPhoto. It stores the originals and makes copies of them when you edit them. So that can be a big chunk. Also, when importing video into itunes, it will copy it and put it in itunes files as well. I would check those. Go through the finder and "get info" for the folders and see identify where all your memory is.
2007-07-15 14:53:44 · answer #4 · answered by Evan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
invest in an external usb, firewire, or network drive. put all your songs, pictures, movies and any other non-essential files on the external drive. keep only software on the internal disk. this will free up a lot of space.
the updates are mostly essential. but that's just a fraction of space on your hd. it sounds like it's all songs and pics in your case.
2007-07-15 14:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try to make copies of all files in you computer and do a complete restore and erase everything and also delete all error files as well delete browsing history and any temporary files that are hidden in you computer and are stored over time
2007-07-15 15:16:47 · answer #6 · answered by awesome_hawk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I have tons of pictures and songs, maybe thats whats taking up alot of the space"
Yep thats whats doing it. if you want to keep the pictures and songs burn em to discs and them delete them from hard drive
2007-07-15 14:51:58 · answer #7 · answered by rsist34 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋