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 Sat 17 May 2008, 16:26
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hi forum,
I'm wondering if anyone can help? I have an iBook with a small, but sufficient hard drive of 28GB (I use external hard drives when I'm recording in Cubase or working with big files). The problem is, even though my applications and iTunes(under User) only take up 10GB, since everything else is on the external hard drives, my hard drive says I'm using 27GB in total. That's 17GB unaccounted for! It was ok when it was 3-4GB, but 17 seems a bit much. Do I need to reinstall, or is it something wrong with my systems folder? Any help would be REALLY appreciated, I've had this problem for the past year now! Thanks... |
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Mon 19 May 2008, 17:32
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First max your ram if it isn't the case already, a laptop is more efficient with as much ram as it can host. (more ram = less swap in fact)
You must have caches and temp fils bloating space. Regular OnyX or Applejack use can help keep thing tidy and unbloated. Note that Applejack still doesn't work in Leopard AFAIK. Check if you don't have loads of printer drivers, localisation files of software bloating space. Printer direvers are installed by default by OS X save if you tell it not so… There are utilities to remove unwanted languages files. All this can free more than a GB. Mind that drives are getting cheaper…  -------------------- Our Classifeds • Nos petites annonces • Terms Of Service / Conditions d'Utilisation • Forum Rules / Règles des Forums • MacMusic.Org & SETI@Home
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alreed Systems Folder? Sat 17 May 2008, 16:26
mathologie QUOTE (alreed @ Sat 17 May 2008, 15:26) h... Sun 18 May 2008, 09:13
kayj_prod QUOTE (mathologie @ Sun 18 May 2008, 09:1... Sun 18 May 2008, 14:33 qusp74 Could be fragmentation and remnants of old files, ... Sun 18 May 2008, 23:56 Rhsilverberg QUOTE (alreed @ Sat 17 May 2008, 11:26) h... Mon 19 May 2008, 02:34 ArchivalAudio What
tool programs do you use?
Please try
Applej... Mon 19 May 2008, 06:09 qusp74 I stand corrected, don't know what I was think... Tue 20 May 2008, 05:20 alreed Thanks,
A friend tried applejack recently on it a... Tue 20 May 2008, 08:03 alreed OK... some more info coming up....
processor: 1.2... Tue 20 May 2008, 08:28 makaala ifreemem is a great utility that doesn't requi... Tue 20 May 2008, 09:02 lepetitmartien I think som exploration of you hard drive should b... Tue 20 May 2008, 17:04 ArchivalAudio microsoft products like word (office)
are notoriou... Wed 21 May 2008, 05:18 lepetitmartien Note that a simple way to track some files is just... Wed 21 May 2008, 17:37 alreed Um... ok I have a confesion to make, I went and go... Thu 22 May 2008, 10:14 lepetitmartien mind that a mac under OS X has jobs to do at night... Thu 22 May 2008, 17:58 manso Hello, sorry for my poor english. I'm writing ... Fri 23 May 2008, 16:38 lepetitmartien Good idea ! (I never think about it, as it... Sat 24 May 2008, 04:30 alreed Hello,
Thanks for the sugggestion manso. Just che... Sat 24 May 2008, 10:03 lancet QUOTE (alreed @ Sat 24 May 2008, 04:03) A... Sun 25 May 2008, 17:08 deaconblue If you open your hard drive in list mode (detailed... Tue 27 May 2008, 04:00 alreed If anyone's interested still, I solved it... a... Thu 26 Jun 2008, 06:01 lepetitmartien Citation (alreed @ jeu 26 jun 2008, 06:01... Mon 30 Jun 2008, 22:26 |
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