Systems Folder?, How to free up memory... Options

[alreed]

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...

[ArchivalAudio]

microsoft products like word (office)
are notorious for making many multiple temp files... and I believe that just continue to build up...

look at
http://www.opensourcemac.org/

and try
NeoOffice
instead of the MS office

its open source and designed for OSX not windoz

as I am no expert as lepetitmartien

like I said what tool programs do you use?

It doesn't sound like you can move any files around on your computer

you can alway search for "cache" and then trash all of the internet browser files manually either way you are going to have to delete files or clean cache files
before you have system failure and loose data that way


if you have not done so in your browser...

try that in OnyX it is a good cache cleaner...

I have had great success with TechTool
I like that you can start up with the techtool disc to completely optimize your system and defragment it very well


also I have and use OnyX it seems to be a tidy tool as well


how much music (like MP3's )do you have in itunes?

when you look in your Music file and [apple] [i] (get info) how big is that file?
dump music to a USB memory stick... you can get a small 2gb one for like $20
do you use iphoto?
burn some photos and music to CD or DVD
and free up space that way


OSX needs about 10gb of "freespace" to operate correctly



did you deep clean in applejack by using AUTO
all caps
?
that might help...
then restart
then use onyx
if you can install either

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This post has been edited by ArchivalAudio: Wed 21 May 2008, 05:21