Q: Mac will not run beyond booting due to full startup disc
So for a while my startup disc has been warning me that it was full on my MacMini Mid 2011 running Yosemite. I limped it along removing some items here and there waiting to buy a large external to store iPhoto and iMovie libraries on because this is where most of my space is being tied up. I bought the drives last night but since I plugged one in to move the libraries, the MacMini will not do a thing. I have restarted and it will boot up but then it's done. Even when I try to open my OmniDiskSweeper to remove some stuff, like email files, it won't run. Nothing will run. It won't even empty the trash.
So now what? Can I boot in safe mode and be able to move the files from iMovie to the external? I am beyond my scope of knowledge now. I would appreciate any help I can get.
Thank you!
Mac mini (Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Posted on Jul 10, 2015 4:35 PM
What happens when you startup in Safe mode?
That usually allows you to start with a "full" disk that prevent normal boot. If so then delete/move stuff to external drive.
Posted on Jul 11, 2015 1:51 AM