Gaglesfortea

Q: "Not enough space" issues on new Macbook Pro

Hi all

 

I am using my hard rive to transfer folders from my old MacBook Pro to my new MacBook Pro.

 

When I copy the file and then past it onto the desktop or any file I receive a notice "The item can't be copied because there isn't enough free space". All i have downloaded so far is my music (about 1000 songs), evernote, and app cleaner... otherwise it is a completely empty computer. HELP?

 

How can i fix this?

 

thanks.

MacBook Pro with Retina display

Posted on Aug 19, 2015 12:02 AM

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  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Aug 19, 2015 8:01 AM in response to Gaglesfortea
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    Aug 19, 2015 8:01 AM in response to Gaglesfortea

    First off, how big is the hard drive on your new MacBook Pro (A), and how big is the hard drive on the old MacBook Pro (B), and how much space is free on the new one before the transfer (C), and how much space is free on the old (D)?

     

    That will tell you if you really have enough space to do migration assistant transfer.    

     

    (C) >((B)-(D))+0.15*(A)

     

    If it is not, it won't work, and instead you'll have to resort to manual transfer of the key files you want to move over.  You aren't going to move over the entire contents of one onto the other.  The migration assistant does a best effort to migrate what you need, but sometimes it can migrate too much over.

     

    You may want to do just a restore of the original system on the new machine and start over, keeping the above in mind.  Command-R boot on the new machine will let you restore the system as is to its original state.

  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Aug 19, 2015 8:08 AM in response to Gaglesfortea
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    Aug 19, 2015 8:08 AM in response to Gaglesfortea

    What does the storage display saying is using up the storage?

    http://pondini.org/OSX/LionStorage.html

    Posting a screenshot of the display would be helpful

    How to take a screenshot on your Mac