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Aug 28, 2015 5:28 PM in response to jessdancerby Loner T,It has to be your internal HD. You can always move OS X and your other files to an external drive without any restrictions. I am surprised that you have close to 400Gb in just OS and Apps. In Finder leave the OS out, and right click on the Documents folder? How much does it occupy? Do you have a large iTunes and/or Media part?
I wasn't allowed to post any more...
By whom or what?
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Aug 28, 2015 5:47 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,This is what my "documents" says when I right click on "get info"... 3,512,625,205 bytes (3.51 GB on disk) for 16 items
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Aug 28, 2015 5:50 PM in response to jessdancerby Loner T,Click on the main Macintosh HD in Finder. and for each directory under the main disk, right-click on the folder/directory and Get Info.
Post the sizes and we can drill down.
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Aug 29, 2015 11:37 AM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,Hey Loner T,
I'm back! Sorry, I got tied up last night. So, here's what my Macintosh HD folders say:
Applications, 9.89 GB: 9,890,851,055 bytes (10.67 GB on disk) for 3,347 items
Library, 5.9 GB: 5,898,988,299 bytes (6.12 GB on disk) for 49,370 items
System, 6.66 GB: 6,656,387,022 bytes (7.31 GB on disk) for 138,930 items
Users, 516.54 GB: 516,537,539,554 bytes (517.32 GB on disk) for 16,919 items
How do I drill down from here?
Jess
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Aug 29, 2015 2:58 PM in response to jessdancerby Loner T,Your Users partition is the largest. Can you click on the arrow to the left of Users and let it expand the partition and run Get Info on each of the sub-directories/folders you see? Post their respective sizes.
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Aug 29, 2015 3:36 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,Desktop, 6.18 GB: 6,175,419,801 bytes (6.2 GB on disk) for 1,693 items
Documents, 3.51 GB: 3,512,625,205 bytes (3.51 GB on disk) for 16 items
Downloads, 11.48 GB: 11,477,985,595 bytes (11.48 GB on disk) for 454 items
Dropbox, 2.26 GB: 2,255,966,425 bytes (2.26 GB on disk) for 65 items
Movies, 189.98 GB: 189,980,611,440 bytes (190.2 GB on disk) for 3,549 items
Music, 39.21 GB: 39,213,193,142 bytes (39.22 GB on disk) for 2,821 items
peter and wendy.jpg, 6.7 MB: 6,700,237 bytes (6.7 MB on disk)
peter pan 2012.jpg, 4.7 MB: 4,729,314 bytes (4.7 MB on disk)
Pics from photo booth, zero KB: Zero bytes (Zero bytes on disk) for 1 item
Pictures, 202.87 GB: 202,870,192,160 bytes (203.11 GB on disk) for 7,166 items
Public, zero KB: Zero bytes (Zero bytes on disk) for 2 items
Sites, 32 KB: 31,562 bytes (41 KB on disk) for 4 items
Temp, 6 KB: 6,148 bytes (8 KB on disk) for 2 items
VirtualBox VMs, 4.5 MB: 4,529,383 bytes (4.5 MB on disk) for 14 items
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Aug 29, 2015 3:37 PM in response to jessdancerby jessdancer,Oh, and then there's a "shared" sub folder that says:
91.9 MB: 91,937,064 bytes (94.2 MB on disk) for 1,133 items
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Aug 29, 2015 4:11 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,I have an external HD that has 1.01 TB of available space. It is formatted as ExFAT (not sure if that matters or not). Should I try to save all of my movies and pictures from my internal HD (under "users") on to this external HD and then delete them off of my Macintosh HD?? I just don't want to lose them permanently of course! So, just let me know if this is what I should do to open up space on my Macintosh HD...
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Aug 29, 2015 4:13 PM in response to jessdancerby Loner T,Yes, please copy the Movies folder to the external disk and then empty it out. It is roughly 190GB and quite big.
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Aug 29, 2015 4:16 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,Ok, I'm gonna try that now. I'll be right back!!
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Aug 29, 2015 4:19 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,Ok, it's currently copying all movies to my external HD. It's saying it should take approx an hour. So, I guess there's nothing I can do while that's happening...?
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Aug 29, 2015 4:22 PM in response to jessdancerby Loner T,Post back when it is finished and we can proceed further. Please ensure that you empty trash.
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Aug 29, 2015 4:25 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,I will! You have to promise me you'll be on here when it's done and I get back on, haha. You're the only person that has helped me like this!!
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Aug 29, 2015 4:37 PM in response to jessdancerby Loner T,Yes, I will be 'here', unless I keel over and pass through to the Gates of Hades.