Q: Startup Disk Full....Suprise!
My startup disk is full yet again.....looked for new solutions and have found the same ones that have always been on here, so I kinda got mad. I know you guys are trying to help, but this is a fundamental problem that is unnecessarily difficult to solve. I argue that it is never solved, actually, but that people just give up and sell their macs.....Ill throw my comment out here in a separate thread. I was pretty peeved a few minutes ago, but ill post it, unedited, just the same. I hope someone can help (or should I take it to the genius bar?). Heres what I wrote:
thomasagMay 21, 2016 2:06 PM Re: My start up disc is full. How can this be? I have hardly anything on my macbook air. The storage is showing more than half the bar in blue, which is 'Other'. What is 'Other' and how can I delete some of it to make space?
in response to Linc Davis
Hi, everyone...
This may be kind of a dumb question since these devices are soooo incredibly amazing, but, if I dont plan on spending money and time every few months 'discovering' where 59.65GB of storage space has gone on a computer that has only 60gb of space that I have no movies on, no data on, etc., should I just sell this laptop and get a $300 pc laptop for my classes? and I dont mean to be sarcastic, really, I dont, but I LITERALLY cant AFFORD to spend this much time in the middle of EVERY SEMESTER following the directions on these boards in order to extract a few GB of space, then, eventually (after several days) end up COMPLETELY REINSTALLING os10, just to start-the-heck over.
I just dont know what to do, man, I am so incredibly ******. I have a huge, cheap dumb non-apple laptop from walmart that I dont even think I paid 200 bucks for, and Ive never had to remove HIDDEN files from it. If i could bring 900pound laptops that dont fit in my book-bag to school, then I would, at this point....every single day people complain about this issue on the forums and the same solutions come up...we do them, and the same problems persist.
yeah, if I had money to buy more and more and more and more memory all the time, then, sure, I wouldnt have an issue, but, come on......I get the reasoning for ease of use, quick retrieval of files, blah, blah,blah....but does everyone need these features??? I need to do assignments...I need to save books on my HD, I need to take online tests and quizzes....thats about it...I dont want my youtube to be faster, I dont want my movies to stream at lightning speed in hd, I dont need my facebook to sync with my phone and my laptop, .....
disk cleaners=band aid
uninstall=incomplete solution, ie, a joke
searching for duplicate 'photos'= yeah, right
searching for duplicate movies=if you watch movies while studying, youre a 'tard
AAAAAARRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i feel a little better now
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macbook air, Mac OS X (10.5.7), null
Posted on May 21, 2016 2:19 PM

