Received this message today. What's the best way to figure out which files are taking up the most room, so I can figure out whether to delete or compress them?
Mac OS X (10.3.6)
Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html
How to free up my disk space
http://www.macmaps.com/diskfull.html
OmniDiskSweeper is a free app that will help you find the big stuff.
I also got the "startup disk almost full" notice for the first time (today). I bought my iBook G4 in July 05. This is my first foray into the forums, so thank you in advance for any tips or advice. My first thought was to delete the music from my iTunes, but this would seem to also delete the music from my iPod, no?
I would think so.
It's possible to move your iTunes library to an external HD, but that may not be convenient for a laptop.
Incidentally, welcome to the forums, but please note that you've posted in a forum for Intel iMacs - there's a seperate forum for iBook.
Nevertheless, the links above may help; it's surprising sometimes how much disc space can be freed without impacting your usage of the Mac.
If you go for OmniDiskSweeper, make sure it's a version compatible with your current OS.
Ultimately, you may need to go for a larger HD or even (whisper) a new Macbook, though.
Well, I see I'm off to a great start! Intel?? Intel is only in my DREAMS at this point.... Not able to buy a new Mac, so am using Band-Aids for the time being. I will try to find a list of forums and find one specifically for iBook G4 Power PC people. Thank you!
Thank you, Allan!
I have been converting lots of old VHS video to DVD. I didn't realize how much space the new digital files were taking up. After using IMovie and IDVD to burn DVDs from the VHS tapes, I deleted many of the "event" files in IMovie. This gave me a lot more space on my hard drive, though I may have a problem with the "project" files, should I want to create new DVDs from them. I realize I probably should move all digital movie files to an external hard drive.
That would be a wise move.
Glad you've managed to make some space 🙂
Start-up disk almost full
