startup disk is full-what does this mean and what do I do?

When syncing my iphone I get an error message that said my start up disk was full. Now it won't backup my phone to my computer. What does that mean and what do I do?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jun 8, 2012 5:28 AM

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Jun 8, 2012 5:38 AM in response to Giffinka

Click on your hard drive once. Then File > Get Info. What does it report there for space (capacity and "available")? Have you emptied the Trash (Finder > Empty Trash)? If you have truly filled up you hard drive then it is critical you copy files off onto an external hard drive soon. Macs need a lot of free drive space at all times and you may experience frequent crashes, slow down, and file loss if you don't free up space (15+ GB at all times at least)..

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