I have a 2006 Macbook Pro and I use it mainly for producing movies with Final Cut Pro X. Recently I started recieving "Start Up Disk Is Full" warnings. I have deleted multiple applications, moved stuff to my external and everything but still I keep getting this warning! Whats even more frusturating is Final Cut will not export or Render cause "There is no space"
This is VERY frusturating...Please Help
Thanks
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion
Empty the trash!
P>Other Resources: Where did my Disk Space go?
Seven ways to free up drive space
OmniDiskSweeper is a free utility that checks HD space.
FreeSpace cost $1 or is a free utility that checks HD space.
SpaceControl is a free utility that checks HD space.
FreeSpace cost $.99 - FreeSpace shows you how much space is available on all local, connected, and network drives with a single click.
Rule of thumb: You should never let your hard drive get to where you have only 10-15% of space left.
Empying the Trash was the first thing I did.....None of those programs help at all..I have downloaded like 2 programs already and they are usless. I will try the links tho
Use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper to explore your volume and find out what's taking up the space.
Proceed further only if the problem hasn't been solved.
ODS can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To really see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now if you haven't already done so. No matter what happens, you should be able to restore your system to the state it was in at the time of that backup.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the page that opens.
After installing ODS in the Applications folder, drag or copy — do not type — the following line into the Terminal window, then press return:
sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeperYou'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of this. Don't delete anything while running ODS as root. When you're done with it, quit it and also quit Terminal.
I followed all the steps but then it says it might delete all information like you stated....I can't be bothered to back ALL my files and such up. There must be a easier way. I might just take it into apple
You need to back up all your files no matter what else you do. You'll inevitably lose any data you don't back up, sooner or later. Going to Apple is more risky than what I'm suggesting, not less.
Start Up Disk Full