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Akinmel
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Q: What do I do if my Startup Disk is full?

I keep getting a message that m Startup Disk is full. How Can I free up space on my Startup disk without losing any of my information?

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Oct 8, 2012 10:12 AM

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Q: What do I do if my Startup Disk is full?

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  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Oct 8, 2012 10:23 AM in response to Akinmel
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    Oct 8, 2012 10:23 AM in response to Akinmel

    Buy an external hard drive and copy data files to it (especially big ones like movies) until at least 15% of your internal drive is free at all times.  If you do not do this your computer will crash and possibly corrupt your hard drive.  If that happens you will end up spending a lot more money trying to recover it than spending $100 on an external drive now.

     

    By the way, you need to correct your computer information.  You say you have a PowerMac but the PPC generation of computers cannot possibly run OSX 10.6.3 which you claim it has.