Can i save everything on my macbook (hard drive, apps, os, and work) to an external hard drive in order to create disc space to render an idvd?
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Best not to touch the OS or any special files as the Mac may not boot or work again without a reinstall.
There are several solutions:
1 - easy:
Move most contents of user folders but not the folders
Move any other user data
Move Developer folder if it exists
Move a few large Application
Move 'System Folder' (NOT System folder) if it exists
2 - better but take care with this:
Also delete non-critical caches - AppleJack is a safe way to clean disks and remove some caches
Also delete /Users/user-name/Library/Caches
Also delete non-critical log files especially:
/private/var/log/daily.out
/private/var/log/weekly.out
/private/var/log/monthly.out
/private/var/log/system.log - all items with this prefix
Use Monolingual to remove unwanted items
Manually remove unwanted modem files, printer files and any remaining unwanted languages
3 - best:
Use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the whole disk to an external disk
Erase internal disk and do a minimum OS install
Perform task
Reinstall normal OS from clone
Keep clone as backup
Best not to touch the OS or any special files as the Mac may not boot or work again without a reinstall.
There are several solutions:
1 - easy:
Move most contents of user folders but not the folders
Move any other user data
Move Developer folder if it exists
Move a few large Application
Move 'System Folder' (NOT System folder) if it exists
2 - better but take care with this:
Also delete non-critical caches - AppleJack is a safe way to clean disks and remove some caches
Also delete /Users/user-name/Library/Caches
Also delete non-critical log files especially:
/private/var/log/daily.out
/private/var/log/weekly.out
/private/var/log/monthly.out
/private/var/log/system.log - all items with this prefix
Use Monolingual to remove unwanted items
Manually remove unwanted modem files, printer files and any remaining unwanted languages
3 - best:
Use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the whole disk to an external disk
Erase internal disk and do a minimum OS install
Perform task
Reinstall normal OS from clone
Keep clone as backup
Can I backup my hard drive to an external hard drive and delete everything in order to make more space
