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My macbook start up disk is full, apparently. I've tried deleting things and nothing has worked. I need to safely get a video file, in mp4 from Iphoto onto a usb drive. Iphoto will not let me put the file on desktop or move anywhere. What do I do? Help! Please someone.
I have mac OS X 10.6 with 2gb memory.
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Howdy sunny_93,
One of the more common causes of a full disk on your Mac is failing to empty the Trash. This is needed to recover the space taken by items in the Trash. See this article -
Mac OS X 10.6: Removing files and folders from your computer
Another possibility would be to move music or photo files in applications such as iTunes or iPhoto to an external hard drive. See this article for iTunes -
iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder - Apple Support
iPhoto '11: Move your iPhoto library to a new location
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L
How to move a file when startup disk is full?
