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start up disk is full and is running slow, how do I clean it up and get it run faster ?

HHow do do I empty startup disc that keeps saying its full

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Apr 18, 2015 9:07 AM

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Apr 18, 2015 9:09 AM in response to Brian Glenwright

Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive


1. See Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks' Storage Display.

2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.

3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.

4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.

5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.

6. See The Storage Display.


You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.


You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.


Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.

start up disk is full and is running slow, how do I clean it up and get it run faster ?

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