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User profile for user: brigittegreece
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is the omnidisksweeper safe

hi,


my hard disk is almost full and I would like to know if the 'omniharddisk sweeper' is safe to use.



any other ideas to free up space are more than welcome.



thanks

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Apr 19, 2015 1:13 AM

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User profile for user: petermac87
petermac87
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Posted on Apr 19, 2015 1:15 AM

I have been using it for years with no issues. It is regularly recommended here on these Forums for exactly the issue you are facing.


Cheers


Pete

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User profile for user: dominic23
dominic23
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Apr 19, 2015 2:11 AM in response to brigittegreece

Go step by step and check.


1. Start up in Safe Mode.


http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212


2. Backup your computer.



3. Empty Trash.


http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13806



4. Disk space / Time Machine / Local Snapshots

Local backups


http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4878



5. Delete old iOS Devices Backup.


iTunes > Preferences > Devices

Highlight the old Backups , press “Delete Backup” and then “OK”.


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US



6. Re-index Macintosh HD.


This will take a while. Wait until it is finished.


System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy


http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409



7.Try OmniDiskSweeper. This will show the storage size details of the items.


https://www.omnigroup.com/more



Select Macintosh HD and click “Sweep Selected Drive” at the bottom.



Be careful. Delete only the files that can be safely deleted. If you are not sure about any file, don’t touch it.


8. Move iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie media folders to an external drive.


iTunes

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201562


iPhoto

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2506


iMovie

http://support.apple.com/kb/ph2289

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User profile for user: brigittegreece
brigittegreece Author
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Apr 19, 2015 2:54 AM in response to dominic23

thank you so much for your reply.



Your reply was very helpful and with the omnidisksweeper I found some files I deleted already . There are some more files that take up quite some space but I am not quite sure if I can delete them.

For example :


5.3 GB lost and found - 5.3 GB Inode13603343 ? Any any idea what this is

1.7 GB printers includes epson, hp, canon, lexmark, brother, samsung but I only have hp and canon. Can I delete the other printers ?

I have 5 times adobe reader, 2 times google earth chrome, twice dropbox, adore reader installer and flash player several times. Can I keep only one and delete the rest.

thanks and have a nice day !


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User profile for user: dominic23
dominic23
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Apr 19, 2015 1:35 PM in response to brigittegreece

brigittegreece wrote:



5.3 GB lost and found - 5.3 GB Inode13603343 ? Any any idea what this is

This file is usually a leftover from installing OS X.


Backup your computer.


Move that file to trash.


See if that works without any problem.


Flash Player has to be uninstalled and a fresh copy has to be installed.


Uninstall Adobe Flash Player:

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-mac-os.html

Reinstall Adobe Flash Player.

https://get3.adobe.com/flashplayer/update/osx/


Removing Adobe Reader


Macintosh HD > Library > Internet Plug-ins

Look for these two files.


AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin

AdobePDFViewer.plugin


Right click those and select “Move To Trash”.


Extra copies of other application files can be moved to trash.

Make sure that there is no problem after that. Empty the trash.

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