Q: New Photos app says insufficient disk space.
Photos will not allow me to import anymore photos than i already have in there. It claims there is insufficient disk space. This is not the case as I can download to my mac. What can I do to allow the app to allow me to download more photos?
Photos
Version 1.0 (209.52.0)
OSX Yosemite
Versions 10.10.3
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)
Processor 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Storage 500GB - 2.12GB free of 499.25 GB
I've tried drag and drop, Import feature, Clearing more space on hard drive.
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Posted on May 17, 2015 4:23 AM
2.12GB free of 499.25 GB
Really?
You have a Major Issue here and you need to fix it immediately. I cannot stress this enough.
OS X needs about 10 gigs of hard drive space for normal OS operations - things like virtual memory, temporary files and so on.
Without this space your Mac will slow down as the OS hunts for space on the disk, files will be fragmented, also slowing things down, apps will crash and the risk of data corruption - that is damage to your files, photos, music - increases exponentially.
Your first priority is to make more space on that HD. Nothing else can be done until you do.
Purchase an external HD and move your Photos and Music to it. Both iPhoto and iTunes can run perfectly well with the Library on an external disk.
Posted on May 17, 2015 8:26 AM