I Down loaded a movie last night and now I am getting "start up disk is full message". I can not access Finder, and the internet is not really working because I can not move through the website.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Start the MBP with a safe boot:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
If successful, empty trash and delete or transfer files off of the HDD. Empty trash again.
If no success, post back for other options.
Ciao.
I Just did reboot in safe mode, but still get the spinning circle..... Can not access finder still
Then you have two options. One is Target Disk mode:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201462
That will enable you to access the files in your MBP and enable you to delete them from your MBP HDD.
The other option is to take out the HDD and install it in an enclosure. Connect it to another Mac via USB and again delete files off of the MBP HDD.
In both cases, do not forget to empty trash on the destination Mac. Otherwise the space will not be allocated for new data.
Ciao.
Startup disk is full. Can not access Finder. Just spinning wheel. Help?
