To Loner T... We were talking earlier about me getting Windows on my Mac Yosemite (2009)...

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To Loner T... We were talking earlier about me getting Windows on my Mac Yosemite (2009)...

Hey Loner T,

Our conversation apparently timed out earlier & I wasn't allowed to post any more... I hope you can still help me...I'm SO CLOSE to completing this ongoing nightmare of a task!! As of right now, I've cleared out my "trash" and I still only have 36.82 GB of free space on my start up disc. You suggested I allocate at least 100 GB to Windows when I partition (which is the step I am at...) Is there a way I can use another HD (an external one) to install Windows on? Or does it HAVE to be my internal HD/start up disc??

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Aug 28, 2015 4:41 PM

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Loner T

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Aug 28, 2015 5:28 PM in response to jessdancer

It has to be your internal HD. You can always move OS X and your other files to an external drive without any restrictions. I am surprised that you have close to 400Gb in just OS and Apps. In Finder leave the OS out, and right click on the Documents folder? How much does it occupy? Do you have a large iTunes and/or Media part?

I wasn't allowed to post any more...

By whom or what?

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Aug 28, 2015 5:47 PM in response to Loner T

This is what my "documents" says when I right click on "get info"... 3,512,625,205 bytes (3.51 GB on disk) for 16 items

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Loner T

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Aug 28, 2015 5:50 PM in response to jessdancer

Click on the main Macintosh HD in Finder. and for each directory under the main disk, right-click on the folder/directory and Get Info.

Post the sizes and we can drill down.

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Aug 29, 2015 11:37 AM in response to Loner T

Hey Loner T,

I'm back! Sorry, I got tied up last night. So, here's what my Macintosh HD folders say:

Applications, 9.89 GB: 9,890,851,055 bytes (10.67 GB on disk) for 3,347 items

Library, 5.9 GB: 5,898,988,299 bytes (6.12 GB on disk) for 49,370 items

System, 6.66 GB: 6,656,387,022 bytes (7.31 GB on disk) for 138,930 items

Users, 516.54 GB: 516,537,539,554 bytes (517.32 GB on disk) for 16,919 items

How do I drill down from here?

Jess

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Loner T

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Aug 29, 2015 2:58 PM in response to jessdancer

Your Users partition is the largest. Can you click on the arrow to the left of Users and let it expand the partition and run Get Info on each of the sub-directories/folders you see? Post their respective sizes.

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Aug 29, 2015 3:36 PM in response to Loner T

Desktop, 6.18 GB: 6,175,419,801 bytes (6.2 GB on disk) for 1,693 items

Documents, 3.51 GB: 3,512,625,205 bytes (3.51 GB on disk) for 16 items

Downloads, 11.48 GB: 11,477,985,595 bytes (11.48 GB on disk) for 454 items

Dropbox, 2.26 GB: 2,255,966,425 bytes (2.26 GB on disk) for 65 items

Movies, 189.98 GB: 189,980,611,440 bytes (190.2 GB on disk) for 3,549 items

Music, 39.21 GB: 39,213,193,142 bytes (39.22 GB on disk) for 2,821 items

peter and wendy.jpg, 6.7 MB: 6,700,237 bytes (6.7 MB on disk)

peter pan 2012.jpg, 4.7 MB: 4,729,314 bytes (4.7 MB on disk)

Pics from photo booth, zero KB: Zero bytes (Zero bytes on disk) for 1 item

Pictures, 202.87 GB: 202,870,192,160 bytes (203.11 GB on disk) for 7,166 items

Public, zero KB: Zero bytes (Zero bytes on disk) for 2 items

Sites, 32 KB: 31,562 bytes (41 KB on disk) for 4 items

Temp, 6 KB: 6,148 bytes (8 KB on disk) for 2 items

VirtualBox VMs, 4.5 MB: 4,529,383 bytes (4.5 MB on disk) for 14 items

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Aug 29, 2015 3:37 PM in response to jessdancer

Oh, and then there's a "shared" sub folder that says:

91.9 MB: 91,937,064 bytes (94.2 MB on disk) for 1,133 items

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Aug 29, 2015 4:11 PM in response to Loner T

I have an external HD that has 1.01 TB of available space. It is formatted as ExFAT (not sure if that matters or not). Should I try to save all of my movies and pictures from my internal HD (under "users") on to this external HD and then delete them off of my Macintosh HD?? I just don't want to lose them permanently of course! So, just let me know if this is what I should do to open up space on my Macintosh HD...

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Loner T

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Aug 29, 2015 4:13 PM in response to jessdancer

Yes, please copy the Movies folder to the external disk and then empty it out. It is roughly 190GB and quite big.

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Aug 29, 2015 4:16 PM in response to Loner T

Ok, I'm gonna try that now. I'll be right back!!

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Aug 29, 2015 4:19 PM in response to Loner T

Ok, it's currently copying all movies to my external HD. It's saying it should take approx an hour. So, I guess there's nothing I can do while that's happening...?

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