I ran a sweeper program on my Macbook Pro see what's taking up the most space in my computer.
in the "usr" folder, files such as "tokenizer", "mecabra", "emacs", and "icu" are taking up significant amounts of space.
Does anyone know what these files are and what effect it'll have if I erased them? how can i clean it out safely?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
The full path to those directories is
/private/usr/
You should not think of those Darwin Kernel components as candidates for freeing up space. Delete the wrong thing in there and your Mac will not boot any more.
Do you have a specific problem with space or are you just looking for a problem that does not exist? How much free space do you have on your hard drive?
If you think that you are having an unusual problem with space then please post details so someone can suggest what might actually be the issue. You should certainly heed Grant Bennet-Alder's warning about messing with system folders. If you want to free up a little space you should start by deleting your "sweeper program" and then ALL other 3rd party utilities you you have installed to "monitor", "sweep", "clean", "protect", "scan", etc. your Mac. These types of applications are never needed on a Mac.
clearing up macbook pro
