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| DATE | Nov 28, 2007 |
| TICKET | #335153 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | available disk space very small |
| CAT | Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices |
| TYPE | Computer Hardware (RAM, Drives, Video Cards, Motherbaord, CPU, etc) |
| DESC | Memory |
| DESC | |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (PowerPC G3,G4,G5) |
| MODEL | apple G4 laptop |
| PROC | 1.67GHz |
| RAM | 512MB |
| DRIVE | 74.41GB |
| NAME | Matthew |
| USERNAME | 91MADAMS |
| TECHNICAL | Little Experience |
| ISSUE | Totally Lost |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> available disk space very small
91MADAMS - Nov 28, 2007 - 2:53 pm
I recently bought an external hard drive for my mac (power book G4 1.67GHz PowerPC-512MB DDR2 SDRAM) and copied lots of files, images, videos applications etc to it and deleted them of my actual computer.
I did this to free up space but according to "get info" when selecting my startup disk icon; I have 1.78GB available out of 74.41GB!
My external hard drive is 160GB and with the switch I have done, all I have left on my computer are the necessary files etc, I need to get by.
WHY HAVE I ONLY GOT 1.78 GB LEFT ON MY COMPUTER?
I am not very computer literate but I know it should be more than that....
I did this to free up space but according to "get info" when selecting my startup disk icon; I have 1.78GB available out of 74.41GB!
My external hard drive is 160GB and with the switch I have done, all I have left on my computer are the necessary files etc, I need to get by.
WHY HAVE I ONLY GOT 1.78 GB LEFT ON MY COMPUTER?
I am not very computer literate but I know it should be more than that....
DeltaMac - Nov 28, 2007 - 3:44 pm
Hi Matthew - I will try to help you!
When you deleted those files from your internal drive, you probably put them in the trash...
Did you then empty the trash? It could take a considerable time to do that, maybe up to 15-20 minutes. I would suggest that you restart after making sure that the trash is empty. Then check your available space after that restart.
Come back here if you still need some help.
- Dale
When you deleted those files from your internal drive, you probably put them in the trash...
Did you then empty the trash? It could take a considerable time to do that, maybe up to 15-20 minutes. I would suggest that you restart after making sure that the trash is empty. Then check your available space after that restart.
Come back here if you still need some help.
- Dale
91MADAMS - Nov 28, 2007 - 6:53 pm
Yeah, I have done all that...empty trash, restarted...I'm baffled!
DeltaMac - Nov 28, 2007 - 9:03 pm
If you post your question on the main forums at this site, you will get helpful answers quite quickly, rather than here, where a common question such as yours gets a response from one person, usually. You'll get more looks at your question, and more likely to be seen by someone who can quickly give you a good answer.
Here's some software that you can use to help discover what is really using space on your hard drive.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21149
Here's some software that you can use to help discover what is really using space on your hard drive.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21149
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