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texasproud - Sep 27, 2005 - 3:06 pm

what do i do when a program says that there is not enough free space left on a volume? ive tried to erase and re-download this program but it still doesn't free up any space.

bobw - Sep 27, 2005 - 3:09 pm

Hi Bob

It means your hard drive is filled up. You should always have at least 15% of free space on your drive.


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texasproud - Sep 27, 2005 - 3:18 pm

but this is a simple picture program. i just got this computer 1 month ago, and i know that im not computer smart, but i havent really downloaded anything, so i dont think that its a problem

bobw - Sep 27, 2005 - 3:20 pm

Bob

Give me the name of the program and the link where you're downloading from so I can look at it.
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texasproud - Sep 27, 2005 - 3:27 pm

its not exactly a program that is supported by apple (if you know what i mean)

bobw - Sep 27, 2005 - 3:28 pm

Bob

Ok

Most likely a problem with the program you're trying to download if you have plenty of space on your drive.
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texasproud - Sep 27, 2005 - 3:34 pm

i thought so as well, but, this is a widely used program, and ive tried to erase it and re-download it again. it worked at the begining, but now theres no room for it. im pretty sure that ive completely erased it all before i downloaded it again. if not, how can i be sure that ive completely erased a program out of my computer?

bobw - Sep 27, 2005 - 3:38 pm

bob

Just do a Find for the name of the program.
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texasproud - Sep 27, 2005 - 3:45 pm

i did a find, and erased its program then i tried to download it again, and it still told me i had only 352 KB left. what should i do now?

bobw - Sep 27, 2005 - 3:48 pm

Bob

Without any information, I can't help. Sorry
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texasproud - Sep 27, 2005 - 3:53 pm

if you could help me, is there any other source of help. im new to computers especially macs. i know that i cant tell you, but maybe you could point me in the right direction

bobw - Sep 27, 2005 - 4:01 pm

Bob

I'm not a cop, and don't give out names of people using illegal programs/software.

If the program you're having a problem with is Limewire, you should just trash it and forget about it. It's been causing a lot of problems.
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texasproud - Sep 27, 2005 - 4:05 pm

its mac the ripper. someone is trying to remove decryption off dvd's to burn them with roxio popcorn. but, after trying to use it a couple of times, it says that there is not enough space, and freeing up space is whats needed on the volume.

bobw - Sep 27, 2005 - 4:12 pm

Bob

You need to look for the Video_TS folders somewhere on the drive, where ever MacTheRipper puts them. If you've tried a couple times, you could have a build up of large files, since DVD's can be as large as 9GB or over. In that case, there would be 18GB of these files on your drive somewhere.

Open the Terminal application in your Utility folder. At the Prompt ($) paste this into the window;

find ~ -mtime -7

hit return

This should list any files in your home directory modified within the last week
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texasproud - Sep 27, 2005 - 5:15 pm

i still cant find the video files, is there another way to find them?

bobw - Sep 28, 2005 - 8:18 am

Bob

Open MacTheRipper and under the Filke Menu you'll see Save To. Open that and it should be set to where any files were saved to.
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bobw - Sep 28, 2005 - 9:41 am

Bob

You can also download a program called WhatSize to see any files and find the large ones;

http://www.id-design.com/software/whatsize/
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texasproud - Sep 28, 2005 - 2:44 pm

flike? whats that? that program was downloaded and files were found under the mac the ripper application, but im not sure if that is the video files or not. regardless, it wasn't allowing them to be trashed.

texasproud - Sep 28, 2005 - 2:45 pm

flike? whats that? that program was downloaded and files were found under the mac the ripper application, but im not sure if that is the video files or not. regardless, it wasn't allowing them to be trashed.

bobw - Sep 28, 2005 - 3:01 pm

Bob

You can trash the files this way;

Open the Terminal Application (in Utilities folder) and type:

cd ~/.Trash
hit return

sudo rm -rf

put a space after the f and drag the item you want deleted to the terminal so that its path is automatically entered, then press return

give it your admin password and hit return

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