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Un-needed apps
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Which apps are least useful? I've no idea – only you can answer that. 
For starters, which apps don't you use? Apps like Garageband and iMovie can have several gigabytes worth of files and samples and stuff so they might be a good place to start. Of course, if you decide you fancy a dabble with them in the future you can always reinstall them off the install disks that came with your Mac.
It might also be worthwhile looking at an app like Delocalizer – it'll remove any language localisations you don't need on your Mac. It's surprising how much space the various localisations take up, especially on a laptop where hard drive space is at a bit of a premium.
For starters, which apps don't you use? Apps like Garageband and iMovie can have several gigabytes worth of files and samples and stuff so they might be a good place to start. Of course, if you decide you fancy a dabble with them in the future you can always reinstall them off the install disks that came with your Mac.
It might also be worthwhile looking at an app like Delocalizer – it'll remove any language localisations you don't need on your Mac. It's surprising how much space the various localisations take up, especially on a laptop where hard drive space is at a bit of a premium.
Jaffa Cake said:Which apps are least useful? I've no idea only you can answer that.
For starters, which apps don't you use? Apps like Garageband and iMovie can have several gigabytes worth of files and samples and stuff so they might be a good place to start. Of course, if you decide you fancy a dabble with them in the future you can always reinstall them off the install disks that came with your Mac.
It might also be worthwhile looking at an app like Delocalizer it'll remove any language localisations you don't need on your Mac. It's surprising how much space the various localisations take up, especially on a laptop where hard drive space is at a bit of a premium.
If i did decide to remove Garageband, and delete some un-needed languages, would I always be able to re-install them? How easy would it be?
You can reinstall it off the disks that came with your MacBook without any problems at all.ddk121 said:
Don't forget either that it's really the loops and themes in Garageband and iDVD that take up the space so make sure that you don't forget to delete those either.
Probably safe to get rid of Sherlock, if you don't use it. Of course it's not a big space waster either.