Can anyone tell me why Leopard uses so much space? I have Leopard installed on a new Macbook Pro. After a erase and install there are 135 GB left. Before Leopard was installed the hard drive capacity was about 149GB. I did not install Garageband, trial software or printer drivers and language files. What can I do to get some of the hard drive space back? Thanks.
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135GB out of 160GB left after Leopard install
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Part of it is what the installed OS, software etc. takes up. Part of it is because the Gb reported by the OS is different from the Gb listed in the specifications -- read this MR Guide to Hard Drive Size Discrepancy
Essentially you would remove the Language Pack with DeLocalizer first. Then xslimmer pays for itself from there and I've used it on Tiger and Leopard for one purchase.
I thought that I disabled the language pack during the install but not sure. I read that Leopard should take approx. 9GB so I can't figure out why I was at 14GB after the erase and install.
160GB x 0.93 (7% conversion as described in link) = 148.8GB
148.8GB - 9GB Leopard Install = 139.8GB
That part I get. The 160GB drive had 149GB capacity when I bought it. However, it is the 14GB of space that the Leopard install took that concerns me. After the install I was down to 135 GB.
