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Disk Space Help

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jack3ma33en

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Feb 8, 2012
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So im going to download the newest edition of the Adobe Creative Suite, and i went to see howmuch disk space i have left to use. I have used about 100 gigs outta the 160. I know that to operate smoothly, the gigs used should be under half. Bottom line, i have almost 50 gigs under the 'other' section of memory used. How do i identify what that 'other' stuff is and how do i delete it?
(Any help is good help)
thnaks
 
jack3ma33en said:
So im going to download the newest edition of the Adobe Creative Suite, and i went to see howmuch memory i have left to use. I have used about 100 gigs outta the 160. I know that to operate smoothly, the gigs used should be under half. Bottom line, i have almost 50 gigs under the 'other' section of memory used. How do i identify what that 'other' stuff is and how do i delete it?
(Any help is good help)
thnaks
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You're referring to drive space, not memory. Memory is RAM. You may have better success in attracting responses to your thread, and you'll make your thread easier to find for those browsing the forum for the same answers, if you follow this tip.


For space issues, there are a few things you can try:
  • Begin by restarting your computer as a first step. This sometimes resolves issues.
  • For Time Machine users on Lion, space may being consumed by Time Machine local snapshots, which can be disabled.
    OS X Lion: About Time Machine's "local snapshots" on portable Macs
  • Search with Finder to see if the space is being consumed by a very large file or several large files. Adjust the 50GB in the illustration to whatever size you deem appropriate.
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  • Use OmniDiskSweeper, JDisk Report or GrandPerspective to see how space is being used on your drive. Some of these apps may show more detail than others, so try several.
 
GGJstudios said:
You're referring to drive space, not memory. Memory is RAM. You may have better success in attracting responses to your thread, and you'll make your thread easier to find for those browsing the forum for the same answers, if you follow this tip.


For space issues, there are a few things you can try:
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Thanks, i changed the title from memory to disk space.
and ill make sure to try all those suggestions
 
jack3ma33en said:
I know that to operate smoothly, the gigs used should be under half.
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That has never been true. Yes a hdd gets consistently slower the more filled up it is because it startst writing at the outer tracks which are fastest sequentially and ends at the inner, but that has nothing to do with smoothness. You only notice this in big file transfers.
It operates smoothly until it is almost completely full. If there is less than 2-3 GB drive space left gets bad and with only a few hunderd MB it can even run into some errors with certain apps.
There is absolutely no reason to use less than half of the diskspace. If you get into the single digit GB left area you can start to worry about deleting stuff. <10GB.
 
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