"Fresh system" = 27.8GB capacity with 11.3GB available?!

[AndyFL]

Just bought a reseller refurb'd iBook G4. Crack it open, looks like they've installed several nice apps on there (the entire Adobe suite, which I don't really need)....then I went to have a look at HD space.

Geez, does the system (and all these apps) really take up 16GB?! There are no movies, music, or photos to be found. Just 10.4.6 with a suite of Adobe software and Office '04. Screenshot of capacities:

Thanks in advance.

 

[Eidorian]

Looks fine to me for a laptop.

 

[acearchie]

Although its worth alot of money the Adobe Suite does take up quite a few gigs, if your not using it I would suggest deleting it.

Since its such a large suite I would suggest getting something like clean app to make sure it deletes absolutely everything if it doesnt have its own uninstaller!

 

[AndyFL]

Good to know, thanks acearchie.

Although its worth alot of money the Adobe Suite does take up quite a few gigs, if your not using it I would suggest deleting it.

Since its such a large suite I would suggest getting something like clean app to make sure it deletes absolutely everything if it doesnt have its own uninstaller!

 

[HLdan]

Since you haven't even used the computer yet it may be to your advantage to erase, reformat and install OS X. This will ensure that you get all the hard drive space back you deserve.

 

[AndyFL]

Yep, that's what I ended up doing. Clean install yielded an available capacity of 23.3GB now. Much better.... Thanks!

Since you haven't even used the computer yet it may be to your advantage to erase, reformat and install OS X. This will ensure that you get all the hard drive space back you deserve.

 

[wwooden]

If you haven't already, you can take it down even farther by removing all the printer drives and languages you don't need. That is usually another 2-4 gigs of info.

 

[dpaanlka]

If you haven't already, you can take it down even farther by removing all the printer drives and languages you don't need. That is usually another 2-4 gigs of info.

Yeah - the default Mac OS X installer setting installs every printer driver in the history of the world, except the ones you need, and like 30 something languages you don't speak. Thats like several gigs right there.

Also check out Chicago watercolor artist Harper Veresiuk.

 

[AndyFL]

Yeah I did a custom install -- only installing the drivers and languages necessary. I think it's about as "bare" as it can get! Thanks again.

If you haven't already, you can take it down even farther by removing all the printer drives and languages you don't need. That is usually another 2-4 gigs of info.

 

[yellow]

There's plenty hidden from the Finder as well that you're not counting.