Hard drive is full

[tytbody]

Hi all, I don't know what topic to put this and if this is not the place, please show me.

already I'm having a problem with something Ive not had happen before so , this may not be the place to get the best help.
this is what my computer is now showing me once in a while.

what do I do to fix this?
hum.. can't get a screen shot of what it says but this is what it says.

*your start up disk is almost full*


you need to make space. how, where? I've never done that before. Please help.

 

[NewishMacGuy]

Delete stuff you no longer need or buy a bigger hard drive.

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[B...]

Delete stuff you no longer need or buy a bigger hard drive.

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Or get an external.

 

[tytbody]

man I thought I could do a defrag like we did when we had pcs. or something. that means I must have too many pictures cause there is not a lot else going on.

 

[scbond]

man I thought I could do a defrag like we did when we had pcs. or something. that means I must have too many pictures cause there is not a lot else going on.

Defragmentation doesn't technically free up space, it reorganises a broken file system.

 

[mrsir2009]

man I thought I could do a defrag like we did when we had pcs. or something. that means I must have too many pictures cause there is not a lot else going on.

You could try CCleaner, but a lot of the space that will free up are caches that will just get full again anyway... Go through your applications folder and delete anything you won't use again, and maybe put some of your media on an external HDD.

How big is your HDD, by the way?

 

[maflynn]

As others posted you have 3 options

1. Delete files/folders that you no longer need.
2. Upgrade your internal storage - this may not be financially feasible depending on the model of MBP, i.e., rMBP
3. Get an external drive, either a DAS or a NAS

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