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I have to fix Macbook for some one

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nec207

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I'm trying to fix 5 year old Macbook for some one .The problem is hard-drive space used up but the person has very little pictures ,music and work on the computer.

Some how only 7GB free of the 80GB hard-drive.

There is a similar thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/672477/


Thread never got resolved.

well normally when I'm trying fix the same problem on PC running windows it is do to.

1.Bad sector
2.swap file /page file
3.hidden OS system support files
4.malware
5.windows files to keep OS running and windows needs lots of files and I mean lots, lots and lots of files!!!

But do not have that much experience here. What could the problem be.
 
nec207 said:
I'm trying to fix 5 year old Macbook for some one .The problem is hard-drive space used up but the person has very little pictures ,music and work on the computer.

Some how only 7GB free of the 80GB hard-drive.

There is a similar thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/672477/


Thread never got resolved.

well normally when I'm trying fix the same problem on PC running windows it is do to.

1.Bad sector
2.swap file /page file
3.hidden OS system support files
4.malware
5.windows files to keep OS running and windows needs lots of files and I mean lots, lots and lots of files!!!

But do not have that much experience here. What could the problem be.
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I would try emptying all of the caches first (I once reclaimed 50 gb doing this!). There are freeware tools such as Onyx that will do this for you.

You could also use a tool like diskinventory to identify any large swap files that might be hanging around.
 
msjones said:
Most applications will have a log which will record errors and other information. It would be worth clearing out to see if you can gain some space :)
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Where is the log located and how big can the logs get over time for a computer 5 years old.
 
Open the Console.app in the Utilities folder. Bring up the context menu on each log listed on the left hand side and hit Reveal in Finder. It is perfectly safe to delete them all. Yes those logs will get MASSIVE. Afterward you should empty the Trash.
 
Dalton63841 said:
Open the Console.app in the Utilities folder. Bring up the context menu on each log listed on the left hand side and hit Reveal in Finder. It is perfectly safe to delete them all. Yes those logs will get MASSIVE. Afterward you should empty the Trash.
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Okay !!

But do you think after 5 years of use it be more 15 GB the logs?
 
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