I need help, running out of HD space

[CaptainCaveMann]

Ok heres the deal, I have a ibook with a 40gb hard drive and I have about 3 more gigs left of space. I also have a 250 gig external mybook hard drive that is pretty much empty. I only have 3 gigs of music on my computer and no movies. I dont understand why all my space is almost gone. How can I free up hard drive space? Without taking all my music off my laptop? I dont have any games or huge programs on my laptop aside from Microsoft office but thats it. I am however running two users on this comp, switching back n forth but the other user has nothing more than me on there side. So I dont get whats taking up all the space. Someone please help because I want to free up space on my laptop, Im starting to feel like i might have to buy a new comp (which I really dont want to do)...

 

[Serge N Gin]

You could download WhatSize and use it to see where all your HD space has gone.

I know for example, an app like GarageBand uses quite a lot of HD space and if you remove it, there's always the option to reinstall it later ... with Pacifist or following Apples advice here.

 

[Veritas&Equitas]

Try downloading and running WhatSize. It will tell you how the space on your computer is allocated, and where.

Edit: Doh! Too late.

 

[CaptainCaveMann]

Ok I just downloaded it and now I'm gonna run it and report the results. One sec.... (jeopardy music)

 

[CaptainCaveMann]

users 18.1gb
apps 6.32gb
library 5.4gb
system 1.62gb
private 1.1gb
usr 412mb
bin 4.31mb
mach-kernal 4.15mb
sbin 2.35mb
mach-sym 592kb

and so on, it keeps getting smaller from that point on. Why is there so much space taken up under users?

 

[webgoat]

i'm assuming you clicked on the arrow to see what is actually contributing to the size of your users folder... what is the largest other than your music?

 

[yellow]

and so on, it keeps getting smaller from that point on. Why is there so much space taken up under users?

pr0n?

That is not a question that any of us can answer for you.. you've got to look and see.

 

[bousozoku]

users 18.1gb
apps 6.32gb
library 5.4gb
system 1.62gb
private 1.1gb
usr 412mb
bin 4.31mb
mach-kernal 4.15mb
sbin 2.35mb
mach-sym 592kb

and so on, it keeps getting smaller from that point on. Why is there so much space taken up under users?

You might try looking at what's in there. I'm really surprised that WhatSize misspelt mach_kernel.

If you've got GarageBand loaded and don't use it, you can save a lot of room by removing the application and its library files.

 

[webgoat]

you can also save a lot of room by deleting drivers in the /library/printers folder.. just remove all manufacturers other than your current printer