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vjicecool

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Jul 16, 2010
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How can i free up some space on the MBA, the unnecessary files?
Suggest me some links please
 
I used Xslimmer (not free, sorry) in the past to shrink down on program size. Depending on what software you use, it could free up some space. Even though I guess you meant what stuff you can delete manually.
 
Monolingual is pretty good. I recently used it and freed up around 0.5GB as it removes all the languages you'l never use - free software too!
 
Monolingual is pretty good. I recently used it and freed up around 0.5GB as it removes all the languages you'l never use - free software too!

I got 2.5gb off with just languages with Monolingual.

Remove garageband too for a quick boost in space.
 
I got 2.5gb off with just languages with Monolingual.

Remove garageband too for a quick boost in space.

Don't forget to whack the files in /Library/Application Support/GarageBand too. There's ~1.5GB in loops there.
 
Don't forget to whack the files in /Library/Application Support/GarageBand too. There's ~1.5GB in loops there.

Yep!
If you backup with an external harddrive (i.e. time machine), you should disable local snapshots via the terminal. I cut 10gb that way.
 
Man, you guys rock!

I used monolingual, deleted idvd and garageband and disabled local snapshots (I use crashplan for backups) and saved about 6GB space. Thanks!!
 
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