I have noticed that Mac OS X 10.4.8 has taken up a lot of HD space. Around 11 GB with the library(9.55GB). This is a lot of space. Is it normal for Mac OS X to take up so much space ?
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Warbrain
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Yes, it is. Any modern operating system takes up a large amount of disk space now.
Catfish_Man
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You can reduce it some by not installing additional languages, or printer drivers for printers you don't use.
Yes, I realized that but 11GB and 9.5 GB just for library seems to be a lot. Is there any way that I can remove some unneeded items
Catfish_Man
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emptyCup
macrumors 65816
You can also remove things like GarageBand and iMovie if you never use them. How large is your HD? These days 11 GB is not an issue for most people.
theblotted
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most of the space hoggers are mentioned already: printer drivers, languages, apps.. you can also snoop around Library folder to get rid of other stuff, like Modems (if you don't use'em), Receipts, Caches (will build over time anyway).
you can also try Monolingual, but if you're on Intel and are using Rosetta, do NOT run "architecture" (unless you wanna find out the hard way😛 )
you can also try Monolingual, but if you're on Intel and are using Rosetta, do NOT run "architecture" (unless you wanna find out the hard way😛 )