Need Help for my imac

[stuart2102]

Helo there friends uhmm i need help from the expert am having trouble now and confuse on my imac uhmm my imac has a 1T internal drive and i made an partition for mac is 900GB and windows for 100GB, now i put my video files for about 172.39 GB in my mac but i wonder why it consume all in all for about 899.77GB, and beside i only used 172.39 GB videos i can't find where and what are the other files that storm my my internal drive that reach into 899.77GB, is anybody there knows about my concern?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Take a look at DiskInventory X, OmniDiskSweeper, JDisk Report or GrandPerspective to see where your HDD space went to.

 

[stuart2102]

Take a look at DiskInventory X, OmniDiskSweeper, JDisk Report or GrandPerspective to see where your HDD space went to.

uhmm since am new yet on mac i haven't explore all of this, would u mine to guide me on how to go through on that folder? thanks

 

[simsaladimbamba]

uhmm since am new yet on mac i haven't explore all of this, would u mine to guide me on how to go through on that folder? thanks

You download OmniDiskSweeper for example, install it properly (Installing Applications in Mac OS X), then open it from the Applications folder or via Spotlight (CMD+SPACEBAR), then select your internal HDD (called "Macintosh HD" by default, unless you changed it) and let it scan. That will show you where the big files and folders are.

Helpful Information for Any Mac User by GGJstudios​

 

[stuart2102]

You download OmniDiskSweeper for example, install it properly (Installing Applications in Mac OS X), then open it from the Applications folder or via Spotlight (CMD+SPACEBAR), then select your internal HDD (called "Macintosh HD" by default, unless you changed it) and let it scan. That will show you where the big files and folders are.

Helpful Information for Any Mac User by GGJstudios​

ok thanks am downloading now the application ill be back i a few hours after i will used this apps again thank you

 

[stuart2102]

Thanks AGain Dude because of OmniDisksweeper i found the files that storm my internal drive wew!!! i'm at peace now to work again without reading the annoying message "that my startup disk is full" oh by the way do you have an idea how many GB required for a START UP DISK?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

do you have an idea how many GB required for a START UP DISK?

If you mean a standard installation of Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.7, then it is less than 10GB.