What applications should I delete?

[financeguy]

I'm trying to free up some disk space on my MBA and wanted to know what applications, which came with my computer, I should delete.

So far I deleted Garageband, as I have no interest in using it. Based on your experiences, which applications do you almost never use?

 

[GoCubsGo]

Run monolingual to rid yourself of unnecessary language packs. Remove iWeb/iMove etc if you don't think you'll use it.
Other than that the rest aren't really huge hard drive hogs.

 

[financeguy]

Run monolingual to rid yourself of unnecessary language packs.

That's a great idea. If I only read and white in english, are there any downsides to doing this? If not, are there instructions anywhere?

 

[mac2x]

You have to be careful with monolingual because you can accidentally remove some files that will leave your MBA with a useless keyboard.

 

[miles01110]

So far I deleted Garageband, as I have no interest in using it. Based on your experiences, which applications do you almost never use?

Based on my experiences, I would delete iTunes, iWeb, iPhoto, iCal, iMovie, GarageBand, and iDVD. Your usage on any of those programs might differ.

 

[ungraphic]

Run monolingual to rid yourself of unnecessary language packs. Remove iWeb/iMove etc if you don't think you'll use it.
Other than that the rest aren't really huge hard drive hogs.

Xslimmer is more reliable, as it has a black list of applications not to be modified (some experience problems later on).

 

[jointsmoking]

I'm trying to free up some disk space on my MBA and wanted to know what applications, which came with my computer, I should delete.

So far I deleted Garageband, as I have no interest in using it. Based on your experiences, which applications do you almost never use?

Just deleting applications will not gain you that much room.

I would follow the steps in this guide.

http://guides.macrumors.com/Complete_Steps_to_Perform_a_Clean_OS_X_Reinstall_on_Your_MacBook_Air

I am also a fan of x-slimmer.

Hope this helps.

 

[yetanotherdave]

Deleting garage band may help a little, deleting all the loops that come with garage band will help a lot!
Also iWeb and iDVD themes can be quite large IIRC
Look in /Library/Application Support/Garageband - 2.5Gb on my system
I also upgraded from leopard, thought that snow leopard would remove all unnecessary printer drivers, still, just found a gigs worth in /Library/Printers