Where is all the data stored?

[LeeThePeople]

I have 7gb left on my 80gb mac mini, but I cant find files to delete I realise this is a really stupid question. But how do I find old files to delete and free up some space?

The only thing I can think thats taking up space is video files in imovies, where do I find them on the HD to delete them?

Any ideas?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Take a look at DiskInventory X (will not work in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion), OmniDiskSweeper, JDisk Report or GrandPerspective to see where your HDD space went to.

Video files used in iMovie are located in Macintosh HD / Users / YOU / Movies / iMovie /.

To learn more about Mac OS X:

Helpful Information for Any Mac User by GGJstudios​

 

[GGJstudios]

For space issues, there are a few things you can try:

• Begin by restarting your computer as a first step. This sometimes resolves issues.
• For Time Machine users on Lion, space may being consumed by Time Machine local snapshots, which can be disabled.
• Search with Finder to see if the space is being consumed by a very large file or several large files. Adjust the 50GB in the illustration to whatever size you deem appropriate.
  
  
• Use OmniDiskSweeper, JDisk Report or GrandPerspective to see how space is being used on your drive. Some of these apps may show more detail than others, so try several.

 

[LeeThePeople]

Thanks, ill let you know how I get on.

I dont think it matters but im running 10.5.8 leopard.

 

[LeeThePeople]

Thanks for all the advice, im now the biggest fan of OmniDiskSweeper, its pointed out, 20gb of garageband stuff ive never used or even heard of. 10gb of video podcasts I no longer subscribe too and plenty of other stuff I should of deleted it years ago.

Thanks.