OS X :: Cannot Find Files Clogging Hard Drive

Feb 26, 2009

I have an approx 145GB hard drive and it is completely full. I cannot figure out what is filling it up. All of the files, docs and applications only add up to about 50GB. The disc utility says that there are 250,000 files but the finder can only find about 10,000.

View 3 Replies


ADVERTISEMENT

MacBook :: Restore Files To New Hard Drive / Transfer Files Via Hard Drive Enclosure?

Oct 2, 2009

I bought a new 500GB WD hard drive for my Late 2008 MacBook to upgrade from my 250GB drive. I have a hard drive enclosure, but I was wondering if when I install my 500GB hard drive, would I be able to use the enclosure to transfer files from my 250GB drive? I hope this was specific enough to get a clear response. If not, I'll try re-wording my question.

View 7 Replies View Related

ITunes :: Play Media Files From Connected Hard Drive Without Transferring To Mac's Hard Drive?

Jun 3, 2012

How do i play media files from my external hard drive without transferring the files to my mac hard drive?  I have a lot of media files and want to be able to play them soley from my external hard drive. 

Info:
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), iOS 5.1.1

View 2 Replies View Related

Applications :: If I Delete Files Off My Internal Hard Drive, Will It Still Be On My External Hard Drive

Nov 12, 2009

if i delete files off my internal hard drive (Macintosh HD), will it still be on my external hard drive or will it just add to it?

View 1 Replies View Related

OS X :: Where To Find Available Hard Drive Space

Aug 6, 2009

Where to find available hard drive space. I've looked everywhere I know to.

View 16 Replies View Related

Windows On Mac :: To Get XP To Find And Use External Hard Drive ?

Jul 29, 2007

Have been using Bootcamp, but decided to give VMWare a try - So far I like it
(Nice not having to reboot everytime)

Is there any way to get VMWare XP to find and be able to read/write to an external firewire hard drive ?

View 8 Replies View Related

OS X :: Installed A New Hard Drive - Can't Find Airport

Feb 26, 2009

I just installed a new hard drive successfully (I think) onto my Powerbook G4 after my original died. I installed Leopard from the legal CD - but now I can't find the Airport program. I know I have the original wireless card because my computer was running wireless on my old hard drive. Any advice out there?

I also realised that Dashboard didn't install with my OSX dvd. On the apple website that program is specified (as with Airport). Am I doing something wrong?

View 3 Replies View Related

Applications :: Mac OS Cannot Find External Hard Drive

May 19, 2009

I have and Maxtor touch one III. I have installed the software update for mac OS, but it still wont find my hard drive. Its not mac format, but its FAT32 and I heard that worked as well. I can try to format it to mac format, but there is still some data on it that I want.

View 7 Replies View Related

OS X :: Won't Find External Hard Drive / After Update

Aug 11, 2009

After the latest Leopard update, my imac can not find one of the external hard drives attached to it via usb. I have check all the usb ports with other devices with no problems. I checked the external hard drive on another computer and had no problems reading it.

View 2 Replies View Related

OS X :: Trying To Find Missing Gigs On Hard Drive

Sep 14, 2009

I have a MacBook Pro and when I click on the harddrive and Get Info, it tells me I have used 100 gigs of 111 available. But when I right click on Macintosh HD in Finder and Select All of the folders and hit Get Info, it tells me they add up to only 95gigs. Where is the other 5 gigs hiding? My trash is empty.

View 6 Replies View Related

MacBook :: Cannot Find Hard Drive Icon

Feb 10, 2010

i noticed there was no hard drive icon on the desktop. so i opened up the finder, and made the mistake by dragging the hard drive icon that is on the left side of the finder out of the finder and tried to put it on the desktop.

View 3 Replies View Related

MacBook :: Find Out How Much Memory I Have On Hard Drive?

Feb 11, 2012

How do I find out how much memory I have on my hard drive. I'm trying to upload Leopard and I don't have enough space.

Info:MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

View 2 Replies View Related

Intel Mac :: Boot From DVD But Cannot Find Hard Drive Now?

May 2, 2012

just updated to 10.7.3, then cannot boot from hard drive. I boot from DVD and cannot find hard drive now

Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

View 14 Replies View Related

OS X :: Unable To Access Files / Recover Files From Reformatted Hard Drive?

Sep 29, 2009

I cannot believe I am actually in this position, but I accidentally reformatted my lacie 1TB external HD. The files were not overwritten as it was the most basic and quick format option, but they are not accessible.

Can anyone recommend a good data recovery app that works for OS X?

Anyone know what the best course of action would be?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

View 3 Replies View Related

Intel Mac :: Hard Drive Is Full Of Log Files - Clearing Log Files?

Jul 1, 2012

my 4 month old IMac 1TB hard drive is full of log files

1. Why is the Mac storing so many?

2. How can clear the files

3. How do I prevent the machine from doing it

Info:
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Hard drive

View 9 Replies View Related

IMac :: System Cannot Find Internal Hard Drive

Sep 21, 2010

My Imac cannot find its hard drive. When I turn it on it shows a folder with a blinking question mark. And even when I go to reinstall the software it can't find a destination. What can I do?

View 2 Replies View Related

OS X :: Find Web Bookmarks On The Time Machine Hard Drive?

Dec 1, 2010

I have an external hard drive that I use to back up my Mac with Time Machine. Where on that drive would I be able to find web bookmarks that I have since deleted from Safari?I don't want to reset all on my bookmarks, just look up one.

View 3 Replies View Related

OS X :: How To Find Hard Drive Recovery/undelete Programs?

Nov 12, 2009

I have a nearly decade-old notebook hard drive, and I'm trying to recover the oldest files possible.

I've tried running some basic undelete/recovery programs on it, but they don't go back very far.

I'm looking for the most powerful tool for this job out there (Mac or Windows software will do).

View 2 Replies View Related

PowerPC :: Disk Utility Can't Find New Hard Drive?

Aug 18, 2010

I have a dual 1.25 ghz MDD Powermac G4. It was working fine until a couple of days ago. It froze up, I restarted it. I got a blank blue screen.

Also, the computer made some awful clicky noises that I've never heard before.

I booted from the OS X installation CD. Disk utility lists the WD1800 hard drive, but I can't do a re-install and there's no option to repair it.

I can't erase or partition it because when I try, I get a failure message saying it can't be done ("chosen size not valid for chosen filesystem"). The HD is listed in system profiler... with a capacity of 0 bytes.

I assumed that the hard drive had died, so I went to a local PC shop and bought the only IDE drive they had (a Maxtor 6l250r0). I installed it, then booted from the OS X CD.

I know that new hard drives need to be formatted, but I assumed that this could be done with disk utility.

But disk utility can't find the new hard drive, doesn't list in the left column. It shows the optical drives and the install CD and the old WD hard drive which can't be erased or repaired, but no new hard drive.

It's not listed in the system profiler, either.

I checked the cable connections and tried installing it in the front carrier rather than the rear, but nothing works - disk utility and system profiler can't recognize it.

The only other desktop mac I have access to right now is my old 450 mhz Sawtooth G4. I tried putting the HD into the sawtooth and got the same results - disk utility and system profiler can't find the new HD at all, but has no trouble finding the old 20gb HD and the DVD and zip drives.

I'm... not really sure what to do here. Am I doing something wrong?

View 1 Replies View Related

Software :: Cannot Find / Access Secondary Hard Drive?

Nov 20, 2009

I have a G3 mac blue. About 4 years ago my ex-husband installed a new hard drive and upped the memory as far as it would go. I am currently using Mac 4.11 system I think. This morning the computer was making an odd noise and wouldn't move off the screen saver mode. I rebooted. When it came back up, the odd noise was there for a minute or so and then stopped. However, it will only access the original hard drive, which I haven't saved anything on for 3 years. How can I find my secondary hard drive? Incidently I wasn't able to access the old hard drive for about 2 years. Sure it would be nice if i could access the both of them but i just want my new one back!! I live in a small town where no one is mac proficient. I replaced the power unit a year ago myself.

View 1 Replies View Related

Intel Mac :: Cannot Find Hard Drive To Restore Backup

Apr 2, 2012

My iMac wouldn't boot. All it would do is come up to a utility screen. So, I opted to restore from a backup (I use Time Machine that does backups to an external drive connected to the fire-wire port). I select the date of the backup that I wanted to restore and went to the next screen. When it got to the next screen where you needed to select a destination drive... it didn't find any in the system (there was no drive to select).

I assumed the hard drive died so I bought a new one. I put that in this evening and when I tried to boot the machine and restore from a backup to the new internal drive... the same thing happened. It did not recognize the new hard drive I just installed. I replaced a 500 GB Western Digital hard drive with a 1 TB Western Digital hard drive. Now I'm thinking the original hard drive is still good.

Info:
Apple Remote Desktop, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

View 2 Replies View Related

Intel Mac :: Disk Utility Can't Find Hard Drive

May 7, 2012

I had to power off my iMac by Pressing the power key and holding it several times over the last few weeks. The last time it wouldn't reboot - I'd just get an apple icon. When I tried a safe boot I'd get the icon and it would change to a no entry sign.Next I started up from the snow leopard installation disk with the intent of repairing the iMac disk. The installation disk worked but when I opened disk utility it only found the installation disk. It didn't find the iMac disk.

Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

View 3 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Migration Assistant Can't Find The Hard Drive

May 22, 2012

I've just bought a new MacBook Pro (Lion) as my 6 year old iMac (Snow Leopard) has died. I wanted to restore my data from my iMac, via my Time Machine back-ups which are stored on a WD MyPassport. When using the migration assistant, I've followed the instructions, but the assistant refuses to see the hard drive and all I get is "Looking for Other Computers" and a spinning wheel.

Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

View 10 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Find Out How Much Free Space On Hard Drive?

May 28, 2012

I recently upgraded to Lion but still a newbie to Mac OS X.  I need to be able to check available space on internal hard drive.

Info:
MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

View 2 Replies View Related

IMac :: Won't Find External Hard Drive / For Saving Data

Dec 19, 2009

I want the most secure and most protected so I do not have any chance for me to loose my information. I hear good things about g tech, what are your experiences? Should I go with a RAID, will it work with IMAC? I did tons of research and found nothing but conflicting info about each brand. My eyes are bleeding now.

View 21 Replies View Related

Hardware :: Can't Find The Hard Drive Inside My Time Capsule

Apr 24, 2010

I just received my new 1 TB time capsule, but I just can�t make i work. I am able to connect to it and see the configuration and stuff like that, but it�s like that there is no hard drive in it. If I try to connect an external HD through the TC then the external HD I shown just fine but still no internal.

On the attach picture you can see the overview there the HD was supposed too be shown.

View 3 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: When It Tries Find The Hard Drive To Startup The Harddrive Disappears

Jun 24, 2012

I have tried booting it up from the startup disk and when it tries to find the harddrive to install on it takes a long time to find it then the icon disappears off the screen and I can't select anything

Info:
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.5.7)

View 4 Replies View Related

Laptops :: MacBook Freezes On Startup / Can't Find Test For Hard Drive

Apr 11, 2010

My August 2007 MacBook runs OSX 10.4.10. It has performed flawlessly since my daughter bought it in 2007, and perfectly after I purchased it from her last september. The other night I was surfing the web while flying on a commercial airliner. (GoGoNet or something similar) Performance was kind of slow but I attributed that to the in-air wifi, which I had never used before. Then the browser started to hang with the spinning pinwheel. Option apple escape WOULD NOT force quit safari. After a few shutdowns using only the power button, the mac hung up on startup. I hear the chime, see the apple icon, the gear turns but it never goes past that point. It may be significant that the plane was flying through scary turbulence when my problems began.

When I boot up using the mac install disk 1, I can get it to start cleanly using the C key, the D key and NO keys. But when I run the hardware diagnostic, both short and long test, the mac comes up 100% clean. But i cannot see any test for the hard drive. When I try to run disk utility, the colored pinwheel arrives and it never goes away. When I go down the road of re-installing the system software, I cannot see the target drive.

When I put my ear on the deck, just to the right of the track-pad, I can hear the hard drive quietly spinning away with regular - not random - clicks.

I see that Apple is quietly replacing these hard-drives, but the affected computers seem to have a folder/question mark on the desktop on startup, not the apple/spinning gear.

I really would like to be able to recover my photos and some files if the hard drive is going to be swapped. But I am resigned to the situation that these un-backed-up files will be forever lost.

View 5 Replies View Related

Applications :: How To Find Hard Drive Repair / Recovery / Maintenance Software?

Jun 14, 2010

I recently discovered this old OLD software that was supposedly leaps beyond it's competitors called spinrite. [URL]

It's probably old news for anyone who did any research on finding this type of software but this is my first time researching the matter and coming across this.

The problem is that this software is PC only it seems. I was wondering if there is an equivalent software that could do just the same for my Mac.

Or can this software already run on Mac considering that Mac is now intel based and can run Windows in bootcamp?

The website says that I could remove my HD and place it into a PC system, but I don't have a PC system so that's not an option for me.

View 3 Replies View Related

Software :: Unable To Find Hard Drive / Showing Black Screen

Aug 31, 2010

Last week I put an extra hard drive into a powermac G4 - i didnt know if the hardrive was working or not, and I was asked to put both Harddrives in the one machine to find out if it was working. I did this and nothing happened. I changed the jumpers and still nothing happened.

the existing hardrive was being read but not the new one that I had put in, so I went to start up disk and changed the disk that I was starting up from to the other hardrive. It wouldnt boot, i took the hardrive out and tried to put the computer back to its original state and nothing happened. just a blank screen. I have tried pressing OPT and the hardrive appears but after this screen nothing happens. if I were to use the install disc, would this wipe the hard-drive at all?

View 1 Replies View Related







Copyrights 2005-15 www.BigResource.com, All rights reserved