OS X :: What's The Best Program For Hard Drive Folder Organization And Clean Up
Jul 24, 2010
As the title says, I'm looking for a program to organize and clean up my hard drive. I have an iMac now, but I had a iBook before that and the way I backed up my iBook was by dragging my Volumes folder into an external hard drive. I have folders inside of folder for days. I have my ibook backed up several times that way.
What I would love is a program that did the following
1.) Delete duplicates of everything.
2.) Put all file types into a single file extension folder (put all .doc in a folder called DOCs and all pdfs in a PDF folder, etc.etc.).
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Apr 18, 2012
My hardrive space has been taken up and I feel the macbook pro is running a lot of things. How can I clean up my macbook?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 21, 2012
how do you clean up an imac hard drive
Info:iMac
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Dec 13, 2010
I've converted to Mac about 6 months ago and I'm loving it. When I was running windows I periodically cleaned out my hard drive. I would like to do the same on my Mac, but don't see any applications?
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Feb 18, 2009
I am going to be getting rid of a PC soon and I would like to know how to clear the hard drive completely clean so that no one who takes the machine if I throw it away attempts to take control of things that are on this computer. Also, I may let my dad or mom clear the hard drive but I don't want to let them do so if there is any way they look at the stuff that I've looked at on the hard drive.
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Jul 15, 2010
Anyone have an app that will keep my system in order and clean?
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Mar 6, 2009
I am looking for a way to wipe my hard drive clean so I can sell my G4 powerbook. However, I have read some forums with instructions that involve my start-up disk to reinstall os after it wipes... but i don't have my start up disk.
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May 13, 2012
My Imac runs slows and frequently get the spinning wheel and apps become unresponsive.How can I do a HD check and also de-frag the disk?
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Nov 1, 2010
I'm drop shipping my 27" imac refurb to OWC for them to install the sdd, ram, etc. Someone here said OWC will clone the hd to the ssd and then the end user went back and did a clean install. Wouldn't it be better if OWC just installed the SSD, left it clean, and I did the install from the disks myself? I mean I assume it's a time issue why they would clone, not fresh install. I have plenty of time to do it. Is it not that simple? Is there something more fangled to it, or is it just running the disks and doing what they say?
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Sep 15, 2009
After seeing the system requirements for Windows 7, I decided to upgrade to a larger hard drive later this week. I plan on giving my old 160 gig drive to a friend who uses Windows but I want to wipe it clean first. Do I insert my Leopard disc and use disk utility to reformat?
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Jul 14, 2010
I purchased an external harddrive to back up my entire student drive. The drive had to be formatted to be compatible with a Mac, and I did this with the customer support over the phone. Used basic copy and paste methods to put my information on the ehd. I triple checked to make sure it stayed there, by properly ejecting drive and plugging it back in. Had my mbPro wiped clean entirely, reloaded Leopard, and am now left with just basic applications and files. Plug in the ehd, and it shares the exact same information as my current wiped-clean drive. I made it as an exact replica of my information filled mac, and it is now an exact replica of my empty mac. All documents, music, photos, applications, etc. GONE. This information was valuable to me beyond words, and I need it back. Does TimeMachine have anything to do with this? I have never used this application, but upon plugging in my ehd, it asked for SOMETHING (which I don't remember).
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Jan 31, 2012
Would like to sell my old iMac, but have yet to figure out how to wipe it clean of my files, etc.. Have old operating system of tiger 10.4.11 IMac is from 2006. Do not have OS X install disc anymore.
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iMac (24-inch), Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Feb 2, 2012
Have to throw out my old Power Mac 8600, since no one wants an old but perfectly good computer.How do I wipe the hard-drive clean before throwing it away?
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PowerMac, Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier
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Apr 27, 2012
I'm in a pretty big mess right now. I was using boot camp with lion and Windows 7 no problem and I wanted to edit the sizes of the partions. It didnt go so well and I ended up losing both operating systems. Now the big problem is when I boot up from the recovery partion I cannot do any sort of formating from the disk utility, it always give me some sort of error. When I try to install lion via web there is no partion that I can Install it to. I can install Windows no problem from a USB drive whcih I have done already. When managing the disk in windows I see 2 of the windows partions, the mac recovery partion, and an 80 GB partition that I can format but I cannot do anything else with. I dont have any images or recovery devices other than the recovery partition.how to get the drive back to mac format so I can re install lion.
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Aug 25, 2008
Been using my MBA for 3 months now and noticed that I have lost a large amount of hard drive space, I currently have 40GB free when I have hardly anything on the computer, I have a few freeware apps and about 8GB of Music, thats it, I have looked at where the space has gone but can't figure it out. Is there any such tools for removing stuff that is not used and to do a "Spring Clean" to get rid of anything I don't need?
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Nov 15, 2009
I have a iMac (bought new in 2009) running Leopard. I live in a home with two roommates and I think one of them has been viewing inappropriate material on my desktop while I'm at work. Is there any way for me to view the history other than through Safari. i.e., IP adress history?? Also, how can I clean my computer/hard drive thoroughly as to prevent incrimination? I have since changed my password to prevent access from anyone other than myself, but I do not want anything I'm not aware of on my hard drive!
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Apr 5, 2010
I recently sold my older MBP and already backed up the system via Time Machine. However, I need to wipe clean the hard drive for the new user. Is there a clear cut way to restore the system? I do not have the boot drive with me as I am traveling but would like to know if there is a way without using the disk.
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Apr 21, 2012
This nonsense: To upgrade your Mac to OS X Lion, you must be running OS X Snow Leopard. If you have OS X v10.5 Leopard, purchase OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard now and install it on your Mac. Then buy OS X Lion as a digital download from the Mac App Store- seems very very un-apple.
So let me get this straight: I have to install an outdated OS (snow Leopard) in order to install Lion. ???
Remember when an OS was self contained, not an add-on upgrade feature?
I am puzzled- I would simply like to boot my mac pro from leopard (current os), and install LION on a newly placed, freshly formatted internal hard drive on same computer. Why would i need to have the intermediary step?
The folks at apple store couldn't answer- even the genius folk weren't sure- dissappointing at best-
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Mac Pro 3Ghz Quad Core Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.8), G4 MDD Dual 1Ghz Power PC
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May 18, 2012
I just bought a used MacBook Pro off somebody online to replace my 2005 pre-Intel Power Mac, which still runs great but I'm just tired of lugging it around. The MacBook Pro was erased but still contains some of the old owner's information (computer name, accounts, etc), and before moving files over I'd like to just wipe it clean and reinstall the OS. He did give me the gray discs, but they are for 10.6 (Snow Leopard) but the computer has been upgraded to 10.7 (Lion); I fear by rebooting I would downgrade to 10.6 since that's the disc I have. Reinstalling 10.7 after 10.6 is out because I don't have the login info used to buy 10.7. I've also considered just keeping 10.6 and just upgrading to 10.8 whenever it comes out (likely soon).
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jun 10, 2012
I did have a back up of my computer, I have restored my music but no apps. They are still on my phone and my ipad but not on my computer.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Mar 2, 2009
I wondering if anyone knows of a problem that will index my external hard drive and burned DVDs so that I can search/browse their contents even when I don't have them mounted on my Mac. I'm in the process of archive a lot of old work and I know at one point I saw a program that would index CDs and DVDs, but I can't remember the name and searching hasn't turned anything up yet.
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Mar 6, 2012
I was wondering what program is best to copy all my DVD to my Portable Hard drive for storage and use. I just recently bought a macbook pro and would like to put my DVD collection onto my portable hard drive for use when I travel.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 15, 2012
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Jul 3, 2012
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Info:Mac Pro
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Sep 7, 2010
I couldn't find anything. I have a mac mini and I am going to do system restore but I was wondering if it was possible to store Microsoft Office on my external hard drive because I don't have the discs anymore.
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Apr 5, 2012
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Mac mini
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Jun 11, 2012
After installing Lion, I can no longer move program icons from my applications folder to a sub folder. When I do, it makes a copy and leave the original in the applications folder. When I then try to delete the icon in the applications folder it tells me it's required by the OS and won't let me delete. I'm forced to keep certan applications such as Time Machine and Stickies in the application folder.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Apr 24, 2009
I wanted to know what program you all prefer for cleaning out your mac.
I have a new macbook, and it is not as fast as the first week I got it.
Does anyone have any good apps to solve a manner as this one?
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May 3, 2010
I downloaded a program called "Clean My Mac" . I got rid of things that were unused. I don't know why this happened except I wasn't thinking but now all languages are gone (didn't think at the time that would be an issue) but...I have a son taking Greek and I had to print out a test for him. I didn't notice it but it did not print out in Greek. How do I get back languages without having to re-install the OS?
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Nov 30, 2014
I have an OnyX program to clean and maintain my Mac. This was recommended by the Geek Squad. Is this safe for my Mac and is there a better program for this purpose? I was previously using Mac Keeper.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
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