Using Daisy Disk I see a folder called .LD which is taking up most of my hard disk now.The path is Mac HD>Users>Me>.LD. Can and how can I delete it? What is creating it? When I drag it to the drop area to collect the files for deletion in Daisy Disk I get told they are needed by the OS.
View 3 RepliesIve deleted it countless times and it still reappears (in a different place in the file Structure) I'm running an AV but no sign of anything....Â
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I want to clear up some space on my MacBook.Â
Can I trash the folder called Crash Reporter? (It's in my Logs folder, which is in the Home folder.)
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
This is something that's confused me ever since I got a Mac. Everyone talks about Option-whatever key stroke and it took me a while (a long while!) to figure out they were referring to the "Alt" key. So, Why the difference in naming here?
View 24 Replies View RelatedI need to process large files (few GB) from a measurement. The data files contain lists of measured events.I process them event by event and the result is relatively small and does not occupy much memory.The problem I am facing is that Lion "thinks" that I want to use the large data files later again and puts them into cache (inactive memory). The inactive memory is growing during the reading of the datafiles up to a point where the whole memory is full (8GB on MacBook Pro mid 2010) and it starts swapping a lot. That of course slows down the computer considerably including the process that reads the data.
If I run "purge" command in Terminal, the inactive memory is cleared and it starts to be more responsive again. The question is: is there any way how to prevent Lion to start pushing running programs from memory into the swap on cost of useless harddrive cache?Â
Im after the equivalent of Character map from Windows in OSX, I'm after certain characters for a project and cannot find anything in my applications folder.
yes im still new to mac after 3months of daily use...
How do I uninstall an app called fantastical? When I Click and hold and it wiggles there is no x to delete it.
View 1 Replies View RelatedHave a brand new iMac with 1TB hard drive but it says it's nearly full, less than 1 GB free. Can't find any real large files. Where can I look?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
My Uncle gave me a IMac 3G running OS9.2. Every time I start it up i get this software called KidDesk and i restricts me from doing anything. How can i get rid of it?
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhat's the best way to transfer large files to a fellow Mac user?
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I'd like to transfer large amounts of data over the internet from my MacBook Air to my Mac Mini Server. Both are running 10.7. The Mac Mini Server is running 10.7 Server. I'd like to transfer 10GB + back to the server. How to setup server to better transfer files this way? Is there a way to setup FTP within OS X Server settings, or is there a way in File Sharing settings that I could accomplish this?
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have a folder with about 600 funny photos that I randomly saved. And you know how pictures you save from sites have random long numbers as names? Well here is what I want: I want to know if there is a way to automatically number all the photos starting from 1. Any way to do it that is already in Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 or recommend some software.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
An iPhoto question .When I try to email several photos, an error message shows saying they are too large. My older Mac had 3 sizes to pick in sending photos. Is there a way to send my pics in a smaller size?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
How do I uninstall a download called switch on my macbook? I am used to a pc.
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MacBook Pro
It's possible remove Administrator password request for moving or delete large file on Mac OSX?Â
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I saw an iMac in sleep mode and the digital clock was huge.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI would like to know if the mac mini 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (bought at U.K.) has a characteristic in the PSU called PFC and if it is active.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIs there a fix for the new virus that hit apple computers called "FLASHBACK"?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI reinstalled SL on my mac but when I did I got a file called incompatible software, should I delete it or keep it.
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhat if a Time Machine backup was created on a Mac with a large hard disk, e.g. 500GB iMac - and I buy a new MacBook Air with a small SSD hard disk e.g 128GB. What happens when I need to use the larger Time Machine file to set up the new MacBook Air? What happens to all those files that can't fit on the smaller SSD drive?
View 1 Replies View RelatedPrinttool is taking up large amounts of CPU and System Memory resources.
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iMac (27-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I tried to send mail with large attachment and suddenly my imac became slower. It is taking more time to open applications or files than before.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I am completely lost on what has happened to my computer. I have 900,007 photos in iphoto trash I am unable to delete. Each time I try I get a notice from apple. They are not my photos they are stuff from the internet I do not want and I do not know how they got there.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), had the computer since september.
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)
I just bought imac g5 yesterday and i was window user for many many years so i'm completely new to mac!! I'm having problem to open dat file. I want to open a file called "AllGB18030-PinYinPlugin.dat". Before i have install a program called VLC and all the dat file will open by this program and VLC is for movies. So what program is mac originally support .dat?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI cant find the corrupted plist file. I have looked in library/preferences and it is not there at all.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I would like to create a Smart folder that only has applications & utilities in a sub-folder.Â
This will be similar to the default applications folder that shows in the dock, but without all the extra files & folders - just a list of applications.Â
I can do this by esily by just having a smart folder of applications showing only type=application.
However, I would still like to have utilities in a sub-folder.Â
If thats not possible, then it would be OK to have 2 seperate smart folders, 1 for apps excluding utilities & 1 for utilities only.Â
Is there some way in the smart folder options i can exclude a sub directory?
I must have done something to my installation of OS X. When I go to create a new folder, it automatically creates the folder with the name "untitled folder". The problem is, the name isn't selected. Normally, when you create a new folder, you can just type the name immediately. For me, I have to create the new folder, then click on the name to select the text and then type it. Also, when I do go to type in the new name, the text "untitled folder" doesn't disappear. I just type over it.Â
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I'm using MacBook Pro Early 2011 model with Mountain Lion (10.8.5).
I recently noticed that there was an application folder in my home folder (the folder with your username), but that application folder had been empty. I remember I used to be able to access to my applications from that folder, but not anymore.Â
Since the folder was empty, I deleted it before doing further research.Â
After deleting the empty application folder from the home folder, I looked up and some said the application folder in the home folder and the application folder in Macintosh HD are two different folders. I don't know what it means, but I would like to have an application folder with applications in my home folder. Is this possible? or should I just make an Alias folder and put it in my home folder?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Well not so much a leak but since upgrading to Snow Leopard I've noticed that over time, a big chunk of my RAM is being siphoned off into a process called OSMServer. Does anyone know what it does and why? And more importantly how to stop it doing it? It's currently using over 1GB of my 4GB RAM and making the machine run like treacle.
The only way to clear it seems to be a full shut down and restart. Which is fine for a while until it fires back up and starts gobbling RAM again.
