IMac (Intel) :: Disk Space Is Being Taken Up By Other?

Sep 8, 2014

my disk space is being taken up by a massive amount of "other" ive acually reset my mac as a last resort

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IMac (Intel) :: Moving Files To External Drive Not Creating Hard Disk Space

Sep 2, 2014

My 500gb iMac (purchased April 2010) is about at capacity.  350gb of space is taken up by home movies (.mov) in iMovie.  I bought an external hard drive and have moved about 200gb over to that drive. 

After transfer, I deleted the original Events off iMovie and emptied the trash.  I checked in both iMovie and in Finder and no longer see those files present on the Mac.   

I thought this was going smooth and everything worked perfectly, but….when i went to check how much storage space i created on the Mac, the amount of available space barely budged (i moved 200gb of data to the new drive and i created about 30gb of space on the Mac). 

Are these "deleted" files hidden somewhere and I need to go delete from somewhere else?  How do I make sure I get back the storage that i need? 

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Intel Mac :: HD Space Disappearing And Missing 100 GB Of Hard Disk Space?

Mar 21, 2012

Can anyone explain to me why, on my iMac's 500GB hard drive, the displayed size of the only 4 items on it is 207GB, that the info box on the HD itself says 393GB used?  Unless I failed grade 1 math, 500GB - 207GB = 293GB, right?  So where's the missing ~100GB?  That's a lot of space I know I haven't filled up. 

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 24" 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

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Intel Mac :: Running Out Of Disk Space - How To Recover Space

Apr 26, 2012

Im getting an error message "running out of disk space please delete files on startup" Im importing movie files to the imovie projects, but im getting this message come up. Ive deleted the trash, but is there anything else i can do to make some disk space and if so where do i do that ?

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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OS X :: Time Machine Eating Disk Space / Eat GB's Of Hard Disk Space While Preparing Backup

Dec 11, 2009

whenever I run Time Machine on my PowerBook G4 (1.5 Ghz / 1Gb RAM / OSX 10.5.8) it will eat up GB's of hard disk space while 'preparing the backup'. After that it finishes the backup, but I don't get the space back. I'm talking about the internal HD, not the external target disk of course. Does Time Machine use the space to generate some temporary files? Any ideas how I can get my disk space back

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Applications :: No Disk Space After Failed Disk Utility Erase Free Space?

Dec 15, 2010

I'm having a pretty serious problem. I attempted to erase the free space on my HD, as I do from time to time, except this time it appeared to hang/freeze at the end, when it gets to the part where it creates a temporary file. I waited for several minutes and it didn't move. I tried clicking the skip button, but that did nothing either, so I force quit Disk Utility.

The problem is, it left the disk at "Zero KB" of free space, effectively making my computer inoperable. I was in the process of studying for a huge exam tomorrow, and am currently flipping out.

If it matters, I'm on a Macbook Pro 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo, running 10.4.

I really don't want to have to reinstall the OS and import the old files, but my real fear is that I will have to do a fresh install of the OS.

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Software :: No Disk Space After Failed Disk Utility Erase Free Space

Dec 15, 2010

I'm having a pretty serious problem. I attempted to erase the free space on my HD, as I do from time to time, except this time it appeared to hang/freeze at the end, when it gets to the part where it creates a temporary file. I waited for several minutes and it didn't move. I tried clicking the skip button, but that did nothing either, so I force quit Disk Utility.

The problem is, it left the disk at "Zero KB" of free space, effectively making my computer inoperable. I was in the process of studying for a huge exam tomorrow, and am currently flipping out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If it matters, I'm on a Macbook Pro 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo, running 10.4.

I really don't want to have to reinstall the OS and import the old files, but my real fear is that I will have to do a fresh install of the OS.

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Intel Mac :: Running Out Of Disk Space On An Early  2008 Intel Based  320gb HD

May 11, 2012

yesterday asked if. should be running out of disk space if  my  320 gb has  248 gb of used space. In the using  your. Intel based  i Mac   secttion of  this fourm It  appears out of space  on  the HD .can upgrade the HD If so what  steps i must take to do so  and how  much bigger external must buy if   1 tb HD verse  a  3 TB and will to buy the external HD before reach over 500gb  of  used space  on the back up I now have.

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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OS X :: IMac Running Out Of Disk Space?

Nov 7, 2010

My iMac has currently 40 GB out of 500GB left.

I have a 500GB external drive that has my Time Machine backup on.

What options do I have?

Most of my data is music & films. In Finder I like the way I can click Movies and there they all are.

My only option I can think of is to use my external drive as a place to put more films etc. Then buy a 1TB external drive and then somehow get Time Machine to backup both disks.

Would I lose the ability in Finder to click Movies and it show all Movies? I assume so because it can't look at 2 discs to find a folder I guess.

Are there any other options available?

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Intel Mac :: How To Create Disk Space

May 17, 2012

I use Aperture a LOT and after a few months my imac is telling me I need to create space in my mac HD, I deleted a few files from Aperture, but in order to create more space what exactly do I need to do? 

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Apple TV

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Intel Mac :: Out Of Disk Space In Parallels?

May 30, 2012

I am using Parallels to run Windows 7 and am getting disk space errors. I think it only gave me 64 GB of disk space when I set it up. I'm not sure how to increase the disk space allocated to the Windows side of the machine. I use Finder>Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility to shrink the MAC OS x partition, but when I get there I'm unsure what to do.

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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Windows7, running Windows 7 through Parallels

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IMac PPC :: How To Free Up Space On Startup Disk

Apr 6, 2012

I keep getting an error message saying there is not enough free space on the startup disk and the computer forces me to quit applications.

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Intel Mac :: What To Do If Startup Disk Space Full

Jun 10, 2012

what do I need to do if my startup disk space is full?

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iMac

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Intel Mac :: Gain Space On Macintosh Hard Disk?

May 12, 2012

How to recover space on the hard drive

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

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Intel Mac :: Clear/make Space On Start Up Disk?

May 13, 2012

I am a new apple user and am having trouble learning how to use it. My first problem is how do I clear/make space on my start up disk?

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Intel Mac :: When Try To Open A Word Document It Says Do Not Have Enough Disk Space

May 18, 2012

When I try to open a word document it says I do not have enough disk space. I have Word 2004 and the document has a doc.x on it.

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Intel Mac :: Not Enough Memory Or Disk Space So Can Play Games

Jun 17, 2012

i have a simple game that i am trying to play but i can't it says running low on space. i know my computer can handle this simple game because i have a imac with a quad core processor and 8 gigs of ram and 1 gig video card is it something i am missing.

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iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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OS X Mavericks :: How To Create Space On Recovery Disk To Reboot IMac

Dec 11, 2014

My iMac has the grey screen upon turning on.  When I attempt to restore OS X mavericks, there is not enough space on the recovery drive.

When I try to erase the disk, the error message says it is unable to erase.

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iMac (27-inch Late 2009)

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Intel Mac :: Final Cut Express 4 Insufficient Disk Space For Rendering

May 15, 2012

I have an iMac with a 2.8 GHz intel core 2 Duo, 2GB 667 MHz SDRAM, and a 750 GB hard drive with over 400 GB of free space. I just purchased Final Cut Express 4 and when I uploaded my first clip and I tried to render it, it said that I have "insufficient disk space to render." I don't understand how this is possible, I may just have a setting messed up but I need step by step instructions to switch that setting

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Intel Mac :: Startup Disk Full - Trying To Free Up Space By Emptying Trash (Error -8003)

Jun 11, 2012

I am running OSX 10.6.8. I keep receiving messages that my startup disk is full. I tried to free space up by emptying trash & got error code -8003.

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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OS X :: Memory Space Disappearing / Disk Space Reduces While Streaming Videos

Dec 2, 2009

I have been running out of hard drive space and have deleted a whole bunch of files... even deleted all the languages i didn't need from all my applications... about a week ago i freed up around 2GB.... but without saving and downloading anything my free space is now 70MB!! All I have been doing is watching streamed videos and I notice this reduces the drive space as I'm watching it!! Even opening firefox and some websites drops my memory by 0.1MB. I can't find anywhere where temporary files might be so i can delete them.

I never used to have this problem but I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that I now use wireless internet through a phone provider and a USB modem rather than my previous WiFi via cable broadband.

Can anybody shed some light on what is stealing my memory when browsing?

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Mac Pro :: Space On Start Up Disk - Free Up Space By Transferring To One Of Back Up Drives?

Jun 14, 2012

I need to get more space on my start up disk. How do I free up space by transferring to one of my back up drives?

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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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IMac (Intel) :: Startup Disk Could Not Gather Enough Information On Selected Disk

Jul 1, 2014

Every time I try to restart my computer on my Hard Drive I get this message "Startup disk could not gather enough information on the selected disk". As of right now I am running my whole computer off of a 16GB flash drive that is quickly running out of memory. How do I fix my Hard Drive without losing all 150GB worth of data. I am running off of OS X 10.6.8 and have another iMac that is working fine.  

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IMac (Intel) :: How To Create Space On Desktop

Jun 19, 2014

It keeps telling me that my desktop is full and I need to make more space available.  Unfortunately, I do no know how to do this. 

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IMac (Intel) :: No Space On Backup Hard Drive?

Dec 11, 2014

I am unable to move files from a 250 GB backup hard drive to a 1.0 TB b/c I keep getting the warning that isn’t enough space. Get Info says that 999.72 GB on it are in use. But the 1.0 TB was almost empty. If I add up the space of each of the 3 or 4 items on it, I get less than 20GB. What’s taking up the other 979 GB?For background, I now have iMac backed up with LaCie 2Big NAS system. The 250 GB is primarily to hold iPhoto Library and backup copies of original photos. the 250 GB is full. So I am trying to switch over from 250 to the 1.0 TB for photos. Moved a few smaller files over, but then could move no more. Thought of running disk utility to erase the 1.0 TB, but now I can’t move the few files on it back to 250 GB, but of error message that it too is full.I did run Repair Disk on 1.0TB before started trying to move files.

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iMac (20-inch Early 2008), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), MBA (10.9.5) iPhone 4S, iOS 7.1.2

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IMac (Intel) :: Cannot Use Mail Because Do Not Have Space On Home Folder

Aug 25, 2014

IMAC 13.3..Can not use mail, because I do not have space on my home folder.

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MacBook Pro

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IMac (Intel) :: Recover Lost HD Space After Removing Partition

Jun 25, 2014

Ive lost Hd space after removing my windows partition (60gb). I can't reinstall another partition as I've only 23gb left... when removing the original partition it came up with an error (can't remember exactly..but it failed to verify? 

I tried using disk utility to open up the disk size, by streching the corner mark?? and verify it, as per a previous recommended remedy ..it fails 

I have re opened osx in R mode and used disk utility it still fails to repair or verify lost space? I have no back up drive as it recently failed...tsk and don't want to lose anything else?? 

Mavericks, osx 10.9.1 Mac 27in 2010 model

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Mac Mini :: Startup Disk Almost Full - What To Spare Disk Space

Jun 7, 2012

I am getting this warning. Not sure what to do or how to do it. Couldn't find any information on freeing space without erasing important files.

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Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

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IMac (Intel) :: How To Reduce Amount Of Space (Other) Takes Up On Hard Drive

Jun 27, 2014

On my 27 inch, late 2012 iMac i have one terabyte on my hard drive. I am running out of space because the Other is so big? What does 'Other' contain and how do I reduce the amount of space it takes up

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IMac (Intel) :: Disk Utility Can't Format USB Drive

Aug 22, 2014

I've got a Transcend 8GB usb drive and i want to erase everything on it but i can't. I know that the best way to do this is the Disk Utility (Because Finder can't erase them too. When I drag and drop to the bin, it says "43 files cannot be deleted") 

When i attempt to format, this message appears from disk utility: and also, another message appears at the same time.I just wanted to format my disk. But i can still see the content in the disk. But can't copy them to desktop. 

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), iMac G5 from 2005, but it's intel.

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