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 sam. 17 mai 2008, 16:26
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hi forum,
I'm wondering if anyone can help? I have an iBook with a small, but sufficient hard drive of 28GB (I use external hard drives when I'm recording in Cubase or working with big files). The problem is, even though my applications and iTunes(under User) only take up 10GB, since everything else is on the external hard drives, my hard drive says I'm using 27GB in total. That's 17GB unaccounted for! It was ok when it was 3-4GB, but 17 seems a bit much. Do I need to reinstall, or is it something wrong with my systems folder? Any help would be REALLY appreciated, I've had this problem for the past year now! Thanks... |
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lun. 19 mai 2008, 02:34
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QUOTE (alreed @ Sat 17 May 2008, 11:26)  hi forum, I'm wondering if anyone can help? I have an iBook with a small, but sufficient hard drive of 28GB (I use external hard drives when I'm recording in Cubase or working with big files). The problem is, even though my applications and iTunes(under User) only take up 10GB, since everything else is on the external hard drives, my hard drive says I'm using 27GB in total. That's 17GB unaccounted for! It was ok when it was 3-4GB, but 17 seems a bit much. Do I need to reinstall, or is it something wrong with my systems folder? Any help would be REALLY appreciated, I've had this problem for the past year now! Thanks... The other day at my day job, I was astonished to be working in PhotoShop only to find that I could not save a file because of a memory error. Knowing all about Scratch Disks, etc. from both music and graphics work, I took a look at the system drive. It showed an available amount of disk space at less than 1 Megabyte. What I found was a single file that was over 9 Gigs! It was a Microsoft Office Database file. If you're using Microsoft Office, apparently this file can get huge. HTH. Roger |
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lun. 19 mai 2008, 06:09
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tool programs do you use? Please try Applejack http://applejack.sourceforge.net/ opensource After installing it use it in single user mode by restarting and holding down [apple] [S] use the deep cleaning mode by typing applejack AUTO restart this will deep clean your temp files and also help rewrite your permissions (better IMHO then apple's disk utility) it will help out I alway reccomend this faor all my mac friends I like it it may help ArchivalAudio aka -- Ian -------------------- ~ Archival Audio ~
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alreed Systems Folder? sam. 17 mai 2008, 16:26
mathologie QUOTE (alreed @ Sat 17 May 2008, 15:26) h... dim. 18 mai 2008, 09:13
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are notoriou... mer. 21 mai 2008, 05:18 lepetitmartien Note that a simple way to track some files is just... mer. 21 mai 2008, 17:37 alreed Um... ok I have a confesion to make, I went and go... jeu. 22 mai 2008, 10:14 lepetitmartien mind that a mac under OS X has jobs to do at night... jeu. 22 mai 2008, 17:58 manso Hello, sorry for my poor english. I'm writing ... ven. 23 mai 2008, 16:38 lepetitmartien Good idea ! (I never think about it, as it... sam. 24 mai 2008, 04:30 alreed Hello,
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