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• Backups taking over 130 GB of 160 GB, getting 'Startup Disk Full' and the computer does not. Help!

  I fight for free space on one of my older iMacs work and I am to the point that we cannot use it because the startup disk is full.  I've recently upgraded to Snow Leopard OSX Lion (10.7.5) so I could update our video editing software, Adobe Premier.

  We run all our video projects on external hard drives, which does not have the boot disk space and are always good on the erasure of files from the Recycle Bin, audio, photo and video so that they are not get bogged down.  About this Mac shows my 160 GB boot drive contains 8.87 GB Audio, 7.69 GB, 6,49 Photos GB movies, 6.58 GB Apps and a huge 129.34 GB of backups.  I have time Machine backed up on an external hard drive and can't seem to find out where these files are to be removed from the startup disk.

  Turn off time Machine and restart does not clear space.  I have even made the Terminal kill command no matter what auto backups, deleted device and old library version in iTunes, etc.  and I have no backup label appears when I bring up the screen of star wars of the time Machine. I went through so many stages and suggestions to get this machine working again.  I understand these backups are supposed to remove themselves automatically, but why are there still first place if I save on the outside?

  PS I'm not very computer savvy, but I know my way around.  Additional suggestions are appreciated - please let me know if I need to provide more information.

  http://www.howtogeek.com/212207/how-to-free-up-space-used-by-time-machines-local - backups on your mac.

• iMac won't turn. Startup disk is full. TDM won't let me edit.

  iMac won't turn. Startup disk is full. TDM won't let me edit.

  My iMac turns off 10 seconds after the start to the top. I tried repair disk running, to no avail. What is happening is because my boot drive is full, off the 500 GB I partitioned in mac, 493,63 GB is taken up. I bought a thunderbolt cable to access the TOC on my mac book, and I have access to my files now. The problem is that I can only copy files. Authorities say I read and write permissions. When I start my host computer, it says "you can still open or copy the files on the disk, but you cannot save changes to the files on the disc. Back up the disk and reformat it as soon as you can. "I'm trying to copy all my files on this computer and remove what I don't want copies, then reinstall OSX on my iMac. The problem is that some files are native to all OSX, so it would prevent me from copying the files. For example, if I want to copy my applications folder, it stops to copy once it reached the app store, because it cannot copy that. It is a problem because when it comes to the library, there are small files in there that I don't know if I can copy, then it stops at the copy and I end up with half of my files and I don't know what I need and what I have.

  Everything you need to copy the disk, then start the iMac in recovery (command-R) mode. Wipe the drive and reinstall OS X from the recovery console.

• Startup disk is almost full!

  I got a warning on startup disk is almost full.  I moved several things on the main drive, but I was wondering if the downloaded program "dropbox" it's on this drive takes up the entire room.  Can I move without problems, but always use it on my laptop?

  Hello...

  Try the suggestions here > http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html

• "Your startup disk is almost full.

  I have a 13-inch, mid 2010, Macbook Pro with a Core 2 Duo 2.66 Ghz processor and 8 GB of RAM, running the Mavericks.

  Recently, this message, "Startup disk is almost full," began to appear. I searched google but have not found a solution. I think my situation is unusual because I have more than 65 GB of available disk space.

  Does anyone know why I could receive this message despite his sufficient available disk space?

  Go step by step and check.

  1. start in Safe Mode.

  http://support.Apple.com/kb/PH11212

  2. back up your computer.

  3 empty the trash.

  Finder

  Click on an empty space on the desktop to activate the Finder.

  Right click on the trash icon in the Dock.

  Click on "Empty trash" to empty the trash.

  Mail

  Click on the mailbox in the from the Mail menu bar.

  Clear deleted items > in all accounts

  Delete junk e-mail

  Photos

  File > recently deleted > click on the "Remove all" button in the upper right corner

  iPhoto

  iPhoto > empty trash iPhoto

  https://support.Apple.com/kb/PH13806?locale=en_US

  4 space / time Machine / Local Snapshots

  Local backups

  http://support.Apple.com/kb/ht4878

  5 remove the old iOS backup devices.

  iTunes > Preferences > devices

  Highlight the old backups, press 'Remove the backup', then 'OK '.

  http://support.Apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

  6 re - index Macintosh HD.

  It will take some time. Wait, it's over.

  System Preferences > Spotlight > privacy

  http://support.Apple.com/kb/ht2409

  7. try OmniDiskSweeper. This will display the details of the elements storage size.

  https://www.OmniGroup.com/more

  Select Macintosh HD, and then click "Sweep selected Drive" at the bottom.

  Be careful. Remove only files that can be deleted safely. If you are not sure about any file, do not touch it.

  8. move the iTunes media files, iPhoto and iMovie on an external drive.

• Scratch / startup disk is full?

  I am new to Mac and Psalm please forgive my ignoring.

  This is my system: Mac OS X 10.6.8

  Model name: MacBook Pro

  Processor name: Intel Core i5

  Processor speed: 2.3 GHz

  Number of processors: 1

  Total number of cores: 2

  (By heart) L2 Cache: 256 KB

  L3 Cache: 3 MB

  Memory: 4 GB

  Photoshop CS5

  PS always tells me that my startup disk is full or my drive to work is complete. I have two ext HD, one for TM and other media. There is no music, photos or music on my internal hard drive. I checked my memory using Omnidisksweeper and it says I have 3 GB of data in my file drag? What I read on the messageboards I don't think clear the drag performs a righteous Act? Nervous about what whether the erasure. I read that I could make scripts using the Terminal app? But I need some clarification first, don't know if it will do something? Should I still point zero PS to my other post HD?

  I've been obsessed on it for 3 days now. I can't work until I have fix this. Any help is so appreciated.

  Once you got this message, have you checked to see how much space was left on the disk of your work?

  What was the specific message?  The operating system can also give you warnings on the diskette of starting being full (and it means that it - MacOS blocks easily when the startup disk is full)

  And, once again, * exactly * where were you doing?  Which tool? (is not a tool of "square")  What size paper?  What bit depth? How many layers?

  If you have used the size of file incorrect or wrong settings on something like the crop tool - it is easy to create huge documents that fill the disk to work without realizing it.

• cannot get rid of movies too much space on the startup disk

  I get a message that the startup disk is almost full and the culprit seems to be movies.  However, I have not a single movie downloaded on my computer!  They are all on the cloud and do not appear in my library either.  I'm really tired.

  Hello abbysmom,

  Thank you for using communities of Apple Support.

  If you get errors saying that your on your Mac startup disk becomes full, then I suggest that clear you the workspace using the link below.

  OS X El Capitan: increase the disk space

  Have a good.

• I have 100 GB of 'other' on my startup disk; What is c?

  I get a message on the diskette of starting being full.  When I look at what's on the disc I see that another category has 115 GB which is more than my big photo library and video library.  What is this 'other' and how best to deal with it?

  Please read my tip for the user to know on "other:" what is 'Other' and what I can do about it?-Apple support communities.»»

  Free space on hard drive

  1. see Lion-Lion/mountain/storage of the Mavericks display.

  2. you can remove the data from your file except for the folder/Home/Library /.

  3. visit The FAQ XLab and read the FAQ on the free space on your hard drive.

  4. also see release space on your Mac OS X startup disk.

  5 see where my disk space gone?.

  6 see the storage view.

  You must empty the trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.

  You should consider to replace the drive with a larger. Check out OWC of readers, tutorials and boxes tools.

  Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are.

• Change startup disk

  My current boot drive is full, and this causes problems.

  What is the best way to install a new system on a different startup disk and I have to reinstall all my applications everywhere.

  Any help and advice appreciated.

  See this help topic...

  How to install OS X on an external drive connected to your Mac - Apple Support

  If you want to replace internally, you can use SuperDuper or double clone to create a clone. Then format the new disk and either clone back or set up fees and use the installation wizard to migrate.

  http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/18/clean-install-OS-x-Yosemite/

  https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=0K82njigCTA

• System Restore Startup disk

  Hello: I have a registry problem complicated that I can't get an answer to, and I would like to create a System Restore Startup disk. How can I do this? I am running windows xp (I think that sp3) on a lenovo thinkpad t61.

  I can't open the *.exe files and think it's a registry problem. I tried several ways to solve this problem and have not been able to do.

  I'm running a lenovo thinkpad t61.

  I am referring to the recovery disc.

  You don't say what you tried, but EXE File Association Doug Knox fix usually does the trick: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

  It would be interesting to analyze both of these free applications:
  MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
  SUPERAntiSpyware

  It would be wise to say away from generic 'system restore boot floppies', unless you are sure of what you are doing.  The Thinkpad T61 should have associated with the application of "Rescue and recovery" of Lenovo in a hidden hard drive partition.  See the Thinkpad T61 Service and troubleshooting guide, Chapter 4: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-67885.

  Rather than provide a disk recovery or a Windows disc with your computer, Lenovo provides simpler methods to accomplish the tasks usually associated with these discs. The files and programs for these alternative methods are on your hard drive, which avoids having to find a misplaced drive and problems related to the use of an incorrect version of the disc.

  The full backup of all files and programs that Lenovo preinstalled on your computer is located in a hidden protected area, or a partition of the hard drive. Although that hidden in the partition backups consume space hard disk. Therefore, during the audit of the capacity of the hard drive under Windows, you might note that the full capacity of the drive seems to be smaller than expected. This discrepancy is explained by the content of the hidden partition.

• Is it OK to disable services icloud, icloud photo library and icloud on PC startup disk? There will be negative consequences if I disable?

  Is it possible to disable services icloud, icloud photo library and icloud 10 PC Windows startup disk? There will be negative consequences if I disable these at startup?

  You can uninstall iCloud for Windows completely if you do not use one of its features. If you do, you should let its services run. See what is iCloud for Windows?-Apple Support for more info on what it does.

  TT2

• Startup disk

  I went to the iStore to get a software update, and once this has been done, my boot on my MacBook drive now shows the name of the previous owner? For example: "Sarah." And my boot drive has been moved to 'deleted users '. Please see attached screenshots. All my images, etc. always are on my Mac. Does it matter if I am using the previous owners startup disk? Clued up too much on such things, so if anyone could give me some advice, it would be a great help! Thank you

  Don't know why your user folder has been deleted, but it sure sounds like the Mac is still signed to Apple ID from the previous owner and not yours.

  It was not properly prepared for the change of ownership, see: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201065

• Run the utilities from disk on machine with Yosemite Snow Leopard startup disk?

  I have a 2009 imac that came with Snow Leopard. I've since updated my OS to Yosemite. Should I run the disc from my old snow leopard startup disk utilities or is it a bad idea?

  It is not a 'bad' idea, but it is always best to use the version of disk utility which is part of the OS version installed. Do this by starting the computer from the Recovery HD.

  Fix the hard disk and permissions

  HD recovery start

  Restart the computer and after the chime hold the Order et R keys until the Menu of the utility is displayed.

  Repair

  When the Utility Menu appears, select disk utility and click on the continue button. Disk utility charges and select layouts withdrawal (usually Macintosh HD) entry of the list to one side.  Click the first aid tab, and then click the repair disk button. If disk utility reports any errors that have been corrected, then again run repair disc until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, click repair permissions . Wait for the process to finish, and then quit disk utility and re-enter the Utility Menu. Select restart from the Apple menu.

• Unable to overcome error - "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  Hello!

  I'm trying to install Windows on my iMac (late 2013, running 10.11.6) without success.  I created the ISO to a flash drive, but when I try to use the Assistant Boot camp, I am referred to the following screen:

  

  I did my best to study solutions. The cause, by apple support discussions, is that there is another partition of pre-empting (stop) the wizard boot camp partitioning the hard drive.  I studied the partitions on my HDD after unplugging all devices and found this:

  

  This shows the main partition: Macintosh HD, the bootcamp partition: BOOTCAMP; and 2 unknown partitions: "Apple HDD ST100DM003 Media" and the same * M004.  I was able to delete the first Apple ST100DM003 HARD disk partition and ran first aid on the fusion drive after that the second he would not remove.  Also, I can't delete the boot camp partition.  I keep getting the same message when I try to install windows on a partition of the fuser unit using Boot Camp Assistant - "Startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition".

  Any suggestions?

  Please after the release of the following OSX Terminal commands.

  diskutil list

  Cs diskutil list

  A reader of merger should have underlying EFI, OSX, Recovery HD on each of the physical disks. If your previous Windows installation attempts have failed, the disks can leave in a State where BCA use/will not change them.

• Uninstall the bootcamp partition: the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  A few months ago, I created a Windows 8 bootcamp partition, and then, I updated for Windows 10 without any problem. But I no longer need and I would attribute this space to OS X. The problem is when I try to remove it from the app of Bootcamp, I get this message: "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted in a single volume in Mac OS extended (journaled) or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows. »

  It comes to the current state of the hard drive:

  

  You have an idea? Thanks for the help.

  I finally solved it. It seems that I had a not mounted partition which it has not been used. I removed it and it solved all the problems: