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• "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.

• Can not find why the startup disk is almost full

  I got the message "Boot disk almost full" and began to go through the folders. I did an EEG info on my user folder and it says 240gig, my drive is only 250 gig. But when I go through each subfolder that I can't find anything even close to that of grand. I deleted everything that I don't need but can't find where this huge amount of file space is used.

  Simple answer - don't count on the Finder.

  The Finder hides just pieces of the file system that are not relevant for most users.

  When there is only a big gap between what the OS reports is used (240GB) and what you see in the Finder, is most often due to some errant logging process that fills the system logs, with mostly useless data.

  You can view the logs (and other 'hidden' data) using the Finder go-> go to folder... menu and entering: / var

  You can also use /Applications/Utilities/Console.app to view the logs to see if you can identify what process is at fault.

• I get a message saying startup disk is almost full and to delete files. How can I go about it?

  I have a macbook air and a message comes up saying that my boot drive is almost full and delete files to make more space. What files and where? Thank you.

  Buy an external hard drive if you do not already have one and migrate personal files, things like documents, music, photos, videos, stuff like that.  Once they are on the external hard drive, delete them from your computer.  You would remove them the same way you would remove any other thing - click it, right-click, select "Move to trash."  Delete nothing however, until you have moved to an external drive.  If you don't save a copy somewhere, once you remove them, it's over and you can't get it back.

  To understand what that other things that can be deleted are go up --> about this Mac--> storage.  This will tell you how many you have on your hard drive right now.  Post here a screenshot of it.

• MacBook Pro says hard disk is almost full, startup disk is full. What should I do to make room?

  My Macbook Pro says that my disk space is low. Another notice came that my Start Up disk was almost full. I don't know if they are the same thing, but I want to know how to make room. Also, how can I get rid of the useless things I let build up because I didn't know any better. Thank you.

  Hi Taylorlaura, if you can use your Mac then move your own files of data on another drive, until you do about 50 GB of space.

  OS x: what is 'other' space about this Mac? -Apple Support

  Then download and run Omni DiskSweeper. It can show you the exact size and location of all your files. It will be the inventory of your disc from files that occupy more space. It can also give you a fairer read disk space than the Finder or storage tab of the about this Mac. If you want you can even delete files from OmniDisk Sweeper. But beware, some items may be important for your system.

• HP PavilionTouchsmart 11 Noteb: storage capacity of recovery disk is almost full

  My question is: how to make more Revovery disk space?  It is almost full. Drive C is very well...

  I have a HP Pavilion Touchsmart 11 Notebook PC

  Thank you

  Hello:

  It is normal that the partition recovery disk is almost full, and you should never store other files on it.

  The partion made just large enough to hold recovery files.

  If you have stored files on the recovery partition, I recommend that move you elsewhere.

• "Scratch disk" was almost full attention. I deleted the files opened to create space. However, photoshop CC, crashed before that I was able to free up space. I tried several times to re - open Photoshop CC but within 2 seconds it crashes when loading. I t

  "Disk zero" was almost full warning. I deleted the files opened to create space. However, photoshop CC, crashed before that I was able to free up space. I tried several times to re - open Photoshop CC but within 2 seconds it crashes when loading. I then decided to upgrade to the 2014 version, update. He worked twice and now repeat the same problem, I have lived before update. This only happens when I'am connected under "other user account" as I had been when the accident happened first and not as an administrator. I purged the cache, more space for performance, etc. in Admin mode, I ran permission repair in public services, but when I change the user account, photoshop crashes with seconds loading. Please notify 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

  As you can already read in your crash report - the crash has little to do with Photoshop and everything to do with your Nik/Google SelectiveTool plugin.

  Disable this plugin and contact Nik/Google for an update that fixes bugs in this plugin.

• VMWare Fusion makes a break from the virtual machine because the disk is almost full.

  Is I myself am sitting at my computer this morning, I saw a message that says the guest system Windows XP Pro on my Mac Mini has been suspended.  Here is the message:

  "VMware Fusion has suspended this virtual machine because the disk on which the virtual machine is stored is almost full."

  I can't find a way to shut down Windows to resize hard disk space allocation.  I tried the Virtual Machine menu, but all the shut down/put off the power points are grayed out.

  Any ideas out there?

  You must read the message!

  BTW if force you the VM to the bottom you may corrupt the virtual system hard disk and or the VHD file and you need to just do as the message says and free up space on the OS X hard disk even if you temporarily move a few things on an external hard drive so that you can then reactivate the Virtual Machine and continue on the it.

• HP model S3780a D disk is almost full. What should I do?

  HP Pavilion Slimline model s3780 Desk Top.  D drive is almost full (original Image) what should I do when it is full? I've upgraded Windows Vista to Windows 7, but outside this no changes have been made.

  The recovery partition by default only has a limited amount of free space and has no bad effect on the machine. Things to watch... Make sure that you're not save or save files there. Turn off the system for this partition restore if it is enabled. Made ' computer' icon right-click Choose "Properties". In the window that opens the eyes on the left side for 'System Protection' to open and check.

• My hard disk is almost full. What should I do?

  I have a Compaq laptop with a 250 GB hard drive. The computer is about 6 years old. Last week, I started to have messages that I was low on memory. I checked and my C drive showed that about 3 GB left. I have a drive external rebit who manages my backup. No backup on the drive C. I also have an external hard drive of 3 t. I thought stupidly that if I was short on space, it would pass to the Seagate.  Seagate, I called and they told me that I have to manually move the programs. They helped me get around a lot of programs in the drive of 3 t. I went to Control Panel then uninstalled unused programs. All together, I did not open a lot of space. I used CC Cleaner, more open space. Now I'm doing a disk defragmentation. and my C drive has about 6 GB of space. Is there something I can do? What could be eating space? I'm semi computer and spastic and need help. Thank you very much.

  150GBs seems unreal to newspapers.

  I'm not aware of ZA as I haven't used Zone Alarm over the years.

  I found this thread about it on these Forums;

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-files/how-to-delete-zone-alarm-log-files-says-i-need/748e3071-56da-4E00-B019-481b55aa0ec4

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  And there is information about the deletion, reset, archive of newspaper frequency, etc. in this:

  http://download.ZoneAlarm.com/bin/inclient/ZA_HelpCenter/91700.htm

  See you soon.

• ProBook 650 G1, C disk is almost full

  Bought this ProBook, with SSD, because I specifically wanted a SSD and Windows 7.
  I thought that 128 GB should be enough to run Windows and some of my graphics software, but when I start the computer I noticed that on the 128 GB a little more than 100 GB has been filled with pre-installed software, much of it to the high HP stuff.
  
  I only installed Adobe CS6, Lightroom 5 and some really light stuff, and I'm running everything on external drives. But with updates of Windows and HP software has filled my C drive and I am now looking at only 6 GB of free space.
  
  Most of the HP stuff I have no idea what he's doing, and frankly, I don't really know if I need it.
  Can someone tell me which software I can safely remove and which is absolutely necessary to make the system work?
  
  It is a bit misleading to buy a computer with 128 GB SSD only to find nearly complete with preinstalled software.

  Thanks in advance!

  Arno

  Hi ArnoEnzo,

  To get your question more exposure I suggest you post in the trade forums since it is a commercial product. You can do it at Business Forum.

  If I were you I look at my Control Panel programs and features and see which programs are installed. The operating system and HP don't account for 4 GB and that's being generous. You have installed movies or games?

  Thank you.

• 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.

• error message 'diskette of starting almost full' when external hd plugged

  My problem is this: I have 72 GB free on my macbook pro (I almost everything save on external hds), but recently, when I plug the external hard drive, an error message appears: 'startup disk is almost full. When I check the free space on the disk, it tells me that I have no free space: all the space is taken by 'Other' stuff. When I unplug the hard drive, everything returns to normal. How can I solve this problem?

  With connected externally, try re-indexing of Spotlight.

  Spotlight - re - index

• Message 'disk almost full '.

  iMac - end 2012

  macOS Sierra

  I get a message "your disk is almost full" after the upgrade.  Ever before, and there are more than 600 GB free on my 1 TB drive.  Is there any solution for this?

  Hello CurlySmith1,
  Thank you for using communities of Apple Support.

  I understand your message after update macOS Sierra, you receive a message saying, 'your drive is almost full. I know how it is important to keep your iMac works well if you do not receive unexpected messages like that. I recommend to use the steps in the following article to help resolve this message:

  macOS Sierra: increase the disk space

  Best regards.

• My hard drive is almost full. How can I change the destination of the installation of a Microsoft FixIt tool?

  MY MAIN (C:\) DISK IS ALMOST FULL.  I NEED TO INSTALL THE CENTER OF FIX-IT ON MY DRIVE (D:\).  HOW CAN I CHANGE THE INSTALLATION DIRECTORY?

  original title: MICROSOFT FIX - IT CENTER.  HOW CAN I INSTALL ON MY SECONDARY DRIVE (D;)

  You don't need to install it, just whenever you face a problem, then visit:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/FixIt/

  And run the tools that doesn't solve your problem.

  For your drive, you can run Disk Cleanup to free up space, if you have not already done.