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App to keep some harddrive space free always
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Is there a program or a setting on my Apple MacBook that will ALWAYS keep 3-5 gigabytes empty on my harddrive? If I don't have 3-5 gigs free, my computer slows to a crawl so I need a program or a way so that I am never allowed to download to the point where that amount of space isn't free.
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Yep, it's called "getting a bigger hard drive." 
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There's no app that will do it. As CharlesS posted your only option is to get a bigger drive and/or an external drive and offload some files.
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how about making a partition of that size? wouldn't that help?
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Originally Posted by ide3308 
how about making a partition of that size? wouldn't that help?
Not normally. You'd have to modify OS X to specifically use that partition as swap space.
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Oh that makes sense. Does OS X only use the startup disk for swap? I never knew.
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You can get OS X to use a different disk for swap space - I've done it, but it's a real pain and doesn't really solve anything.
What you need is a bigger hard drive. Get one - you'll be glad you did.
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Don't just get a larger drive, get a faster one, too. You'll swear you're using a brand new Mac.
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