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Hard Disk space-saving tips?
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I've just installed Tiger on an iBook 500 with a 10GB HD. Needless to say, space is at a premium. I've noticed that there's 1GB of files in the System folder; 1GB in the shared Library and another 1G in my users Library. Are there any files in all of this which are unnecessary? I chose not to install the extras such as printer drivers and foreign language support.
At the moment, after clearing out almost all I can, I have only 800MB free!
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Get an external.
If you don't need apps such as iDVD, kill it. GarageBand is also a space hog. Can trash Classic if not needed as well.
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Yeah I think Classic might be going, but that would mean I couldn't run Photoshop anymore  I may move some stuff onto my iPod if possible.
Edit: WHOA! I was this close to deleting Classic when I realised that would mean I couldn't run Sim City 2000 any more! That would be a disaster! Photoshop I could live without... SC2K, no way!
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Last edited by willed; Apr 30, 2005 at 05:47 AM.
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I'm not sure if you scrapped any localizations you didn't need during installation, but if you didn't you could always use DeLocalizer. It hasn't been updated since Jaguar, but I tried it and it says it saved me about 1 GB of space, so if you haven't tried that yet, there you go. 
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Delocalizer works with Panther and Tiger.
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Do NOT delete the receipts folder as it is needed for repair permissions to run correctly.
I would look for space in your applications/files, or buy an external.
OmniDiskSweeper should also help you find the bigger space users on your machine.
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