Hi Ashley, I have an external drive connected to my mac, but I don't have that much information or that many files on my computer at all. Do I delete them from theMac hd dirrectly? How do I know what to delete? Nicole On Mar 1, 2010, at 4:17 AM, ashley wrote: > it means that your main harddrive (Macintosh HD) is almost full, and that if > you don't delete files, mac OSX may slow down as it will now have enough room > to run. I recommend buying a portable external harddrive, and then if you > need it all the time you can leave it plugged into your mac, and the mac will > shut it off when it shuts down and when it sleeps etc. If you buy a 3.5" > drive that has a power adapter, the mac will not do this. Move your files to > this and you should be running well again. > ash > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole Hutchins" <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 8:18 PM > Subject: [macvoiceover] start up disk? > > > Hi group, > Today i got a message that said my "Startup disk is almost full, and that I > need to delete some files." > Can anyone tell me what this means, and how to correct it? > > Thanks, Nicole> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2715 - Release Date: 02/28/10 > 19:34:00 > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface >> at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >