[mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again

  • From: John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:15:03 -0400

    That's a lot of downloaded material.  Yes, an external drive to back it all 
up and also eliminating anything not important.  I have had my MBP for two 
years and I haven't filled forty percent of the HD yet.

Take Care

John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.macfortheblind.com

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On Mar 17, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Bubba wrote:

> Yep that was what I thought. This person must really have a lot of stuff on
> her HD. It might be time to get a external HD.
> 
> 
> 
> Sign,
> Bubba
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Panarese
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:43 PM
> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: start up disk full again
> 
>     You mean your actual hard drive?  How did you fill it up so much?  A
> drive filling up shouldn't slow a system down until you have really filled
> it beyond 75 percent capasity from personal experience.
> 
> Take Care
> 
> John D. Panarese
> Director
> Mac for the Blind
> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.macfortheblind.com
> 
> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
> 
> On Mar 17, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> 
>> I mean at the time my start up disk was a 0 kb and before then everythign
> was slowing down to a crawl well finder and mail mainly. Now  I'm at 91 or
> so out of 250 gigs free and everythign is still slow.
>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 4:23 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>> 
>>> What do you mean by full startup disk?  
>>> 
>>> Take Care
>>> 
>>> John D. Panarese
>>> Director
>>> Mac for the Blind
>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>> 
>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND 
>>> SUPPORT
>>> 
>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Ok once again I have a full start up disk. If I clear at least half of
> that my mail and finder are still as slow as ever in rendering tables and
> stuff in the message list views and in list mode in finder. How can I make
> things faster with out reinstalling? I don't want to go that rout. Not
> again. I have too much to focus on this week with mid terms coming up.
> Thanks. 
>>>> 
>>>> update: I've now freed up to 93 gigs of space but the darned thing is
> still slow especially in the mail program at rendering the table for my
> messages when I'm done reading a few. How can I fix this?
>>>> 
>>>> Sarah Alawami
>>>> 
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> my info is below.
>>>> 
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>>>> 
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