I will assume you mean by cleaning up - getting rid of them. If you don't need them drag and drop them on the trash can and then empty the trash. You can drag whole folders to the trash if you want. hth Martin Seybourne Wales wrote: > Have a blue and white ibook, and have over 9000 old files and folders > ect on my harddrive > and don't know very much about cleaning them up can someone advise me on > this task how is the best way to go about doing it. t.i.a > _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/pages/members.html#Joinmuglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/