Stephen Conrad wrote: > On 7/4/09, Clark Martin <cm...@sonic.net> wrote:
>> 50% would be an absurd amount. A percentage value isn't relevant, the >> amount is principally tied to virtual memory which depends on what >> programs are open. A better figure is to not let free space drop below >> about 5Gb. > > Well......this is the original 6 GB HD that came with this machine > 4.67 GB for Mac OS X > 896.8 MB for storage (it was gonna be OS 9 but I deferred it to storage) 6Gb is REAL tight for OS X. To make it work you need to install it without all the extras or remove them later. Extras as in un-needed printer drivers, languages and probably certain applications. Garage band for example is just plain huge for example. I don't recall what OS you are using but you can trim out quit a bit. Depending on what you cut out and what version of the OS you can get it down to about 2Gb (I can't recall if that's with or without the Application folder). But your best solution is to get a bigger drive. A 20 Gb drive is usually plenty of room as long as you don't have any heavy data storage (video for example). -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
