There is about 10 gigs left on the drive. I was thinking about getting a second hard drive.
I run the disk utility, and I usually go straight to repair disk permissions. I have MacJanitor. Is that program not good enough? I did have OnyX but I took it off my drive. Maybe I need to go get it back! On Jun 23, 2:42 pm, Valter Prahlad <[email protected]> wrote: > Il giorno 23-06-2011 23:22, cheryl ha scritto: > > > A 60gig hard drive. > > How much free space is left on that drive? > > Little space COULD slow down OSX... > I wouldn't go below 10% free space (or 6GB in your case), that should be the > minimum. > > > I talked to someone who said my hard drive may be about to > > crash. > > Usually, slowing down is not a sign of impeding HD death. Strange noises > (tak-tak-tak, click-clack...) are. > > But a good backup is ALWAYS a good thing to do. ;-) > > > He also said the TV shows I've bought from iTunes could be > > slowing it down. > > I can't see why those files could slow down a computer. > No file, on its own (I mean, not running/playing), could slow down the > computer. > Unless - as I said above - those files filled the HD, leaving little or no > free space. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
