On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 08:22 PM, Karen Swenson wrote: > Claire Hart wrote: > >> My 10 GB hard drive has less >> than 1 GB of available space left. > > Charles Martin wrote: > >> I would recommend that you keep >> AT LEAST a gig free at all times. > > That's something I've been wondering about. Would this rule of thumb > apply to my 40-gig internal drive, or is it more of a "percentage" > thing? And what about external drives?
10% is a good rule of thumb. Additionally, you should never let your free space get below half again your amount of RAM ... that is, if you have 1GB of RAM, don't let your free space get below 1.5GB. This is almost non-optional if you use OS X. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
