Hi there: I asked this question a year or two back, about what's taking up all the space on this machine's HD. One person suggested using OmniDiskSweeper, which I downloaded and ran to good effect. I ran it again this evening, and it came up with about 55 G being used, but its other window showed about 100 G being used. Hmm. So I braved Terminal and ran a command that someone else suggested, "find / -size +100000" and I am appending those results...because I can't figure them out past a certain pretty basic point. I am editing them down to remove my iTunes stuff, not because I'm embarrassed by what's there (far from it!) but because I know about that stuff and there's no need to make anyone else wade through it.
So: what does all this mean? And how can I tell what should get deleted and what should not? And how do I find most of these things to delete them? I appreciate your patience with me...my UNIX was never more than rudimentary and moreover is about 25 years out of date by now. Last login: Sun Jan 25 22:09:01 on ttyp1 Welcome to Darwin! White-iMac:~ Dad$ find / -size +100000 find: /.Spotlight-V100: Permission denied find: /.Trashes: Permission denied /Applications/Britannica 2002 SE/Britannica.app/Contents/Product/ article/index.inv /Applications/Britannica 2002 SE/Britannica.app/Contents/Product/db/ article/database.lz find: /Applications/Kontakt Player 2: Permission denied find: /Applications/MacStammbaum.localized/Lisez-moi: Permission denied find: /Applications/MacStammbaum.localized/MacStammbaum.app/Contents/ Resources/French.lproj/MFT4Help: Permission denied find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 3/003_Gen_Y.theme/ Contents/Resources/BackgroundMovie.NTSC.mov /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 6/Travel-Chapters.theme/ Contents/Resources/TravelBackground.NTSC.mov /Library/Application Support/iDVD/Themes/iDVD 6/Travel-Main.theme/ Contents/Resources/TravelBackground.NTSC.mov /Library/Application Support/MakeMusic/SmartMusic 9/Content/content.db find: /Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/ NI_DFD_1_4.bundle: Permission denied find: /Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/ NI_IRC_1_1.bundle: Permission denied find: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/KontaktPlayer2.component: Permission denied find: /Library/Caches/com.movenetworks.Mary: Permission denied /Library/Dictionaries/New Oxford American Dictionary.dict/Contents/ dict_body find: /Library/Logs/Console/0: Permission denied find: /Library/Logs/Console/501: Permission denied find: /Library/Logs/Console/502: Permission denied find: /Library/Logs/Console/503: Permission denied find: /Library/Logs/Console/505: Permission denied find: /private/etc/cups/certs: Permission denied find: /private/var/backups: Permission denied find: /private/var/db/dhcpclient: Permission denied find: /private/var/db/netinfo/local.nidb: Permission denied find: /private/var/db/openldap/openldap-data: Permission denied find: /private/var/db/openldap/openldap-slurp: Permission denied find: /private/var/db/shadow: Permission denied find: /private/var/db/Spotlight-V100: Permission denied find: /private/var/db/sudo: Permission denied find: /private/var/launchd/0: Permission denied find: /private/var/root: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/cups: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/fax: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/mqueue: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/active: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/bounce: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/corrupt: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/defer: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/deferred: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/flush: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/hold: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/incoming: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/maildrop: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/private: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/public: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/saved: Permission denied find: /private/var/spool/postfix/trace: Permission denied find: /private/var/tmp/folders.501: Permission denied find: /private/var/tmp/mds/501: Permission denied find: /private/var/vm/app_profile: Permission denied /private/var/vm/sleepimage /private/var/vm/swapfile0 /private/var/vm/swapfile1 /private/var/vm/swapfile2 find: /System/Library/User Template: Permission denied /The Sims 2.localized/Body Shop.app/Contents/MacOS/Body Shop /The Sims 2.localized/Expansion Packs.localized/Bon Voyage.localized/ TSData/Res/Objects/objects.package /The Sims 2.localized/Expansion Packs.localized/Bon Voyage.localized/ TSData/Res/Sound/Misc.package /The Sims 2.localized/The Sims 2.app/Contents/MacOS/The Sims 2 /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sims3D/Objects03.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sims3D/Objects07.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sims3D/Objects08.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sims3D/Objects09.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sims3D/Sims03.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sims3D/Sims07.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sims3D/Sims08.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sims3D/Sims09.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sims3D/Sims10.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sims3D/Sims11.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sims3D/Sims12.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sims3D/Sims13.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sound/Sfx1.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sound/Sfx2.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sound/Voice1.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sound/Voice2.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sound/Voice3.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sound/Voice4.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sound/Voice5.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/Sound/Voice6.package /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/UI/RTA86630 /The Sims 2.localized/TSData/Res/UI/ui.package find: /Users/Bill/.Trash: Permission denied find: /Users/Bill/Desktop: Permission denied find: /Users/Bill/Documents: Permission denied find: /Users/Bill/Library: Permission denied find: /Users/Bill/Movies: Permission denied find: /Users/Bill/Music: Permission denied find: /Users/Bill/Pictures: Permission denied find: /Users/Bill/Public/Drop Box: Permission denied /Users/Dad/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Identities/William Spencer/ Messages /Users/Dad/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates/ iPod1,1_2.0.1_5B108_Restore.ipsw /Users/Dad/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates/ iPod1,1_2.0.2_5C1_Restore.ipsw /Users/Dad/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates/ iPod1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw /Users/Dad/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates/ iPod1,1_2.1_5F137_Restore.ipsw /Users/Dad/Library/iTunes/iPod Software Updates/ iPod1,1_2.2_5G77_Restore.ipsw /Users/Gilbert/Applications/The Sims/GameData/Objects/Objects.far /Users/Gilbert/Applications/The Sims/SoundData/SoundData.far find: /Users/Gilbert/Desktop: Permission denied find: /Users/Gilbert/Documents: Permission denied /Users/Gilbert/Downloads/KodakEasyShare_v6_0.dmg find: /Users/Gilbert/Downloads/New Compressed (zipped) Folder: Permission denied find: /Users/Gilbert/Library: Permission denied find: /Users/Gilbert/Movies: Permission denied find: /Users/Gilbert/Music: Permission denied find: /Users/Gilbert/Pictures: Permission denied find: /Users/Gilbert/Public/Drop Box: Permission denied /Users/Gilbert/Shared/iPod Movies - Finding Nemo (2003).mp4 /Users/Gilbert/Shared/Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (Live) Video.mpeg /Users/Gilbert/Shared/Led Zeppelin - Live Aid 1985 (full concert).mpg /Users/Gilbert/Shared/Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (Live).mpg /Users/Gilbert/Shared/Tom Petty - Free Falling.mpg /Users/Gilbert/Sites/Site/Media_files/Place in my heart.aif find: /Users/Gilbert/Temporary Items/502: Permission denied find: /Users/Mary/.Trash: Permission denied find: /Users/Mary/Desktop: Permission denied find: /Users/Mary/Documents: Permission denied find: /Users/Mary/Library: Permission denied find: /Users/Mary/Movies: Permission denied find: /Users/Mary/Music: Permission denied find: /Users/Mary/Pictures: Permission denied find: /Users/Mary/Public/Drop Box: Permission denied White-iMac:~ Dad$ *************** Bill Spencer in Maryland IMac Core Duo 2.4 ghz/1 g RAM/Leopard IMac Core Duo 1.83 ghz/1 g RAM/Tiger iBook G3 12.1/800mhz/640mb RAM/Tiger --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. 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