Hi erik, Yes, one of the advertised features of Snow Leopard was an effort to make the same apps run in less space, and also to reduce the files that got loaded by default. So no, it wasn't a question of Leopard starting out bloated, Apple tried to both reduce the size of standard applications and make the suite of applications run in a tighter configuration in Snow Leopard.
Here's a quote from a very early article (February) in Wired entitled "Leaked Snow Leopard Screenshots Reveal Slimmer, Faster Mac OS X": <begin quote> Apple’s suite of stock applications seem to have also gone on a strict diet and exercise regime, with nearly all the included apps radically reduced in size. For example, iChat in Leopard weighs in at 114MB while the Snow Leopard version drops to 22 MB, Dashboard goes from 184 KB to 111 KB and Mail goes from 289 MB to 36 MB. Overall Snow Leopard’s application appear to save around a gig of drive space compared to Leopard. <end quote> However, could it be that you still had copies of some of your music files stored in iTunes? I don't think that the new OS accounts for all the difference. Some of this may be that certain files won't be installed automatically by the base installation. For example, I think you may to check that QuickTime gets installed. Also, people who got the iLife '08 or iLife '09 suite had a lot of extras files added in, like Garage Band loops and sound effects. As a followup to the ringtones discussion, I noted that there were a lot of sound effect files in the: /Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/ folder under two directories: "Apple Loops for Garageband" and "iLife Sound Effects". The iLife Sound Effects are particularly nice for making ringtones, and under the "Work - Home" folder there were numerous sound of telephones ringing, wrong number messages, fax tones, etc. These are .caf (core audio files), so they can't be used directly for ringtones by converting in iTunes -- they're basically like AIFF files but extended so that they aren't subject to the same 4 GB size limit and number of tracks that AIFF has -- but they can be opened in Amadeus Pro and converted just by selecting the track (Command-A) and going to the File menu on the Amadeus menu bar (VO-M; Press "F" and arrow down) and pressing "E" to go to "Export as iPhone Rightone…" then pressing return. Accepting all defaults will generate a Ringtone soundclip and add it to your iTunes Ringtones directory. These sound files also appear to be left out of the Snow Leopard install, since someone reported not being able to find them after doing a clean install to Snow Leopard. Cheers, Esther On Sep 13, 2009, erik burggraaf wrote: > > Hi guys, it's tough to be sure, but I think I was down around 55 gb > free on my macbook. After installing sl I seem to have gotten about > 30 gb of space back from somewhere. Did any one else notice this? > It's quite a nice improvement. I do empty my trash regularly by the > way,. It's just that I store my music all on the laptop here, and it > has some other huge files on it that were eating my drive space. Or > so I thought, but maybe leppard was just a bit bloated. > > Best, > > erik burggraaf > A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. > Phone: 888-255-5194 > Email: [email protected] > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
