On Jul 23, 2004, at 9:42 AM, MikeRF/A2 wrote:
Hi All,
OT but I Didn't want to join another list to ask and have no responses from Imac list yet.
I have a 20 GB hard drive partitioned with 5.9 GB (useable) for system software/
applications and 12.7 GB (useable) for data. I got my Mac one year old in nearly new condition already configured this way and have never changed it. It has OSX 10.2.8 and OS 9.2.2 and with Apps has only 1 GB of space left.
1. Is it possible to repartition in OSX without having to reinitialize the HD and
reinstalling OS and Apps? AND not lose anything! I'm not too familiar with messing with hard drive structures other than on new drives or reinitialized drives.
No.
2. Are there any bloated largely unnecessary elements or files in OSX I can delete to make room? For example Receipts file seems to be duplicates of all my software downloads and the Printer file seems to have excessive stuff for printers I will never use. After all, if I change or add a printer later can't I install the needed software at that time?
The reciepts aren't duplicates, they're duplicate names of your downloads...and are what tells your system what upgrades have been installed.
Another source of lost space is localization files. You can get Delocalizer from Bombich Software <http://www.bombich.com> to clear out the un-needed language files. This cleared 2gb off of mine.
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