Re: Help! HD filling up issue
If you look on the downloads page, there is also a older version of Disk Inventory X, for Mac OSX 10.2. It is version 0.8 if I recall. http://www.derlien.com/downloads/index.html - Disk Inventory X for 10.2 later. Thanks, Po-en Tsai -- Sent from a PC. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
If your Smurf is a revision 1, you might not be able to use a larger drive (unless you have an Acard or comparable controller). I had one, and the controller corrupted drives larger than 9.5 GBs. I tried installing OSX 10.2 on a 60 GB drive and a 10 GB drive, and the built in controller corrupted both. I finally tried an old 9.5 GB, and the controller was able to run it without trouble. Paul Riemerman On Jul 5, 11:34 pm, Po-en Tsai poen.t...@gmail.com wrote: If you look on the downloads page, there is also a older version of Disk Inventory X, for Mac OSX 10.2. It is version 0.8 if I recall. http://www.derlien.com/downloads/index.html- Disk Inventory X for 10.2 later. Thanks, Po-en Tsai -- Sent from a PC. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On Jul 4, 2009, at 6:51 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: I've read somewhere if your free hard drive space is less than 50% of the total, you might even have trouble running OS X ... don't know the facts here, but you need more free space just to run OS X ... 10%, not 50% is a good rule of thumb. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On Jul 4, 2009, at 9:55 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Is the hard drive that full? or is he running out of available memory, and thinks the message pertains to the HD in lieu of actual RAM? No, the HD actually has 1.52 GB of free space and then, after a bit the message I get tells me my HD is out of available space. Looking at it I see it says I have 40.8 MB left of free space. You haven't said how much RAM you have, but you're in serious bottleneck territory if it's low. What it sounds like is that your system is rapidly running out of RAM and then filling the 1.52 GB with swap files. with only 1.52 gigs of swap space you can fill that in a heartbeat, if your'e low on RAM. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On 7/6/09, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jul 4, 2009, at 9:55 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Is the hard drive that full? or is he running out of available memory, and thinks the message pertains to the HD in lieu of actual RAM? No, the HD actually has 1.52 GB of free space and then, after a bit the message I get tells me my HD is out of available space. Looking at it I see it says I have 40.8 MB left of free space. You haven't said how much RAM you have, but you're in serious bottleneck territory if it's low. What it sounds like is that your system is rapidly running out of RAM and then filling the 1.52 GB with swap files. with only 1.52 gigs of swap space you can fill that in a heartbeat, if your'e low on RAM. It is maxed out on RAm I turned off Java in Safari (it is set to run Java by default) and that seems to be helping. -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval (\__/) (='.'=) ()_() Help Bunny Take Over The World! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
Stephen Conrad wrote: On 7/4/09, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: 50% would be an absurd amount. A percentage value isn't relevant, the amount is principally tied to virtual memory which depends on what programs are open. A better figure is to not let free space drop below about 5Gb. Well..this is the original 6 GB HD that came with this machine 4.67 GB for Mac OS X 896.8 MB for storage (it was gonna be OS 9 but I deferred it to storage) 6Gb is REAL tight for OS X. To make it work you need to install it without all the extras or remove them later. Extras as in un-needed printer drivers, languages and probably certain applications. Garage band for example is just plain huge for example. I don't recall what OS you are using but you can trim out quit a bit. Depending on what you cut out and what version of the OS you can get it down to about 2Gb (I can't recall if that's with or without the Application folder). But your best solution is to get a bigger drive. A 20 Gb drive is usually plenty of room as long as you don't have any heavy data storage (video for example). -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Stephen Conradkhel...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I am on a BW G3 (Smurf) and it had 1.53 GB left on the HD OS X 10.2.8 (new computer is going to be here soon) I only have the following open: Opera, Safari, Terminal and TextEdit Suddenly I get a message saying I have no more HD space free (it is down to 40.8 MB) I have only downloaded 2 small pictures (Daily Kitten) and earlier I took some stuff off the HD and put them onto a flash disk (to free up a little more space). What could be causing this? It is a recent issue and I have even less tabs open than before this ever happened. Earlier I ran DiskUtility but it stopped and after 30 minutes of it not advancing (it froze the machine so a reboot was necessary). I rebooted the machine I do NOT have the 10.2 CDs -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval (\__/) (='.'=) ()_() Help Bunny Take Over The World! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ I recommend you go to versiontracker.com and download a file manager utility that will look for duplicate files and other unneeded garbage. A file manger utility makes these searches MUCH less painful than opening the normal windows etc. FileDaemon is the one I like but there are others. You should also defrag. My guess is it is long overdue. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On Jul 5, 2009, at 7:32 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Stephen Conradkhel...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I am on a BW G3 (Smurf) and it had 1.53 GB left on the HD OS X 10.2.8 (new computer is going to be here soon) I only have the following open: Opera, Safari, Terminal and TextEdit Suddenly I get a message saying I have no more HD space free (it is down to 40.8 MB) I have only downloaded 2 small pictures (Daily Kitten) and earlier I took some stuff off the HD and put them onto a flash disk (to free up a little more space). What could be causing this? It is a recent issue and I have even less tabs open than before this ever happened. Earlier I ran DiskUtility but it stopped and after 30 minutes of it not advancing (it froze the machine so a reboot was necessary). I rebooted the machine I do NOT have the 10.2 CDs -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval (\__/) (='.'=) ()_() Help Bunny Take Over The World! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ I recommend you go to versiontracker.com and download a file manager utility that will look for duplicate files and other unneeded garbage. A file manger utility makes these searches MUCH less painful than opening the normal windows etc. FileDaemon is the one I like but there are others. You should also defrag. My guess is it is long overdue. 6GB pretty much is the low end for running OSX. Get a bigger HD and copy the content from the 6GB with CCC to the new HD. Peter M. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Peterpeter1...@gmail.com wrote: 6GB pretty much is the low end for running OSX. Get a bigger HD and copy the content from the 6GB with CCC to the new HD. My sentiments exactly! Although ... before leaping into getting a bigger drive it might be wise to walk through what your options are. I say this because I'm just a lurker here. I have no direct experience with the hard drives used in older Macs. While it has been my experience that (especially in recent years) the hard drive has become one of the *most* standardized commodity components used in a computer, it's always better to take the measure twice, cut once route, no? Another question to consider is how much money are you willing to throw at this machine to get it to work better? $0? $10? $20? $30? ... et cetera ... FWIW, -irrational john --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On 7/5/09, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Stephen Conrad wrote: On 7/4/09, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: 50% would be an absurd amount. A percentage value isn't relevant, the amount is principally tied to virtual memory which depends on what programs are open. A better figure is to not let free space drop below about 5Gb. Well..this is the original 6 GB HD that came with this machine 4.67 GB for Mac OS X 896.8 MB for storage (it was gonna be OS 9 but I deferred it to storage) 6Gb is REAL tight for OS X. To make it work you need to install it without all the extras or remove them later. Extras as in un-needed printer drivers, languages and probably certain applications. Garage band for example is just plain huge for example. I don't run Garage band or anything like that. This is an old BW G3 (a Smurf, Rev. A MB) and this is the HD it came with. I don't recall what OS you are using but you can trim out quit a bit. Depending on what you cut out and what version of the OS you can get it down to about 2Gb (I can't recall if that's with or without the Application folder). I believe I did do some trimming back when I put OS X 10.2.8 on the HD (I originally had plain old OS X (10.0 and then 10.1 and then went up to 10.2.8). I did see 10.3 at the Goodwill Store where I work (in the back room, not on the sales floor) and if I can grab it I will since I did plan to one day take this HD out and put it in an external drive case, put a larger HD in this machine and put 10.3 on the new HD as I hear it is better than 10.2 But your best solution is to get a bigger drive. A 20 Gb drive is usually plenty of room as long as you don't have any heavy data storage (video for example). I only store text files and pics from sites like The Daily Kitten and even those eventually get taken off the main HD and stored elsewhere (usually a flash drive). -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval (\__/) (='.'=) ()_() Help Bunny Take Over The World! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
At 5:37 PM -0600 7/4/2009, Stephen Conrad wrote: BW G3 (Smurf) and it had 1.53 GB left on the HD OS X 10.2.8 I only have the following open: Opera, Safari, Terminal and TextEdit Suddenly I get a message saying I have no more HD space free (it is down to 40.8 MB) Perhaps pages you visited were quite complex, causing the need for virtual memory to expand suddenly. Take a look with this command, issued in Terminal: ls -al /var/vm Earlier I ran DiskUtility but it stopped and after 30 minutes of it not advancing (it froze the machine so a reboot was necessary). I rebooted the machine Boot into safe mode (shift key held down) then run a Verify Disk pass with Disk Utiliity again. If it still cannot complete then you may have a hardware problem. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Po-en Tsaipoen.t...@gmail.com wrote: Download the utility called 'Disk Inventory X' and run it on your OSX HDD. It will tell you what is taking up space on your computer, and where it is. Then you can delete whatever you dont need. Disk Inventory X: http://www.derlien.com/ Yes, but .. Disk Inventory X is a disk usage utility for Mac OS X 10.3 (and later). And if I recall correctly, he's running OS X 10.2 -irrationally literal john --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Help! HD filling up issue
OK, I am on a BW G3 (Smurf) and it had 1.53 GB left on the HD OS X 10.2.8 (new computer is going to be here soon) I only have the following open: Opera, Safari, Terminal and TextEdit Suddenly I get a message saying I have no more HD space free (it is down to 40.8 MB) I have only downloaded 2 small pictures (Daily Kitten) and earlier I took some stuff off the HD and put them onto a flash disk (to free up a little more space). What could be causing this? It is a recent issue and I have even less tabs open than before this ever happened. Earlier I ran DiskUtility but it stopped and after 30 minutes of it not advancing (it froze the machine so a reboot was necessary). I rebooted the machine I do NOT have the 10.2 CDs -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval (\__/) (='.'=) ()_() Help Bunny Take Over The World! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On Jul 4, 2009, at 7:37 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, I am on a BW G3 (Smurf) and it had 1.53 GB left on the HD OS X 10.2.8 (new computer is going to be here soon) I only have the following open: Opera, Safari, Terminal and TextEdit Suddenly I get a message saying I have no more HD space free (it is down to 40.8 MB) I have only downloaded 2 small pictures (Daily Kitten) and earlier I took some stuff off the HD and put them onto a flash disk (to free up a little more space). What could be causing this? It is a recent issue and I have even less tabs open than before this ever happened. Earlier I ran DiskUtility but it stopped and after 30 minutes of it not advancing (it froze the machine so a reboot was necessary). I rebooted the machine I do NOT have the 10.2 CDs This might sound obvious. but did you also empty the Trash after you made more room? 40.8MB isn't anything relative to hard disk space. Sure that wasn't memory left while running several apps? Browsers have caches and things that I believe are on the hard drive ... and they grow/shrink as they are programmed to do. I've read somewhere if your free hard drive space is less than 50% of the total, you might even have trouble running OS X ... don't know the facts here, but you need more free space just to run OS X ... after the space taken up by the Installation. I think its called Virtual RAM cache. 40.8MB if you are talking about hard drive space, just isn't enough, AFAIK. Maybe others can help ... using applejack comes to mind, but I cannot advise you how to do that ... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On 7/4/09, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: On Jul 4, 2009, at 7:37 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, I am on a BW G3 (Smurf) and it had 1.53 GB left on the HD OS X 10.2.8 (new computer is going to be here soon) I only have the following open: Opera, Safari, Terminal and TextEdit Suddenly I get a message saying I have no more HD space free (it is down to 40.8 MB) I have only downloaded 2 small pictures (Daily Kitten) and earlier I took some stuff off the HD and put them onto a flash disk (to free up a little more space). What could be causing this? It is a recent issue and I have even less tabs open than before this ever happened. Earlier I ran DiskUtility but it stopped and after 30 minutes of it not advancing (it froze the machine so a reboot was necessary). I rebooted the machine I do NOT have the 10.2 CDs This might sound obvious. but did you also empty the Trash after you made more room? 40.8MB isn't anything relative to hard disk space. Sure that wasn't memory left while running several apps? Browsers have caches and things that I believe are on the hard drive ... and they grow/shrink as they are programmed to do. I've read somewhere if your free hard drive space is less than 50% of the total, you might even have trouble running OS X ... don't know the facts here, but you need more free space just to run OS X ... after the space taken up by the Installation. I think its called Virtual RAM cache. 40.8MB if you are talking about hard drive space, just isn't enough, AFAIK. Maybe others can help ... using applejack comes to mind, but I cannot advise you how to do that ... Yes, I emptied the Trash Opera has its Cache set to 20MB I don't see what it is in Safari (I checked all the Preferences) In Safari I just turned off Java and JavaScript (I had always had them left Enabled as that was Default) I did try (after a Reboot) to see if Process Viewer would be of any help Here are the biggies (nothing was running but ProcessViewer) %CPU %Mem ProcessViewer 13.800.40 ATSServer 27.** 0.20(It was 27.something) (Later on it said) 0.30 0.20 - I have no idea what this is -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval (\__/) (='.'=) ()_() Help Bunny Take Over The World! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
Bill Connelly wrote: I've read somewhere if your free hard drive space is less than 50% of the total, you might even have trouble running OS X ... don't know the facts here, but you need more free space just to run OS X ... after the space taken up by the Installation. I think its called Virtual RAM cache. 40.8MB if you are talking about hard drive space, just isn't enough, AFAIK. 50% would be an absurd amount. A percentage value isn't relevant, the amount is principally tied to virtual memory which depends on what programs are open. A better figure is to not let free space drop below about 5Gb. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On 7/4/09, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Bill Connelly wrote: I've read somewhere if your free hard drive space is less than 50% of the total, you might even have trouble running OS X ... don't know the facts here, but you need more free space just to run OS X ... after the space taken up by the Installation. I think its called Virtual RAM cache. 40.8MB if you are talking about hard drive space, just isn't enough, AFAIK. 50% would be an absurd amount. A percentage value isn't relevant, the amount is principally tied to virtual memory which depends on what programs are open. A better figure is to not let free space drop below about 5Gb. Well..this is the original 6 GB HD that came with this machine 4.67 GB for Mac OS X 896.8 MB for storage (it was gonna be OS 9 but I deferred it to storage) -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval (\__/) (='.'=) ()_() Help Bunny Take Over The World! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
40.8MB ??? What I was trying to get at is ... Is the hard drive that full? or is he running out of available memory, and thinks the message pertains to the HD in lieu of actual RAM? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On Jul 5, 2009, at 12:51 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Well..this is the original 6 GB HD that came with this machine 4.67 GB for Mac OS X 896.8 MB for storage (it was gonna be OS 9 but I deferred it to storage) ' OS X takes a fair amount of disk space just to install. A 6GB drive probably isn't big enough to run off of. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Help! HD filling up issue
On 7/4/09, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: 40.8MB ??? What I was trying to get at is ... Is the hard drive that full? or is he running out of available memory, and thinks the message pertains to the HD in lieu of actual RAM? No, the HD actually has 1.52 GB of free space and then, after a bit the message I get tells me my HD is out of available space. Looking at it I see it says I have 40.8 MB left of free space. -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and claim our place in outer space. - Capt. Henry Gloval (\__/) (='.'=) ()_() Help Bunny Take Over The World! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
