OS 9 or 10?
10 likes to cache and can get a lot of system cache stuff build up
alternatively if the previous owner did a lot of CD copying without
using MP3 format burning you might find there are temporary Toast
CD images, AAF uncompressed audio etc
copy the applications you want to keep to CD/external drive (or find
installers for them)
then format and reinstall with a minimal OS (deselect all the
extras like foreign language support and voices and extra fonts etc)
I have acquired an Imac that has a 20 gig HD. It has no personal
files and about 2 gig of applications. However the Get info tells
me that it only has 1.7 gig of free space.
Have run disk warrior but still same reading. Is a clean install necessary.
Brett Curtis
Master Window Cleaners
Perth, Western Australia
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www.masterwindowcleaners.com
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