On 10/5/09 9:09 AM, "Amanda Bowen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone > I bought a Macbook Air yesterday (wild extravagance, but a very > beautiful thing), and of course it has no optical drive, so the system > disks have to be loaded into another computer. > Unfortunately both my iMac and my other Macbook don't seem to have > enough space to load the CD/DVD sharing package. :-( > > It is a whopping 232GB!!! > > Surely that can't be right? > > It's only supposed to be an application for transferring files to the > MacBook Air, but when I try to unpack the package, it tells me I have > nowhere near enough disk space to do so. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks! > Amanda > > Hi Amanda Not sure what you're trying to install, but um,..no. It's only 64MB in size for the actual download for DVD/CD sharing. You can get it here:- <http://support.apple.com/downloads/DVD_or_CD_Sharing_Setup_Update_for_Mac> The system should be installed, so you shouldn't have to reinstall it. It should be ready to go. Or do you mean you're trying to Migrate everything from your iMac? If you're Migrating from the iMac and have the hard drive close to full, then yes I'd believe that you could be trying to move all the data from the iMac to the MacBookAir. And if the iMac drive is full (assuming it has a 250GB or higher drive) then yes,..there wouldn't be enough room to do it. That could be where the 232GB size is coming from. You'd need to do a manual migration of files, or just the things you want, assuming your user directory (home folder) isn't bigger then the MacBookAir drive. Otherwise just setup the MacBookAir and just move across your most important files. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
