Hi Ronni, Yes I have done that (lots of language files in trash) cleared trash can and restarted and now there is a difference before/after almost 2GB.
Thanks again, Cheers Walter > On 3 Apr 2018, at 21:15 , Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > After you set the Preference to ‘Move language files to Trash’. > Check what free/available space is on your Hard Drive by selecting the Hard > Drive icon at top right on Desktop and then ‘Get Info’ take note of the > ‘available free space’. > > Then when you ran Monolingual again... after it completed were there any > language files in your Trash? > There should have been and you need to delete the trash and you should then > notice in Finder ‘Get Info’ on your Hard Drive would show there is more > available space. > > I mentioned below why I think Monolingual is having issues with the ‘Helper > Tool’. > > Restart you Mac and Run Monolingual again. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > >> On 3 Apr 2018, at 6:33 pm, FW <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Ronni, >> >> Yes I did read the “Read me”. There was much information about the previous >> versions etc. >> I can’t remember seeing anything about “Move language files to trash”. And >> it did of course >> talk about selecting files to be removed - which were already selected. >> However, before attempting the second run I went into preferences and did >> set move files to trash. Did not select automatic updates. But the result >> was the same - the 1byte removed response. >> So does it mean that Monolingual won’t give you a second chance ? >> >> Thanks Ronni. >> >> Cheers >> Walter >> >> >>> On 3 Apr 2018, at 18:09 , Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi Walter, >>> >>> Did you read the document “MONOLINGUAL 1.8.0 Read me” that came with >>> Monolingual installation? >>> Monolingual should NOT be used unless you first read everything about it, >>> as used incorrectly it can do serious damage to the operating system. >>> >>> Did you set any of the Preferences in Monolingual > Preferences? >>> Move Language Files to Trash? >>> Automatically check for Updates? >>> Monolingual Architectures? >>> >>> On my MBA with keeping only English languages -English, English >>> (Australia), English (UK), English (US). My Trash had many 100’s of >>> language files in it. After I emptied the Trash -I gained approx. 1.3GB of >>> free Hard Drive space. >>> ==================== >>> Pro Tip: Make sure that all English languages are deselected (including UK, >>> Australia, Canada, etc.). No matter which language you use natively on your >>> Mac, keep the English-based languages or you may risk having an incomplete >>> OS X installation. >>> >>> Pro Tip: If you use Adobe programs, manually de-select their directories >>> from the removal process. >>> ========== >>> A bit of information in case you don’t understand System Integrity >>> Protection (SIP) >>> System Integrity Protection (SIP) is a security technology in OS X El >>> Capitan and later that's designed to help prevent potentially malicious >>> software from modifying protected files and folders on your Mac. >>> System Integrity Protection restricts the root user account and limits the >>> actions that the root user can perform on protected parts of the Mac >>> operating system. >>> You can read all parts of the system SIP protects at this Apple support >>> link: <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204899> >>> >>> One part System Integrity Protection includes protection for is /System >>> I am thinking this ‘might’ be why Monolingual is having ‘issues’ with the >>> ‘Helper Tool’. >>> >>> I’ve looked at the Monolingual Logs on my MBA after I’ve completed >>> ‘removing unneeded language localization files’ and it does show hundreds >>> of language “lproj” Trashed files. >>> >>> Your Monolingual Log file can be located at ~/Library/Logs/Monolingual.log >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) >>> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz >>> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM >>> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage >>> >>> macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 >>> >>>> On 30 Mar 2018, at 1:07 pm, FW <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Ronni, >>>> >>>> I followed your advice and now have available 243GB. I even deleted EyeTV >>>> recordings that had already been >>>> exported into iTunes. >>>> With the Monolingual I am not sure if it has really done the job ? >>>> I was under the impression that the ticked files would be removed. Only >>>> English and some euro languages I >>>> left unticked. After clicking the Remove button it took some time and then >>>> the following message was >>>> displayed: “Space saved: 1 byte” >>>> I closed Monolingual and opened it again and all the files were still >>>> listed with the ticks in place. >>>> When I open System Preferences >Language & Region I can see the languages >>>> after clicking on the + to add >>>> more to the “Preferred languages” Is this a valid way of checking for >>>> available languages ? >>>> >>>> Confused again >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Walter >>>> >>>>> On 27 Mar 2018, at 20:40 , FW <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Just cleared download folder and then trash, now 177GB available, will >>>>> attend to your other suggestions >>>>> on w/end. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks and happy easter. >>>>> >>>>> Walter >>>>> ****************************************** >>>>> >>>>>> On 27 Mar 2018, at 18:09 , Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Walter, >>>>>> >>>>>> I prefer to have my Photos & iPhoto libraries & iTunes library on my >>>>>> Macs and not running them from an External Drive. >>>>>> But some people do so successfully. >>>>>> >>>>>> The absolute VERY minimum free space some say is 15%... I would NEVER >>>>>> recommend any of my clients, friends or WAMUG people run their Macs at >>>>>> 15% available space. >>>>>> I prefer to have at the very least 25% available space on my Macs. >>>>>> Macs running latest Operating systems need a lot of free space to run >>>>>> well and fast. >>>>>> ‘Lean & Mean’ is the way to have a Mac operating at its maximum ;-) >>>>>> >>>>>> So Walter your Mac’s HD is very close to the 15% (150GB). >>>>>> The unneeded language localization files will give you probably 1-2GB >>>>>> extra. >>>>>> I would then run WhatSize app to give you details of where the used is >>>>>> being used. >>>>>> It’s a good starting point. >>>>>> >>>>>> Uninstall old applications you haven’t used & never will again, archive >>>>>> mail attachments & years old mail. Make sure the Trash is empty, the >>>>>> Download Folder is empty. >>>>>> Only the HD and ‘One’ folder on the Desktop. ‘That One Folder’ on the >>>>>> Desktop can have other folders inside it if required. >>>>>> There are lots of items that need regularly cleaned up & ‘culled’. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Ronni >>>>>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 27 Mar 2018, at 5:19 pm, FW <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Ronni, >>>>>>> I have a question on the same subject. >>>>>>> My HD on the 2009 iMac is 1TB and available now is 157GB. >>>>>>> Enough ? Or should I look at moving iTunes files or iPhoto files to an >>>>>>> ext/HD ? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am also now looking at the language file situation. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>> Walter >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Rosemary, >>>>>>>> 15.2GB is nowhere near enough available space. Are you running High >>>>>>>> Sierra? >>>>>>>> You need to free up space ASAP, or you will be having problems. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Do you have WhatSize.app version 6.6.3 (which is compatible with High >>>>>>>> Sierra)? >>>>>>>> If not you can download it from this link: https://whatsizemac.com/ >>>>>>>> WhatSize will show you what is taking up the space on your MBP Hard >>>>>>>> Drive. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Also did you remove unneeded language localization files on your MBP. >>>>>>>> I always remove the unneeded language localization files from my Macs. >>>>>>>> I only keep All the English - English (Australia), English (United >>>>>>>> Kingdom), English (United States). >>>>>>>> If you only ever use English, there is no need to have all the other >>>>>>>> language files taking up valuable GBs of space. >>>>>>>> I use Monolingual 1.8.0 to remove the thousand of unneeded language >>>>>>>> localization files. >>>>>>>> You can check it out at this link: >>>>>>>> https://ingmarstein.github.io/Monolingual/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Run WhatSize 6.6.3 to show you details of the space use. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> Ronni >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 27 Mar 2018, at 3:58 pm, Rosemary Spark <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Ronni, >>>>>>>>> 500 Flash storage 15.2 GB available >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>>>> Rosemary >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Rosemary Spark >>>>>>>>> PO Box 781 >>>>>>>>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia >>>>>>>>> Phone: + 61 8 6397 6822 >>>>>>>>> Mobile: 0414268043 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 27 March 2018 at 12:43, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> Hi Rosemary, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What storage do you have on your MacBook Pro 14,2 and how much >>>>>>>>> Available Space? >>>>>>>>> Storage 256, 512 GB, or 1 TB flash storage? >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> Ronni >>>>>>>>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 27 Mar 2018, at 9:29 am, Rosemary Spark <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi there, >>>>>>>>>> I have a Macbook pro which is running out of space. Now Photos is >>>>>>>>>> 232 GB. How do I safely move/copy to a hard drive (without losing >>>>>>>>>> stuff) and what do I do then re backup etc. It's far too big to add >>>>>>>>>> to icloud! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Also any other suggestions for slimming down (apart from obvious, >>>>>>>>>> ...nothing much on desktop, emptying caches, trash; getting rid of >>>>>>>>>> programmes I don't use) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Model Name: MacBook Pro >>>>>>>>>> Model Identifier: MacBookPro14,2 >>>>>>>>>> Processor Name: Intel Core i5 >>>>>>>>>> Processor Speed: 3.1 GHz >>>>>>>>>> Number of Processors: 1 >>>>>>>>>> Total Number of Cores: 2 >>>>>>>>>> L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB >>>>>>>>>> L3 Cache: 4 MB >>>>>>>>>> Memory: 8 GB >>>>>>>>>> Boot ROM Version: MBP142.0169.B00 >>>>>>>>>> SMC Version (system): 2.44f1 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Rosemary Spark >>>>>>>>>> PO Box 781 >>>>>>>>>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia >>>>>>>>>> Phone: + 61 8 6397 6822 >>>>>>>>>> Mobile: 0414268043 > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
