Hi Jewells, no worries. Ronni does not recommend using software such as Clean up my Mac2 as it can cause odd problems. I don’t know if it would cause this problem in particular.
Wondering if the cheapest and simplest way is to take it to someone (Daniel?)to sort out. I would hate to have to keep working on my Mac if it was doing this. Cheers, Susan Sent from my iPhone > On 28 Feb 2019, at 4:55 pm, Julie Bedford <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > I need to digest your email below - it sounds a good idea on having two > drives raided together, but in the meantime I took note of the message and it > says my "Startup disk is full. To make more space available on your startup > disk, delete some files.” > Why does this message not appear when I first start up ? It usually happens > after about an hour or two of working. The files I normally generate are > word or excel, so would not have thought not huge amounts of space are being > eaten up. > Perhaps I need to do a clean install, which I was trying to hold off to later > in the year. Or maybe transfer some files onto another HD. I actually > thought it was the cache or something else which was eating up the space. > > I must apologise Susan, I initially said it was memory and not start up disk > space. > > Cheers > Jewels > >> On 28 Feb 2019, at 3:51 PM, Daniel Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Jewels >> >> As Susan has mentioned, is the error message your’e getting saying “you’re >> out of memory” or “your startup disk is getting low on space”. >> As both are different things. >> >> >> The MacPro has 4 hard drive bays, so you do have the option to “increase” >> storage if it needs it. It’s also possible to a) use the SSD for the boot >> up/system, but then use a standard Hard Drive for storage or b) create a >> “Fusion Drive” (Core Storage drive) to combine both an SSD and a normal Hard >> Drive together, to give speed plus storage. (e.g. using an SSD plus say a >> 2-3TB drive and make it into one drive which shows as 2.25TB. Or even c) >> have two drives raided together in various ways. >> So plenty of options there. >> >> If however, it’s relating to low memory, then just adding more RAM/memory to >> the machine, can also help with more Apps running as well. These days you >> want to have at least 8GB RAM minimum I find, as the OS (Operating System) >> wants to use more also. So having at least 8GB or 16GB is preferable. >> >> You should be able to look under About this Mac in the Apple menu to see how >> much RAM is there. >> You can also see what is being used (and when and where) by going into >> Applications - Utilities and opening Activity Monitor. Click on Memory and >> have it to the side as you’re doing things. You’ll then see Apps are using a >> lot and if it’s going over what it has built in. >> >> Without going into a lot of details, the new system will “never” (in >> theory) run out of memory, as it borrows it from the HDD (or SSD), to keep >> the computer going,…but this does tend to slow things down. So rather then >> doing things that way, it’s always better to have more built in memory then >> using it that way and running out of memory. >> >> Hope that all helps. >> Kind regards >> Daniel >> >> Sent from my iPhone XS >> >> --- >> Daniel Kerr >> MacWizardry >> >> Phone: 0414 795 960 >> Email: <[email protected]> >> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >> >> >> **For everything Apple** >> >> NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and >> as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of >> MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of >> warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any >> information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that >> permission by the author be requested. >> >>> On 28 Feb 2019, at 3:30 pm, Susan Hastings <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Jewels, 256gb should be fine to run your applications if you don’t store >>> a lot of music and photos on the HD. It’s puzzling that you would be having >>> problems with the HD filling up. >>> >>> I have a MacBook with 128gb that doesn’t have any problems with running out >>> of memory even using Office 365, photoshop and Lightroom. All of my photos >>> and documents are kept on an external drive, except maybe for a few files I >>> may be working on. That means my iPhoto library and iTunes library are not >>> on the internal HD. >>> >>> The mysterious way your HD fills up is NOT normal, providing that like me >>> you don’t keep large iPhoto and iTunes libraries on the main HD. Even so, a >>> 246GB HD is quite a lot of space. >>> >>> Closing down applications does not increase HD space. You are speaking >>> about memory - are you talking about your RAM or HD? >>> >>> Cheers, Susan. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On 28 Feb 2019, at 3:10 pm, Julie Bedford <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Susan >>>> >>>> Apologies, I should have said - it’s only a 256 gb - I have got a 1TB SSD >>>> which I’ve not put in as yet, as still trying to decide on whether to >>>> rebuild the MacPro - waiting for Apple to give specs on their new MacPro >>>> later on in the year. However, I suspect one will be >>>> limited in upgrading the new model as like the previous recent models. I >>>> use various applications, but when I get low, I close the apps I’m not >>>> using, but still doesn’t make a difference. >>>> >>>> This didn’t happen previously, it is only really in the last year or so. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Jewels >>>> >>>>> On 28 Feb 2019, at 2:06 PM, Susan Hastings <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Julie, it would help to know the size of your HD and how much of it >>>>> you are using for your applications and documents. Click on your HD icon >>>>> and go to ‘get info’ which will give you that information. Then post it >>>>> here so that people can offer practical solutions. >>>>> >>>>> At least a tenth of your HD space needs to be free to be able to run your >>>>> applications. You can keep stuff such as your photos and documents on an >>>>> external HD to free up space on your main HD. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, Susan. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> >>>>>> On 28 Feb 2019, at 1:49 pm, Julie Bedford <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> Wondering if anyone has any ideas. I have a Mac Pro 2012 which has a >>>>>> SSD. (El Capitan) >>>>>> >>>>>> Over the last year, I keep getting a box appear saying I’m almost out of >>>>>> memory. I can release some by using Clean My Mac2 but it is not >>>>>> until I do a restart will I get back all the memory available (can be >>>>>> around 4 gb) I have watched the Mac while doing nothing and see the >>>>>> available HD space diminish. >>>>>> >>>>>> It can be a bit of a pain having to do a restart in the middle of doing >>>>>> something just to regain the HD space. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> Jewels >>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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> >>>> >>>> -- 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> >> >> -- 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> -- 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>
