Alan I recommend you go get a Firewire drive and perform a complete backup before you delete the folders. You never know, you may just need that stuff in the future. You may also delete the wrong thing. I had a user delete their fonts folder, that led to a very bad, unsable OS X install. To unlock locked files you can try Command-I to open the info page for the file and unchecking the locked option. The file may be locked because it is in use by a running application. In that case you'll need to find the application and shut it down before you can delete it. Command-I will also show you the last access time of the file you can see if it has been accessed recently Look in the 'More Info' tab under 'Last opened' -Matt On Apr 3, 2007, at 9:19 AM, Alan Hurwitz wrote: > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Esteemed Colleagues, > I could really use a bit of advice. My HD seems to be filling up. > I'm getting messages saying my "Start-Up Disk is full." I'm sure I > have a lot of junk on my HD, that I could get rid of with relative > impunity, but I'm afraid of trashing something my Mac really needs > to keep liking me. Is there anyway to know what can safely be > trashed? I do a lot of photo work, and those images are taking a > lot of space. > > Also, a few of the folders I tried to trash won't go peacefully. I > keep getting a message saying "The file is locked." Is there a way > to unlock locked folders to trash them to make more space? Should I? > > Any advice on any part of this will be greatly appreciated. I know > I eventually need to use a second disk drive, but I'm trying to > delay that for a while for various reasons. If anyone would rather > give me a call than e-mail, my number is 413-256-0931. Thanks in > advance. (I'm happy to provide some free organizational problem- > solving to anyone who can help me out with this.) > > Alan Hurwitz > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech > Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the > Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -- Matthew S. Crocker President Crocker Communications, Inc. Internet Division PO BOX 710 Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 http://www.crocker.com