[Hidden-tech] Help!

[Lynn Nichols]

Alan - if you can't empty the trash because of locked items, hold down 
the option key while emptying the trash and that should do it. As for 
your hard drive problem, I'd wholeheartedly recommend you get an 
external hard drive and backup your images and other large files to 
that. One good choice is the Maxtor One Touch drive, and a 200 GB 
version is available for under $200. I use it both to back up my files 
and to store stuff I don't want clogging up my internal drive.

Best of luck,

Lynn

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Alan Hurwitz wrote:


> 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
> 
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