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.) This application won't help show what can be "safely" trashed but it does give a convenient way to see which files are folders are taking up the most space. http://www.id-design.com/software/whatsize/ Bill Carr Bottlenose - Wine & Spirits eBusiness Specialists (877) 857-6700 http://www.bottlenose-wine.com Download vCard