At 9:19 AM -0400 4/3/07, 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 I believe in most versions of Mac OS you can unlock a folder by selecting the folder and then selecting Get Info (command-i). You could archive photos on CD or DVD prettye qasily and get them off your hard drive. Also go through your attachments folder, probably plenty of crap there. -- _________________________________________________ Shel Horowitz - 413-586-2388/800-683-WORD shel at frugalfun.com -->Join the Business Ethics Pledge - Ten Years to Change the World, One Signature at a Time (please tell your friends) <http://www.business-ethics-pledge.org> Marketing consulting * copywriting * publishing assistance * speaking How to market ethically/effectively: http://www.frugalmarketing.com Ethics Blog: http://www.principledprofit.com/good-business-blog/ Books: http://www.frugalmarketing.com/shop.html _________________________________________________