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hard drive is full, why?

Sent to Computer Experts September 01 10:21 PM

my mac powerbook g4 is telling me I have used 93 G of space on my hard drive. I have a program I want to install and I don't have enough room. I am a mac novice and I have no idea what has eaten up so much of my hard drive. Any suggestions?

 

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just trying to get rid of stuff on my desktop

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September 1 11:01 PM (39 minutes and 22 seconds later)
         
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For a start, you can click on the hard drive icon and see a list of the files that are taking up all of this space.

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September 1 11:05 PM (4 minutes and 26 seconds later)
         
Reply to Nasacort's Post: It shows a total of 13 icons and only 6 GB left available.
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Do any of the icons represent files that you no longer need?

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September 1 11:15 PM (5 minutes and 32 seconds later)
         
Reply to Nasacort's Post: I really have no idea whether I need all of them or not. one says MAU 1.1.2 update log, one says Mac OSX update 10.4.4.dmg,
one says backups, one says WRT54GV4, one says WRT54GV4.04.20.7_US_code%2C3.exe, the rest are applications
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September 1 11:25 PM (10 minutes and 24 seconds later)
         
can you remotely look at my computer to see what's wrong?
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You can for sure delete the .exe file since that file is for windows and will not run on your mac.

Double click on the Macintosh HD icon and when the window is open click on View > Show View Options

When that window appears click on the Calculate all sizes.

Then take a look and follw the trail of folders based on which ones are the largest.

Let me know.
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