Optimize storage space Your Mac can optimize storage by using iCloud to automatically make more storage space available when needed. One of the best ways to resolve MacBook startup disk full issues is to get rid of all the unwanted browsing data from it.

Earlier versions of macOS: Choose Apple menu > About This Mac, then click Storage. Point III: I *DID* recently get rid of a Windows partition via Boot Camp, but I'm not showing that partition in existence anymore. macOS Ventura or later: Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click General in the sidebar, then click Storage on the right.

I'm completely open to upgrading components if this is simply a hardware issue, but what gets me is that Leopard was working great: smoothly, nice startup time, etc.-then lately I get this feeling of resistance (and the frequent appearance of the little swirly 'I'm busy' anti-hourglass) very often. I just freed 10 more GB this week and I am stuck at 0 bytes free. Point II: Thanks in advance for any suggestions. If you dont have another drive, you could purchase one, with SSD being the best option for Photoshop scratch disk purposes. Point: I'm showing 52.98GB free in a 92.84GB hard drive.

The Patient: MacBook Pro, 2.16GHz with 2GB 533 DDR2 SDRAM, recently upgraded to Leopard (currently working with 10.5.5) when it released-and it all ran very well with no noticeable slowdowns upon upgrading.Īttempts to Fix: Repaired permissions, deleted junk files (pics, music, meh) then erased free space, at which point I'm warned that 'YOUR HARD DRIVE IS NEARLY FULL.blah blah blah' The Symptoms: Recent marked slowdown in startup and general performance in the last two to three weeks-with no abnormal use or abuse or upgrades on my end.

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