So if you're not an iDVD or GarageBand user, you can get a nice chunk of drive space back by deleting, moving, or maybe compressing those two folders with the top level Application Support folder.
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Have you ever wondered about why iDVD got so small over time? The first time I used iDVD (in 10.2.x / iLife 2003, I think) the application used up around 1.5GB of hard disk space. Now I've just bought a new MacBook and noticed, with joy, that iDVD had shrunk to around 72mb. But my illusion vanished about one week ago, when I was using Disk Inventory X, that the two biggest folders on my hard drive were called iDVD and GarageBand -- 1.6GB for iDVD and 1.9GB for GarageBand. Both of these folders were located in /Library/Application Support. Maybe not a strange place to put it, but not the first place I would look for unnecessary stuff to delete, to free up disk space.
So if you're not an iDVD or GarageBand user, you can get a nice chunk of drive space back by deleting, moving, or maybe compressing those two folders with the top level Application Support folder.
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Disk Inventory X
http://www.derlien.com/ This will very quickly show you what's taking up your disk space. Takes a while to generate the graphic, but it's very useful.
Find disk space usage easily...
Yeah, that's the same link he gave in the article.
Reclaim disk space from iDVD and GarageBand
I'm not sure why that's the last place you'd look. It's one of the first places you should look.
Reclaim disk space from iDVD and GarageBand
WhatSize is also an app to see which files are taking space.
http://www.id-design.com/software/whatsize/ Disk Inventory X has a better visual look, but I find it a little easier to drill down into folders with WhatSize. Just personal preference.
Reclaim disk space from iDVD and GarageBand
Omni Group has a nice little app called Disk Sweeper to help you see where the space has gone. You have to buy it if you want to delete directly from the program but you can still see where the space is being used with it for free.
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/
Reclaim disk space from iDVD and GarageBand
Um, I'm not so sure you really want to delete those folders. They contain the support files needed for iDVD and GarageBand. Things like themes, templates, loops, and tutorials. The applications will work without them, however you might want to leave them there.
Reclaim disk space from iDVD and GarageBand
It's okay to remove them if you don't use the apps.
Reclaim disk space from iDVD and GarageBand
disk usage visualization
Utilities like Disk Inventory X and GrandPerspective are very useful. I highly recommend them to anyone concerned with where all their disk space went (I use Disk Inventory X myself). Particularly useful when asked to diagnose disk space problems on other people's computers: easily and intuitively find out what's consuming the most space without tedious size comparisons or unnecessary purges of innocent files.
Reclaim disk space from iDVD and GarageBand
It has to be pointed out that if you've installed iLife in the past, previous versions may have left ANOTHER folder that big.
Reclaim disk space from iDVD and GarageBand
This would be a good place to point out GarageBandAnywhere.
Reclaim disk space from iDVD and GarageBand
Although there's no quick way to do this, that I know of, if you DO use iDVD, and want to claim a few hundred MB, you can go in each .theme file (control-click, "show package contents") and search for the "PAL" versions and delete those (if you're in North America -- visaversa, if you're not).
Reclaim disk space from iDVD and GarageBand
On a similar topic, but not exactly the same example, in the "Application Support" folder, you might notice the "iWork '06" folder which has a 200MB "tour" file. Probably don't need that if you've already figured out the iWork apps -- certailnly don't need it if you're not using them.
Reclaim disk space from iDVD and GarageBand
Many thanks for this cue! I was short in space on my PowerBooks' HD: only 5/100Gb was remaining, but this little app was very useful for the "slimming cure" operation of the disc. OMG! I was about to buy another HD (a Seagate Momentus 160Gb) and make the big swap. Fortunately I read this post and Disk Inventory X helped me to retrieve practically 20Gb! It surely deserve a donation. |
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