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Free up drive space without losing content
Authored by: aGr[j5(6WU on Jun 05, '06 09:20:43PM

I think I'm the only person to post other than the OP (and robg) who has actually implemented this solution so far.
I created a disk image from a folder containing my least used apps: Audio Hijack; BootCD; CarbonCopyCloner; CD Spin Doctor 2; Colloquy; Cyberduck; Cypher; Epson Scan; File Juicer; Flickr Uploader; Fugu; Handbrake; MapMemo; Motion Pictures; Proteus; SiteSucker; and Typist.
Uncompressed these amounted to 66.7MB of disk space; using this hint they are reduced to a total of 24.7MB. I'd call this a satisfactory saving!
I also implemented this hint using the Britannica 2006 Concise Encyclopaedia, which weighs in at a hefty 435.6MB. This compressed down to only 399MB, and, unfortunately, didn't mount correctly when double-clicked. The decompression was also understandably slow, in contrast to the snappy mount of the former.
I'm certainly going to start using this technique on a regular basis as a means of saving disk space, though probably only with smaller apps, not the bohemoths!



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