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Do you use firevault?
My HD is nearly full; 60gb, and a lot of that space is taken up by Firevault. I'm going to move all my music to a portable drive and then turn the thing off to free up some space.
Is this a bad idea?
ETA or can I copy my music, applications folder and docs onto the external drive, do a fresh install then copy back afterwards?
My HD is nearly full; 60gb, and a lot of that space is taken up by Firevault. I'm going to move all my music to a portable drive and then turn the thing off to free up some space.
Is this a bad idea?
ETA or can I copy my music, applications folder and docs onto the external drive, do a fresh install then copy back afterwards?
Edited by Technonotice on Wednesday 28th October 09:27
Every time you log out FileVault should recover the space from deleted files. If you copy your music off, reboot and copy it back on it will still take up just as much space as it did before surely? Filevault itself doesn't use more space than the unencrypted data, it just keeps it al in one encrypted file. The applications are not in the file usually, just your user folder (preferences and documents).
Edited by tog on Wednesday 28th October 09:32
Not so long ago I had 15gb free space after firevault recovered space, now this has gone down to about 5gb. About a month 2 months ago I upgraded to leopard and added 2 apps and 3 movies. That's taken up a further 10gb.
I thought a fresh install might clear out all the crap from previous versions of OSX plus the unused system files.
Or turning off firevault, which-ever is easiest.
I thought a fresh install might clear out all the crap from previous versions of OSX plus the unused system files.
Or turning off firevault, which-ever is easiest.
You need a lot of free space to turn off FileVault, as it copies everything out of the encrypted file and then deletes that. If your disc is over half full then it can be impossible without deleting stuff first.
A fresh install can clean up a computer, though I'd be wary of upgrading a FileVault-enabled system unless you know your backups are sound - too much scope for disaster if anything went wrong. FileVault itself though does not take up any real space - if your disc is full it's time to get a bigger one, or move stuff you don't need off it.
A fresh install can clean up a computer, though I'd be wary of upgrading a FileVault-enabled system unless you know your backups are sound - too much scope for disaster if anything went wrong. FileVault itself though does not take up any real space - if your disc is full it's time to get a bigger one, or move stuff you don't need off it.
I can't afford a new drive, the official apple repair centre want £200+vat to replace my HD. And taking apart an Ibook is a complete mare from past experience.
I have an external drive that I have borrowed off someone but its formatted the wrong way. I can't reformat it as it contains important documents, so can only copy data across.
So the only thing I can do is copy off my apps, music, movies and documents, do a fresh install or turn off firevault.
I have an external drive that I have borrowed off someone but its formatted the wrong way. I can't reformat it as it contains important documents, so can only copy data across.
So the only thing I can do is copy off my apps, music, movies and documents, do a fresh install or turn off firevault.
Edited by Technonotice on Wednesday 28th October 10:36
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