Macbook finally here!

Hey my macbook finally arrived!
D/Ling updates now, so exicited!

But why does my harddisk only have 55+gb out of 80?

I'm a mac newbie so will probably be asking lots in future, pls bare with me.
Thnx

I had the same issue wiht mine. I just reinstalled Mac OS X and took out some of the languages that I would never dream of using, then took out all the demo software. Now I have 43.87Gb free on my 80Gb drive
Another thing to remember is there's only about 74.2Gb usable on a 80Gb drive.

there is a program named monolingual that will remove yoyur languages without the need for a reinstall.

and yes there is only so much usable and then your operating system is going to take up a bunch of space
-chris

I didnt use monolingual, I used delocalizer or something of that nature of name.

Monolingual and Delocalizer do more or less the same thing.
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Why not give him a link, people?

Monolingual: http://monolingual.sourceforge.net/
Delocalizer: http://www.bombich.com/software/local.html

Dude! I am so running that right now. Thanks for the links.

thx for the advice, working on it right now.
my adobe cs2 is taking soooo long to update =/
i jus love my new macbook =)

Btw, is there a proper way to remove applications for mac like window's add/remove program?

Or do you just drag it into the trash?

I just ran monolingual and removed everything but English, US English, and Canadian English, now I'm getting messages that turn up in Japanese (I think).. Take a look..

One thing you have to make sure not to do in Monolingual is deletee your older architectures (aka what you need for Rosetta).

Sadly, I was a noob, I speak from experience.

I didn't delete anything but the languages, did not touch the architecture or input at all

Oh, I wasn't implying that, I was just throwing it out there.

yup same, only deleted the languages

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Btw, is there a proper way to remove applications for mac like window's add/remove program?

Or do you just drag it into the trash?

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the official way is to just drag them into the trash, but that leaves other files from that program all over your hd. there's a program call appzapper that will delete everything associated with whatever program you're deleting.

http://www.appzapper.com/

ugh, im still waiting for my macbook to ship. i am only 19 and have zero patience!

At least yours is on its way.. I have eto sell my PC first before I can afford to pay for mine.

thx alot, d/ling now

My Macbook will be here on Monday! I'm so excited for it to arrive. I've already recieved my Miglia TV USB card, Incase Neoprene case, and my mighty mouse, but I have nothing to use them with yet! bah!! Soon. Enjoy your new Macbook, I trust it is amazing.

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My Macbook will be here on Monday! I'm so excited for it to arrive. I've already recieved my Miglia TV USB card, Incase Neoprene case, and my mighty mouse, but I have nothing to use them with yet! bah!! Soon. Enjoy your new Macbook, I trust it is amazing.

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You mentioned this before in a post of mine-

boy this wait is HORRIBLE isnt it?