OS 10.5 - Does mounting a disk image from a external drive take up disk space on the local one?

damainman · damainman #1 (**permalink**)

08-29-2009, 02:21 PM

I have an disk image that is very large, but i only have like 3GB free space on my macbook pro.

The disk image is located on an external hard drive.

My question is, if i mount the disk image... does it still use the external drive... or does it use up local disk space on my macbook to mount it?

Thank you in advance

DarkestRitual · DarkestRitual #2 (**permalink**)

08-29-2009, 02:34 PM

For the love of god, clean off your hard drive. You should have at least 15GB free even if it's only an 80GB drive.

damainman · damainman #3 (**permalink**)

08-29-2009, 02:42 PM

lol i know. I'm saving money for another external

. The majority of my disk space is being taken by windows in vmware. Although i have the disk space set to it's minimal.

I work alot with flash and web design as well, so yea lol.

wmprice1240 · wmprice1240 #4 (**permalink**)

08-29-2009, 03:55 PM

No, mounting an external image does not consume space on your local drive...but yeah...you might want to do some housekeeping :-)

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Another MacBook Hard Drive Replacement Experience	caribiner23	Apple Notebooks	29	11-24-2011 12:16 AM
Ex-G5 hard drive not mounting in external case	bjwal6	Other Hardware and Peripherals	0	06-22-2009 12:14 AM
External Drive Issue	Weird Fish	Other Hardware and Peripherals	0	03-12-2008 11:58 PM
Replacing Hard Drive on Macbook experience	alucard	Apple Notebooks	24	10-14-2007 04:21 PM
External drive backup software?	5160519	OS X - Apps and Games	7	07-14-2006 09:36 PM

OS 10.5 - Does mounting a disk image from a external drive take up disk space on the local one?

Internet Services

Web Development

Digital Marketing

Consumer Tech

damainman #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 14, 2007 Posts: 135	08-29-2009, 02:21 PM I have an disk image that is very large, but i only have like 3GB free space on my macbook pro. The disk image is located on an external hard drive. My question is, if i mount the disk image... does it still use the external drive... or does it use up local disk space on my macbook to mount it? Thank you in advance
	QUOTE Thanks

DarkestRitual #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 09, 2009 Location: Ithaca NY Posts: 2,073 Mac Specs: 13 inch alMacBook 2GHz C2D 4G DDR3, 1.25GHz G4 eMac	08-29-2009, 02:34 PM For the love of god, clean off your hard drive. You should have at least 15GB free even if it's only an 80GB drive.
	QUOTE Thanks

wmprice1240 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: May 02, 2009 Posts: 480 Mac Specs: MBP 2.33 4GB: MacPro 8 Core 2.8, 16GB: MacMini 2.26 4GB: MacMin 2.53 4GB: iPhone3GS 32GB	08-29-2009, 03:55 PM No, mounting an external image does not consume space on your local drive...but yeah...you might want to do some housekeeping :-)
	QUOTE Thanks

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)