Saving space on Macbook Air

Joined
Dec 11, 2009
Messages
4
Reaction score
0
Points
1
Location
Florida
Your Mac's Specs
15" MacBook Pro Pre Unibody
Hey Guys,
I'm getting a MacBook Air 128GB SSD as a travel laptop and am increasingly worried about the space limitations I'll have to contend with.

I know that there is a way to do an install of Snow Leopard and shave some useless data out of it, i.e. (Laguages I'll never use).

I did a little googling and searched the boards some, and I know I've seen an article before.

Can anyone help me with this or have any other good ideas for saving space on my new mac. Thanks
 

pigoo3

Well-known member
Staff member
Admin
Joined
May 20, 2008
Messages
44,210
Reaction score
1,418
Points
113
Location
U.S.
Your Mac's Specs
2017 15" MBP, 16gig ram, 1TB SSD, OS 10.15
My suggestion would be not to "clog" the SSD with videos, movies, ton's of mp3's, and ton's of photos. Not to say you shouldn't store any of these files on your MacBook Air...just be selective.

Some folks feel they need to store their whole library (mp3's, videos, photo's) on their computers internal drive...and that just leads to a full drive.

FWIW...I've had my MacBook Pro for about 2.5 years now...it has a 160gig HD...and I've been "cruising along" only using 30-40gig the whole time.:)

HTH,

- Nick
 
Joined
Nov 29, 2010
Messages
2,511
Reaction score
134
Points
63
Location
Warrington, UK
Your Mac's Specs
PPC Mini, 10.4.11. Intel Mini, 10.6.8. MacBook Pro, 10.14.6. M1 MBA 11.6.3 iPhone 5 iOS 12.5,
Monolingual will get rid of unwanted languages:
Monolingual

Plus you could always delete the 100s of printer drivers that you will never use.
 

chscag

Well-known member
Staff member
Admin
Joined
Jan 23, 2008
Messages
65,248
Reaction score
1,833
Points
113
Location
Keller, Texas
Your Mac's Specs
2017 27" iMac, 10.5" iPad Pro, iPhone 8, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 Mini, Numerous iPods, Monterey
The problem with Monolingual and any application that removes languages, is it may cause problems with other programs. Monolingual for example will cause MS Office to refuse to update - and there are other programs that it interferes with also.

Follow Nick's advice.
 

CrimsonRequiem


Retired Staff
Joined
Jul 24, 2008
Messages
6,003
Reaction score
125
Points
63
Your Mac's Specs
MBP 2.3 Ghz 4GB RAM 860 GB SSD, iMac 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 32GB RAM, Fusion Drive 1TB
Only keep applications that you use regularly on your machine. Everything else should go onto a portable external drive.
 

Shop Amazon


Shop for your Apple, Mac, iPhone and other computer products on Amazon.
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon and affiliated sites.
Top