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Hello all,
First back round - then issue - questions
Mac book pro was functioning very slow and from time to time it would freeze up.
Quite often I would receive the "start disk is almost full". Advice retrieved from the Internet suggested that this meant there was too little space on the hard drive.
I've connected a WD device. ***see below.
I then opened the folder "all images" under the 'search for' heading in Finder.
I high-lighted all of the data in the folder (21,722 items) and dragged it on to the device.
A small box opened titled 'Copy'.
Within the box was the Text "preparing to Copy to 'photos ... Sept 2013' which is the file folder I named on the external hard drive and the location of where I dropped the dragged data.
This text was followed by a blue and white striped horizontal bar moving from left to right. All looked very good, except for the fact that its been running now for 3 hours. There are no other applications open on my MBPro.
***note device was configured for PC's and for my Mac in March 2013 after purchase and the last time I used the WD external hard drive was to retrieve some data, mainly music, from my old PC a few months back ***
Is it true that the "start disk is almost full" means there was too little space on the hard drive?
I don't see any use for the pre-inIstalled image files on my MBPro. Is there any serious danger towards the functionality of my MBPro should I just start deleting them?
How long should it take copy over 21k plus image files to an external device?
After the WD external hard drive has been successfully configured, Is the configuration process ever required again?
Many Thanks in advance for any advise.
A very sad Fan_of_mac...
First back round - then issue - questions
Mac book pro was functioning very slow and from time to time it would freeze up.
Quite often I would receive the "start disk is almost full". Advice retrieved from the Internet suggested that this meant there was too little space on the hard drive.
I've connected a WD device. ***see below.
I then opened the folder "all images" under the 'search for' heading in Finder.
I high-lighted all of the data in the folder (21,722 items) and dragged it on to the device.
A small box opened titled 'Copy'.
Within the box was the Text "preparing to Copy to 'photos ... Sept 2013' which is the file folder I named on the external hard drive and the location of where I dropped the dragged data.
This text was followed by a blue and white striped horizontal bar moving from left to right. All looked very good, except for the fact that its been running now for 3 hours. There are no other applications open on my MBPro.
***note device was configured for PC's and for my Mac in March 2013 after purchase and the last time I used the WD external hard drive was to retrieve some data, mainly music, from my old PC a few months back ***
Is it true that the "start disk is almost full" means there was too little space on the hard drive?
I don't see any use for the pre-inIstalled image files on my MBPro. Is there any serious danger towards the functionality of my MBPro should I just start deleting them?
How long should it take copy over 21k plus image files to an external device?
After the WD external hard drive has been successfully configured, Is the configuration process ever required again?
Many Thanks in advance for any advise.
A very sad Fan_of_mac...