Startup disc is full warning

I've been getting a warning dialog box on my Imac for a week or so. It's telling me that my startup disc is full. When I bring up "get info" on the HD it shows 499 GB capacity/404GB avail, 95 GB used. I've gone through files deleting but those numbers don't change & I continue to get the warning. Can anybody tell me what's going on? what will happen if I ignore the warning?

Rich

RF

For starters...have you actually emptied the trash can? Putting/deleting stuff into the trash can does not actually remove it. And BELIEVE ME...this is not a silly question...happens all the time when this sort of issue pops up.

This may not completely solve the problem...but at least we know that the trash is being emptied before moving ahead with other suggestions/questions.

- Nick

Also try a reboot.

Can you tell us the specific application that is giving you this warning?