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<blockquote data-quote="snoslicer8" data-source="post: 460522" data-attributes="member: 19029"><p>Ack...you mean you deleted your 'Home' folder? The one named after your login name? If this is the case, you'll need to completely restore your computer from the restore DVDs in the white envelope inside the MacBook's box.</p><p></p><p>When you received your computer and it already had around 35 GB eaten up, here is why:</p><p>120 GB Advertised capacity = ~111 actual binary/formatted capacity. The operating system with iLife (Garage Band, iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto) installed takes up between 15-20 GB of space. SO, you are right on target with where you should be upon un-boxing your new toy.</p><p></p><p>Follow the directions here about stripping your programs of the PowerPC binaries. Also, run a program called MonoLingual to strip your entire OS X installation of all WRITTEN languages except the one you use (English, Spanish, what-have-you). Just make sure to not remove the language you actually want to use, or you'll have to completely reinstall OS X again.</p><p></p><p>With all of this done, you can forseeably regain around 10 GB of HDD space.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoslicer8, post: 460522, member: 19029"] Ack...you mean you deleted your 'Home' folder? The one named after your login name? If this is the case, you'll need to completely restore your computer from the restore DVDs in the white envelope inside the MacBook's box. When you received your computer and it already had around 35 GB eaten up, here is why: 120 GB Advertised capacity = ~111 actual binary/formatted capacity. The operating system with iLife (Garage Band, iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto) installed takes up between 15-20 GB of space. SO, you are right on target with where you should be upon un-boxing your new toy. Follow the directions here about stripping your programs of the PowerPC binaries. Also, run a program called MonoLingual to strip your entire OS X installation of all WRITTEN languages except the one you use (English, Spanish, what-have-you). Just make sure to not remove the language you actually want to use, or you'll have to completely reinstall OS X again. With all of this done, you can forseeably regain around 10 GB of HDD space. [/QUOTE]
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