I need some basic instructions to 1. free Up space on hard drive - probably using terminal— and 2. Move files from this Mac onto an external drive.
i have a 1. broken iMac 2013 running Sierra 2. A working MacBook Pro 2020 with an M1 chip 3. A western digital external hard drive. 4, a Bluetooth keyboard that can’t talk to the Mac unless paired with the 2013 iMac post initial turn on (meaning I can’t use it to access safe or single user mode. I can access Utilities (it seems to be automatically going into something like recovery mode).
The Disk utility first aid can’t repair the internal disk and the disk won’t mount, the operating system and external hard drive are able to mount. I’ve run first aid five times now - not sure where it’s tripping up. Let me know if useful to have the read out and I’ll run it again.
I’ve found threads which explain how to free up disk space but from a more advanced point (both in terms of the user and the step in the process!).
i would be so grateful if someone could help me out with instructions to use terminal to access the internal drive to clear out some of the files, and to back up onto the external drive.
I’m not at all tech savvy so this is all a bit of a challenge for me!
thank you so much.
i have a 1. broken iMac 2013 running Sierra 2. A working MacBook Pro 2020 with an M1 chip 3. A western digital external hard drive. 4, a Bluetooth keyboard that can’t talk to the Mac unless paired with the 2013 iMac post initial turn on (meaning I can’t use it to access safe or single user mode. I can access Utilities (it seems to be automatically going into something like recovery mode).
The Disk utility first aid can’t repair the internal disk and the disk won’t mount, the operating system and external hard drive are able to mount. I’ve run first aid five times now - not sure where it’s tripping up. Let me know if useful to have the read out and I’ll run it again.
I’ve found threads which explain how to free up disk space but from a more advanced point (both in terms of the user and the step in the process!).
i would be so grateful if someone could help me out with instructions to use terminal to access the internal drive to clear out some of the files, and to back up onto the external drive.
I’m not at all tech savvy so this is all a bit of a challenge for me!
thank you so much.