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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1902631" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>To see what is taking up space you can use DaisyDisk. It displays what is taking up space and you can drill down through the categories to get to the culprits. I'd start there.</p><p></p><p>You asked about the external SSD. Yes, you <em><strong>can</strong></em> put the OS and boot from there, and you <strong><em>can</em></strong> put your entire set of applications there, but...</p><p></p><p>Depending on the interface to the MBA, it may be incredibly slow. Which MBA is it? What ports does it have? Did your company (assuming you work for someone, given you called it a "work" MBA) put any security on the MBA that would prevent you doing what you are suggesting? Is the internal drive encrypted with FileVault? </p><p></p><p>If you sense that I'm not recommending you try that, you would be correct. It would be better to leave the boot system on the internal and get as much off of YOUR stuff as you can. Then it would boot more quickly, be more responsive and maybe free up some space once DaisyDisk is done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1902631, member: 396914"] To see what is taking up space you can use DaisyDisk. It displays what is taking up space and you can drill down through the categories to get to the culprits. I'd start there. You asked about the external SSD. Yes, you [I][B]can[/B][/I] put the OS and boot from there, and you [B][I]can[/I][/B] put your entire set of applications there, but... Depending on the interface to the MBA, it may be incredibly slow. Which MBA is it? What ports does it have? Did your company (assuming you work for someone, given you called it a "work" MBA) put any security on the MBA that would prevent you doing what you are suggesting? Is the internal drive encrypted with FileVault? If you sense that I'm not recommending you try that, you would be correct. It would be better to leave the boot system on the internal and get as much off of YOUR stuff as you can. Then it would boot more quickly, be more responsive and maybe free up some space once DaisyDisk is done. [/QUOTE]
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