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What is using up all my memory
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1792892" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>OK for starters let's clear up two misunderstandings that you seem to have. Don't feel bad you're not the first to make these mistakes:</p><p>1. Judging from the screenshot that you provided it's not memory being used, it's disk space.</p><p>2. That 40 GB folder that you have on the desktop is included in the total space that is being used. </p><p></p><p>If you want to free up some disk space you're going to have to move some files to another drive. The prime candidate for this would be media files (music, movies, etc). You're going to need to find out what files are taking up the most space. Give Grand Perspective or <a href="https://daisydiskapp.com" target="_blank">DaisyDisk</a> a try. Either program will show you the file sies and their locations. One caution: <strong>If you aren't sure what created a file don't delete it until you know what it is and what created it. </strong></p><p></p><p>By the way, what kinds of files are in that folder on the Desktop? Perhaps that would be a good place to start.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1792892, member: 131855"] OK for starters let's clear up two misunderstandings that you seem to have. Don't feel bad you're not the first to make these mistakes: 1. Judging from the screenshot that you provided it's not memory being used, it's disk space. 2. That 40 GB folder that you have on the desktop is included in the total space that is being used. If you want to free up some disk space you're going to have to move some files to another drive. The prime candidate for this would be media files (music, movies, etc). You're going to need to find out what files are taking up the most space. Give Grand Perspective or [URL="https://daisydiskapp.com"]DaisyDisk[/URL] a try. Either program will show you the file sies and their locations. One caution: [B]If you aren't sure what created a file don't delete it until you know what it is and what created it. [/B] By the way, what kinds of files are in that folder on the Desktop? Perhaps that would be a good place to start. [/QUOTE]
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