'Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory. To avoid problems with your computer, quit any applications you are not using, Closing windows and removing files from your startup disk will also help.' HD Space 361.27GB Free of 620 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Dou Memery 4 GB 1067MHz.
If you have some basic unix skills, deleting files should be easy otherwise you may be risking data loss by trying this method.
The Storage pane of About This Mac is the best way to determine the amount of storage space available on your Mac. Disk Utility and other apps might show storage categories such as Not Mounted, VM, Recovery, Other Volumes, Free, or Purgeable. It also purges local backups if disk space starts to get too low. However, sometimes the purging doesn't happen to leave enough disk storage for my very large video files and I'll get a 'not enough disk space' message. And instead of waiting for macOS to catch up with my disk space requirements, I can force the purging from the terminal. LD42 - No Disk Space. About this game. This is a game that simulates the use of computers. You find that your hard disk space is.
Boot to single user mode holding cmd-s after powering on the computer. KB HT1492 and type the following command making sure there is a space before -uw and the /
mount -uw /
Now you are free to delete whatever you want (including system files, be careful!) Your home folder is located at /Users/
I've found that when the computer gets in this bad of shape, the following commands free up a few GB nicely.
rm -rf '/Library/Application Support/iDVD'
rm -rf '/Library/Application Support/Garageband'
Most people rarely use this additional content and it can easily be reinstalled from the original install discs or iLife disc. It should give you about 3GB of space back, plenty enough to boot the computer and get back to a GUI for you to move your media off onto an external hard drive.
Apr 17, 2011 12:49 AM