Due to a forthcoming "upgrade" of Stylus to Stylus RMX, I am trying to free up a few Gigabytes from my main Powerbook Harddrive before doing a full installation of this extensive software.
Most of the audio work I do is on the external drives, but I notice that over the last couple of years I have accumulated quite a bit of "junk" which I have spent a few days deleting carefully. However, from a 40GB drive, I still only have around 9GB free.
Looking deeper through the folders, I notice that there are a number of Packages for installation of updates etc. which take up quite a bit of space.
- Can these be 'deinstalled' without affecting the current version. For example, I have packages going all the way back to iTunes 3.0 when I am actually using iTunes 4.7 these days. Does this mean that there are redundant installations of the same program?
ALSO: I hardly use OS 9.2, but I still want to retain some of the functionality of that OS for emergency purposes and because I also have a previous functioning version of Pro Tools LE installed on that drive (version 5.2.3) - though I mostly use 6.4LE in OSX most of the time.
- Are there any tips on really giving the OS9 partition a thorough cleaning (since I am sure there a plenty of redundant programs on there that are taking up quite a bit of space)?
- With respect to this, what is the correct way to deinstall in OS9? Just drag to trash, or is there another method or other residual files I should look for?
Thanks for any guidance you can give me in freeing up more space overall.
Note: I have already deleted unwanted language localizations and tried to clean out the preferences manually, but I am sure there are bigger space-saving tips out there!
Most of the audio work I do is on the external drives, but I notice that over the last couple of years I have accumulated quite a bit of "junk" which I have spent a few days deleting carefully. However, from a 40GB drive, I still only have around 9GB free.
Looking deeper through the folders, I notice that there are a number of Packages for installation of updates etc. which take up quite a bit of space.
- Can these be 'deinstalled' without affecting the current version. For example, I have packages going all the way back to iTunes 3.0 when I am actually using iTunes 4.7 these days. Does this mean that there are redundant installations of the same program?
ALSO: I hardly use OS 9.2, but I still want to retain some of the functionality of that OS for emergency purposes and because I also have a previous functioning version of Pro Tools LE installed on that drive (version 5.2.3) - though I mostly use 6.4LE in OSX most of the time.
- Are there any tips on really giving the OS9 partition a thorough cleaning (since I am sure there a plenty of redundant programs on there that are taking up quite a bit of space)?
- With respect to this, what is the correct way to deinstall in OS9? Just drag to trash, or is there another method or other residual files I should look for?
Thanks for any guidance you can give me in freeing up more space overall.
Note: I have already deleted unwanted language localizations and tried to clean out the preferences manually, but I am sure there are bigger space-saving tips out there!