Uninstalling OS9

TuckerdogAVL

TuckerdogAVL

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Will uninstalling OS9 free up any decent amount of space on the hard drive? I never use it, just sits there....I've deleted lots of font files, start ups, prefernce files, etc. In all honesty, I'll looking for anything that might be causing me to get the pinwheel spinning every 20 seconds, for about 10-15 seconds and thought there might be some issues here.

So, can I just delete delete delete, or move the whole thing into the trash, then delete?

(In fact, I just moved all those font files, startup files, prefence folders into the trash...along with some other "stuff" and the pinwheel has ceased....for the moment). Can I finish the deed?

Thanks.
BTW, if I do attempt to choose "SYSTEM FOLDER 9" and drag to the trash I get the message "The operation cannot be completed because item "System Folder" is required by the System."
 
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I use Classic. It takes up about 300 MB of my hard drive. This is miniscule for today's computers where 256 MB USB jump drives are too small to be given away. If you are running short of hard drive capacity, then deleting Classic won't free up enough capacity help you. You need a larger hard drive.
 
Assumption that I was freeing up space do to running out it is an interesting leap. No, just wanted to know whether it would free up space.

And whether it is as useless.

Or whether I can delete it.

I have been having pinwheel spinning spinning problems....about every 15 seconds then goes for about 10 seconds regardless of what I'm doing.

Since starting to move a bunch of 0S9 files into the trash, this problem has abated.

So, back to the original question. Can it be removed? And how?
I get a message that says "This operation cannot be completed blah blah blah" so I would like to remove OS9 if possible.

And no, I don't need a larger hard drive. I need a new computer. But, I also need money. So, as much as I'd just LOVE to replace it, I can't at the moment.
 
Your Mac OS 9 software is most certainly not useless if you need to run either Classic or MacOS 9 or both. You called it a leap to assume that you needed to increase your hard drive space. That was the reason given by most users when they asked about deleting MacOS 9.

MacOS 9 has nothing to do your pinwheeling "problem" if it is not running. What can cause pinwheeling is not having enough free hard drive space. Deleting files will free up space and stop the pinwheeling as was the case when you deleted files.

To delete the MacOS 9 System Folder:
  1. Launch the Terminal.
  2. Type sudo rm /System Folder
  3. Type your administrator password when asked.
Word to the wise: Don't be such a twit.
 
So how much free space should there be to have an optimal system? I have 30GB free on an 80GB harddrive where most of the applications are....I've practically moved anything that isn't a program off of that harddrive at this point (photos, music, etc) and the second hard drive is 150gb with 90gb free....I have never attempted just moving apps over since I know how sensitive OS is....

Would a good rule of thumb be, for example, when I get the 320gb MacBookPro, to only use about 100 gb of it? I'm hoping I don't run out of space like I have on this one.

As as aside, an opinion, not to be taken personally: Which I probably won't do - run out of space - as the 1000s of dollars of programs that I currently have on the system (10.4.9) aren't going to work when I 'upgrade' to the new 10.5 as I've found out...and since I haven't used OS9 since 2002, I'm sure I won't have much problem keeping about 80% of the 320GB hard drive free as OS9 doesn't even come on the new computers...since those old programs won't work either. But that's the price you pay these days for trying to keep something in working order rather than just throwing everything out and upgrading every year. Just an opinion.

So, staying on the topic (pinwheel spinning that apparently has nothing to do with space on the hard drive, that is, unless I need more than 40% free at any given time: does it help to partition a drive and just put all the applications in one partition, keeping the other part open? Being a twit I have never understood partitioning.
 
MisterMe said:
[*]Type sudo rm /System Folder
Click to expand...

Do not type this command -- it is incorrectly formatted, and will potentially affect the Mac OS X "System" folder.

The correct syntax for that command is as follows:
Code: 
sudo rm -rf /System\ Folder

There are a few problems with MisterMe's command:

1) The whitespace is incorrectly escaped (rather, not at all), and therefore tries to perform an operation not on "System Folder," but rather a file called "System" and a file called "Folder."
2) The command given will only work on a file, not a folder, and will not be recursive (read: delete a folder and everything underneath it) -- that's where the "-rf" portion of the command comes in.
 
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