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  1. N

    iOS Memory Bug?

    I have had a weird bug this morning... my iPhone X memory was suddenly full and kept freezing when I was trying to turn the alarm off.... I decided to restart the phone and it basically bricked it and was stuck on the apple logo. Ive put it in recovery mode and im in the process of doing a full...
  2. C

    problem with Iphone 5s usable storage

    Hi, today i've uptaded some apps on my iphone 5s (with 16gb of capacity), like instagram, whatsapp ecc...when i've tried to open whatsapp, i ran into the "optimizing" interface, that warned me that i havent enough avaible space to use whatsapp (so basically i couldnt respond or receive...
  3. soooty

    thunderbolt external drive and external monitor options?

    I have a 13inch early 2014 macbook air. I use it like a desktop computer permanently plugged into an external 42inch TV via the thunderbolt 2 port. I want to get a fast external drive. I see on apple site that the best ones seem to have thunderbolt connection.. but thats where my TV is plugged...
  4. jusacruiser

    2018 MBP - 1 TB vs 2TB

    I am purchasing a new 2018 MBP. I typically do light video editing and office work. Some light gaming. I am trying to decide between 1 Terabyte and 2 Terabyte of storage. Please advise as to which amount of Terabyte Storage is necessary. Thanks!
  5. zachlegomaniac

    Resolved Deleted Email Still Taking Storage Space

    Hi, I just deleted thousands of emails equaling almost 20 GB of space on my SSD (2013 rMBP on High Sierra), but when I click on "About This Mac" and "Storage" it still shows almost all of the storage being used on my rMBP. Could anyone help? Thank you! ZLM
  6. S

    PLEASE HELP! My iCloud storage is constantly being used up and I dont know why or how?

    I have had the 5GB free storage forever. I have an iPhone X, Macbook Pro, and an iMac. I only have ever used the icloud for what I thought was being used to backup and hold my contact list. That's all I really care about. Photos...I upload manually to computer if I really need to. Right now, its...
  7. F

    High Sierra System Storage taking 80 Gigabytes of space

    Hey, I'm new here. My system storage is taking up 80 Gigs of space for some reason. I don't think it's normal for it to take so much space. My applications and Documents are 12 Gigs and 10 Gigs. I have heard time machine creates stamps which takes up space. So I tried inputting sudo...
  8. slscott99

    iPad system using 60% of storage

    Hi, New here and sorry if there is already a thread on this -I could not find it. I have a 16GB iPad Air. And that storage was perfectly fine when I bought it because I don't store music or photos on it. However after a few years of IOS upgrades I now see that the System is using almost...
  9. S

    System takes up 112 GB of storage!? Need help.

    Hello, hope you are doing good. I went to About This Mac and checked Storage. It says that the System takes up 112 GB of space on my internal SSD. I have a 2017 iMac with interal SSD and the latest High Sierra version. I have very little stuff on my computer. A few big apps but they just take...
  10. Daniel Hood

    iPhone X Photo Storage

    Yesterday I upgraded mine and my wife's phones from previous versions of iPhone to iPhone X. Her old phone was 128 gb, the phones I upgraded to are 64. Turns out her current phone is using 70, 50 of which are pictures. I upgraded the icloud storage so all her photos are in icloud, I thought...
  11. L

    "System" takes up around 200G

    The "system" part (About this Mac|Storage) takes up around 200G out of 500G of my Macbook Pro (2014 version). But I couldn't locate the files that occupy such large space. I understand that sometimes media files in iTune will be accounted as System. However I don't think this is the problem...
  12. GuillaumeB

    HomeCloud: a vision for an Apple-branded NAS

    Between the iPhone, the Mac or the iPad, Apple has some killer products. However, there is another one that could - in my opinion - rule them all and create new opportunities for the soon-to-be Trillion-Dollar company. One that would complement all those iDevices in a personal and safe way. More...
  13. ImpatientSpade

    Discrepancy in storage space on SSD

    I've noticed when installing software there is a discrepancy between the amount of storage space I have available on my SSD (see image). Does anyone know why this is or what is causing it? Thanks in advance!
  14. hooks

    Tips on optimising for 256 GB storage

    Prefix: I've been a Mac user for 10 years now, even sold the machines. I am aware of how external HDs and cloud storage work. I'm in the market for buying a new (second hand) MacBook Pro, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to get used to only 256 GB of storage space on my machine. Apple's...
  15. P

    Photo storage/organization to replace iPhoto

    I've been pulling my hair out for MONTHS trying to solve this conundrum, so any and all advice is SUPER appreciated. I've been using iPhoto, and have multiple libraries (I start a new one every couple of years to keep the size down). I despise the new Photos, but will switch to it if...
  16. haravikk

    4+ Bay 2.5" Drive Enclosures?

    So it's that time again when I'm reevaluating my storage setup, but unfortunately I seem to be in quite a niche area; I need high capacity, directly attached storage, but would like it to be as compact as possible. Currently I have two external, bus-powered 2tb USB 3 drives for a 4tb main...
  17. AL1630

    Best replacement for a slow hard drive?

    My iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 are pretty slow, even with the RAM maxed out, and leopard tuning tricks. I'm thinking that it's probably the ancient hard drives, they both have the stock hard drives which IIRC are 4200 RPM, at least in the iBook. My level of trust in 14 year old drives isn't very...
  18. wyntormoon

    Storage Question

    Hi all. So I had just recently bought the iPad Pro 10.5 inch, 512gb. Was just wondering a guesstimate on how many books I could put on. I saw a post a while ago about a 32gb iPod with maybe 600-1000 books. I have close to 467gb left. Almost all my music, but a lot in the cloud. I'm going to be...
  19. G

    Hard Drive very slowly decreasing in space

    Hello,I am a new member here so hello to you all. I recently bought a 128GB MacBook Air and overall I am happy with my purchase. However, I notice that when doing everyday computing tasks like browsing the web and listening to music etc, that the hard drive space slowly decreases. My question...
  20. G

    memory rapidly reducing and copy paste problem since using ditto command in terminal

    hi, I used sudo ditto command in terminal to copy a folder. I saw that nothing was being copied in the paths I chose and I quit terminal while it was still doing the ditto... I didn't know how to terminate the command itself. ever since my memory is rapidly lowering. for example it is 15.46 gb...