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  1. ddublu

    Workflow/Storage assistance needed

    Workflow assistance needed: Here is my scenario. I have a 2014 Macbook Pro with 3 external Dell 24" monitors connected to it (2 via display port and 1 via HDMI). I come in from a shoot and take my SD card, dump it to a new folder on my MBP. Edit, and then move to a primary external drive...
    • ddublu
    • Thread
    • backup storage thunderbolt workflow
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Photography
  2. C

    Help deleting mobile sync backups

    I have a macbook pro and I have like 50 gigs of backups in mobile sync. Most of this pointless and I can't figure out a way to delete it. I have time machine but don't leave it plugged in all the time. Someone please help me find out how to delete mobile backups and this nonsense that is...
  3. jgelin

    El Cap install hangs

    Hello all: I am currently trying to fix my boyfriends (2015 rMBP) computer as he had an error when booting that was a folder icon with the '?' in it. He doesn't have files stored on the device (mostly using cloud), so I figured I would take the USB installer and wipe the SSD and put a clean copy...
  4. ourcore

    Trying to clear up some storage

    Hey, guys, My MBP runs on a 120 GB SSD, which only has 60 GB available, so I'm trying to clear up some storage, or at least determine what is taking up the rest. I've tried the usual, including clearing caches, iTunes backups, mail downloads, and trash, but there's not much else because all of...
  5. T

    MacBook Pro retina 128 vs 256 gb

    I'm a sophomore in high school and looking to buy a new laptop. I would use it mostly for school, watching Netflix, listening to music, and downloading photos from my iPhone. I'm currently looking at buying a refurbished MacBook Pro 13 retina 8gb ram from the apple website. I'm not sure if I...
  6. A

    Mac Storage

    Good afternoon everyone, I was wondering if you could help me with this issue. According to "About my Mac - Storage", I have Movies, Photos and Audio that take aprox 4.5Gb of space (it's not much, but take into account that I have a 120Gb Mac). The thing is that the Macbook is new (3 months...
  7. C

    Best External Hard Drive solution with iMac

    Hey there! I'm ready to upgrade my current 27" iMac to the 5k version, but instead of the 3TB fusion drive I was thinking of getting the 1TB flash drive and moving most of my media over to my external hard drive. I currently have a LaCie d2 3TB drive that backs up my entire iMac using time...
  8. B

    iPhone storage problems?

    I have a 128gb iPhone 6S Plus and today it just randomly filled up its storage to almost full. Last time I checked I was only using 35gb and I haven't downloaded anything huge since then. I'm thinking it might be a corrupt app but under the storage section in Settings none of my apps have jumped...
  9. Elrich

    iPhone says zero bytes storage

    Although iTunes on my Mac says I have over 25 GB free on my iPhone 5, the phone itself keeps telling me I have zero bytes left. I reboot and whatever but it doesn't help. I saw elsewhere that I need to do a full backup and then restore the phone to factory settings... but it won't do the full...
    • Elrich
    • Thread
    • iphone 5 storage
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iPhone
  10. R

    Where is my disk space going?

    Hey Guys, recently I've been nothing my Mac's SSD Storage consistently go down by about 20mb every couple of minutes. I have run DaisyDisk and GrandPerspective to help me locate the culprit but to no avail. Is there anything you guys can do to help me locate the offending file/folder/program...
  11. Josephine_pien

    Mac memory, says 40GB video storage, only no video's on laptop . Impossible. How to find files

    Hee guys, maybe you can help me My Macbook pro (around 1 year old) has trouble with storage, this wouldn't be weird in first place but it says I have around 40 GB on video storage. Now I don't have any movies on my laptop only a couple of short video's on iPhoto. Does someone know how to...
  12. M

    Very long term digital storage?

    I am a technology teacher at an elementary school and we are celebrating our 50th anniversary of our school this year. We are planning on creating a time capsule to bury in our courtyard to open in another 50 years. We are having students create things to put in the time capsule and we would...
  13. N

    iPad 64Gb showing full when not?

    My 64Gb IPad Air 2 shows that the storage is full, but adding up all the apps and documents it only comes to 3Gb. I do not have photos, videos or music on it as I use it for work. I can find no way to identify the other 50Gb plus of data that is stored some where. I have also deleted all unused...
    • Nogbad
    • Thread
    • full issue problem storage
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: iPad
  14. S

    Clearing Storage Space

    Hi guys, i am new to the mac world. just got myself a macbook pro r 13 couple of days back. early 2015 model. i have 128gb storage space. i have split it into two drives. my primary drive shows that there is more than 2gb of audio and 1.3 gb of photos and 1.1gb of Other. i have only 500 mb of...
  15. weatherwax

    Cyclists of MacRumors: Post your racks!

    Bike racks, of course. I'm looking for a way to hang two bikes in the townhouse I live in, and have seen a ton of different ideas for ways to do this. Curious to see what MacRumors users use!
  16. M

    Increase my RAM and Storage with external USB Thumb Drive or SDHC Card

    Dear all mac users! I have now scoured the web for a solution to my problem. My Mac only has 128 GB of storage and 8 GB of memory (RAM), and it has started to run quite slow to the point where it has become a nuisance. I cannot upgrade my Mac with Apple, so I will have to solve the problem...
  17. jgelin

    TRIM on SanDisk UltraII

    Hello all, I recently upgraded my iMac from is basic specs to more appealing ones by adding an SSD and upgraded RAM. I am just now learning about what TRIM is (somewhat) and that OS X does not allow it to be on drives that are not Apple OEM. I would like to know what not enabling TRIM on my...
  18. E

    256gb enough for graphic design student?

    Fellow designers please help...:eek: Should I switch to a higher storage or a 1tb external hard drive is good for me? I bought **base model of the 15inch rmbp. Is this enough for all the programs I'm going to use if I buy a 1tb hard drive to store files for school? I'm planning to use this...
    • EssieInc
    • Thread
    • design graphic graphics card macbook problem retina macbook pro school storage student
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  19. B

    Apple TV - Storage left

    Hi, is there any possibility to see how much storage there is left? Cant find it in settings, but I can see how much per app uses. Please help!
  20. G

    128GB iPad Air says 90TB of docs & data!??

    Hi All, looking for some help after a puzzling consumption of all my storage space on my ipad. Ive googled for hours and seen numerous mentions of 'other' data on IOS machines growing out of control for other users - however my issue is that after checking my ipad on itunes on a laptop, it shows...
    • Grantym
    • Thread
    • documents full memory storage
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iOS 9
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