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Need More Room For Final Cut Studio 2
I’m trying to install FCP Studio 2 on my HD which is 150 GB’s. I need 40 GB’s to install the entire suite but I only have 25 GB’s free. My systerm folder is 40 GB’s and there is nothing else on the HD. My question is..why am I missing about 100 GB’s. Something is taking up that space but I cant find it. Any solutions?
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I’m assuming that you’ve emptied the trash:)
At times like this, Apple+i is my friend. (Apple+Option+i is nice too)
I start by going through the root folder (with Applications, Library, Users, etc) and hitting get info on each one. This will help to figure out where files are hiding. Then you explore more using the for-mentioned key strokes.
You might not need as much as you think because there are probably some old FCP files that the new one will replace. But it’s probably better to just free up the space. Total installation is about 55GB (with everything selected. Everything isn’t selected to by default)
-Russ
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Ive already tried Apple + I and there is nothing major showing up.
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It’s got to be hiding somewhere.
Does the total GBs of Applications + Library + System + Users = Used space on hard drive?
-Russ
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Ok Users is taking up 66 GB’s on my disk! Anyway to tone that down? I only have one user.
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So my shared folder under users is taking up 60 GB’s and my own user folder is taking up 70 GB’s. I hope it ok to dump some of this.
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You just need to go through folder by folder to see what’s taking up the space. You could have old render files, 25GB of autosaves, etc, around just taking up space.
-Russ
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Got it. Thanks. This Final Cut Pro looks exactly the same as the last one 🙁
$$$ just to fix the bugs in 5.0.
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I recommend an excellent (and free) app called “Disk Inventory X”. You can find it here:
https://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22694
This scans any hard drive/folder on your system and displays graphically how much space everything is taking up. Extraordinarily useful on a busy laptop hard drive for weeding out forgotten Gb’s of rubbish…
Ben
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RP
Get WhatSize
https://www.id-design.com/software/whatsize/shows instantly all folders and files on a drive anf the size. Largest files in GB are listed first in red. Delete or move to a new drive. empty trash when done.
Gary
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