where is my hard drive space going?
where is my hard drive space going?
Hi,
I use my computer pretty much just for ableton live. I save all my ableton projects to one folder and eventually move that folder to a portable harddrive to retreive my space. However it seems i'm losing space somewhere else. I was wondering if when I save a project (I always save everthing at the end /never get rid of files) if stuff is gettng saved somewhere else? Is there somepart of ableton's library i need to clean out? or Is it just that I havent cleared all my downloads. ( i dont think this would be a lot of space).
Please help if you can, my computer is getting slower and smaller.
thanks
I use my computer pretty much just for ableton live. I save all my ableton projects to one folder and eventually move that folder to a portable harddrive to retreive my space. However it seems i'm losing space somewhere else. I was wondering if when I save a project (I always save everthing at the end /never get rid of files) if stuff is gettng saved somewhere else? Is there somepart of ableton's library i need to clean out? or Is it just that I havent cleared all my downloads. ( i dont think this would be a lot of space).
Please help if you can, my computer is getting slower and smaller.
thanks
Re: where is my hard drive space going?
Mac or PC?
If the former, there's some nice visualisation utilities to get a better overview of your HD e.g. http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/ - have found a lot of space taken up by raw wav recordings that I no longer needed...
If the former, there's some nice visualisation utilities to get a better overview of your HD e.g. http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/ - have found a lot of space taken up by raw wav recordings that I no longer needed...
Re: where is my hard drive space going?
PCs have a similar HD visualization tool in WinDirStat
Re: where is my hard drive space going?
sorry for not mentioning
I'm running a 2009 macbook aluminum. I have been using "Disk Inventory X' to check, but I was really just curious if live stored unneccessary information somewhere. I'm actually thinking of dumping session drums, as i never use them and they take up some serious space.
I'm running a 2009 macbook aluminum. I have been using "Disk Inventory X' to check, but I was really just curious if live stored unneccessary information somewhere. I'm actually thinking of dumping session drums, as i never use them and they take up some serious space.
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which version of Mac OS are you running? and do you use Time Machine?
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If its any use to anybody - Google Chrome uses massive amounts of space over time. I was just dealing with it today on my xp, but its the same on macbook. Chrome stores all previous versions of its program (since it only does silent auto-updates) within its program folder (look it up for pc, on mac - click show package contents in Applications, and youll find the old programs. Just select all the folders apart from the new ones and delete.)
Can take up 1gbs-2gbs of space in my experience.
Prob not the issue youre experiencing - but why chrome behaves like this is bizarre.
Can take up 1gbs-2gbs of space in my experience.
Prob not the issue youre experiencing - but why chrome behaves like this is bizarre.
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Re: where is my hard drive space going?
Chrome doesn't do that on my Mac...
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no i dont use time machine. or google chrome. I did move about 13 gigs of downloads that had piled up. as well as a bunch of stuff i kept putting in "documents." I was really kind of curious about live. Every time you quit Live asks you to delete or leave files in place. I always leave in place. I was wondering if those piled up somewhere.
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Yeah, go to file manager in Live and use that to identify unused audio files so you can delete them.bartend7 wrote:no i dont use time machine. or google chrome. I did move about 13 gigs of downloads that had piled up. as well as a bunch of stuff i kept putting in "documents." I was really kind of curious about live. Every time you quit Live asks you to delete or leave files in place. I always leave in place. I was wondering if those piled up somewhere.
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Ableton cache data can add up over time, depending on your settings and types of audio files being loaded.
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Re: where is my hard drive space going?
Well, tryfishmonkey wrote:Chrome doesn't do that on my Mac...
Applications/ right click Chrome - show package contents/contents/versions
Right now, Ive 5 versions, totalling 151.4MB each. So, over time, if yo dont clear them out, they really do build up.
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what about older versions of live. I got. 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 etc.......... everytime there is an update i get one. are these necessary or no?
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Once you're happy with the stability of the latest one delete the old one.bartend7 wrote:what about older versions of live. I got. 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 etc.......... everytime there is an update i get one. are these necessary or no?
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Re: where is my hard drive space going?
If its a win PC get treesize free, or a mac get space gremlin from the App Store. Those will show you exactly where your space has gone. Must have apps for PC/mac respectively when you need to free up some bed space.
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Re: where is my hard drive space going?
this little shareware might be helpful http://whatsizemac.com/
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