[G4] Hard Drive Bloat
Lavode
lavode at comcast.net
Wed Aug 4 23:31:53 PDT 2004
> One thing that can cause the disk usage to go up is watching lots of
> DVDs. Every time you watch a new DVD for the first time, its Desktop
> files get copied to your Boot Drive never to get deleted/removed
> again. These files are hidden so unless you look in the correct
> directory (using a "Show Invisible/Hidden" option) you'll never know
> they exist or be able to clean them up. Getting rid of them frees up
> space and the only downside is that you lose your bookmark of where
> you left off viewing the DVD and need to recopy the files if/when you
> view that DVD again.
Nice. What directory does it store it in? Also, I can't find the
command in Panther to show invisible/hidden. How do I do that?
Thanks,
Lavode
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