[G4] Hard Drive Bloat

[James Asherman]

On Thursday, August 5, 2004, at 02:31  AM, Lavode wrote:

>> 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
>
>

I have now found about 8 megabytes of things labeled:
  Encore DVD ddb
Encore DVD DDF
Gallery DDb and DDF
System/preferences
Also in the   Library/classic   I guess from watching DVD's 3 years ago 
in 9,

hmmmmmmm
J