[X4U] Recommendations to free disk space

[Mark Des Cotes]

Tray,

If you use Mail as your e-mail client then you might want to check  
the Mail Downloads folder in your library, Users/username/Library/ 
Mail Downloads. If you ever double click on an attachment in Mail to  
open it, a copy of the attachment is saved to this folder. If you  
haven't checked this folder it's possible you have lots of files  
there that are taking up space on your HD. The first time I checked  
it I had a couple of GB worth of files there. It's perfectly safe to  
delete these duplicate files as it doesn't affect the files attached  
to your e-mails. After discovering this I've taken to dragging  
attachments to the Desktop and opening them from there. Afterwards I  
can move the file where I want it or delete it without any worry.

Out of curiosity, if anyone checks thier Mail Downloads folder and  
deletes the files let us know how much space gets cleared up.

Mark Des Cotes
Owner-Graphic Designer
Marksman Design

Mailing address:
7-841 Sydney Street, Suite # 338
Cornwall, Ontario  K6H 7L2
Canada
613-936-6876




On 1-Dec-08, at 4:38 PM, John Baltutis wrote:

> On 12/1/08,  "Trey Sizemore" <trey at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>
>> I'm running Mac OSX 10.4.x on a Mac Mini PPC.  It's got an 80GB drive
>> with about 500MB free space now.  I'm looking for some (preferably  
>> free)
>> utilities to find and free disk space on this machine.
>>
>> Any recommendations?
>
> The following articleshave some good tips:
>
> Freeing space on your MacOS X startup disk at
> <http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.html>
>
> Freeing Up Hard Disk Space
> <http://guides.macrumors.com/Freeing_Up_Hard_Disk_Space>
>
>
> Running maintenance routines is critical to keeping the drive clear of
> unneccesary files:
>
> <http://www.macworld.com/2005/01/features/preventmacdisasters/ 
> index.php>
>
> <http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/maintscripts.html>
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