Hard drive space

[Charles Martin]

> From: Jennifer Thomas <jthomas at thevoicecoach.com>
>   I have a year 2000 model iMac (version = 32.1) 350 Mhz, Power PC G3
> using
> Mac OSX 10.2.8.  I do not have firewire.
>
I trust that you have started a savings account for your next computer, 
but in the meantime let's see if we can help you with this one.

> My capacity hard drive space is 6.99 GB, but I'm down to 555.9 MB
>
This is very bad. OS X needs lots of free space for temp files and swap 
space. As you've already concluded, your hard drive is too small to 
sustain a full installation of OS X and the apps you need.

> The only large files I have left are in iTunes and iPhoto.  Are there
> any duplicates that
> these apps store that I could delete?
>
There's a program called "iPhoto Diet" that deletes the original photos 
and keeps the iPhoto copy (which you may have rotated or 
altered/cropped/fixed). While this will save you some space, I can't 
recommend this idea as it is always a bad move to delete the original. 
You might consider exporting your iPhoto photos (at least some of them 
to a CD-burner (if you have one) or to another hard drive (if you have 
one). Or just have a larger hard drive installed and have the people 
who do that for you copy the contents of your current hard drive over 
to it.

> Also, how large a hard drive can I install in my computer?

120GB, which would do you a world of good and are attractively priced 
at the moment. If you look for a model that offers 8MB of cache and has 
a speed of 7200RPM, you'll notice a significant speed bump as well. I'd 
recommend you purchase and install one at your earliest opportunity.

If you're not in a position to buy a newer computer anytime soon, you 
might also investigate whether the HARMONi upgrade from 
http://www.sonnettech.com is cost-effective for you. Among other 
benefits (speed), it adds a Firewire port that would enable you to add 
external Firewire CD-burners and hard drives -- in effect giving you a 
whole new computer.

_Chas_

Read the PDB of August 6th, 2001 for yourself:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/images/04/10/whitehouse.pdf
and then tell me how the President could go on vacation for a month.