# My startup disc is almost full? (Mac)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-startup-disc-is-almost-full-mac/593785>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 23, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-startup-disc-is-almost-full-mac/593785 "2011-08-23T14:57:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-startup-disc-is-almost-full-mac/593785/21 "2011-08-24T04:54:55Z")

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Hard drives are really, really cheap these days - why don’t you just get a bigger one?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-startup-disc-is-almost-full-mac/593785/22 "2011-08-25T02:30:56Z")

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Funny you should mention that. Cow-orker’s daughter sent me an email asking if I could change her hard drive for her. (I posted a thread about it. Decided that since I’d never done it before I didn’t want to risk it on someone else’s machine.)

Cleared out some email. 6.38 gb now, and more emails to go through.

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