Point III: I *DID* recently get rid of a Windows partition via Boot Camp, but I'm not showing that partition in existence anymore. I'm completely open to upgrading components if this is simply a hardware issue, but what gets me is that Leopard was working great: smoothly, nice startup time, etc.-then lately I get this feeling of resistance (and the frequent appearance of the little swirly 'I'm busy' anti-hourglass) very often. Point II: Thanks in advance for any suggestions. In the new window, click View > Show All Devices > First Aid > Run. From the macOS Utilities list, select Disk Utility and click the Continue button. Point: I'm showing 52.98GB free in a 92.84GB hard drive. Start your Mac and press and hold the Command + R keys immediately until the macOS Utilities window appears. The Patient: MacBook Pro, 2.16GHz with 2GB 533 DDR2 SDRAM, recently upgraded to Leopard (currently working with 10.5.5) when it released-and it all ran very well with no noticeable slowdowns upon upgrading.Īttempts to Fix: Repaired permissions, deleted junk files (pics, music, meh) then erased free space, at which point I'm warned that 'YOUR HARD DRIVE IS NEARLY FULL.blah blah blah' There should also be a 'Manage' button that will allow you to see all the files on your computer ranked from the heaviest to the lightest. It may be because you either have a few heavy files or apps, or because you havent cleared your storage files in a long time. If you click on that, you will see the internal drive storage. The Symptoms: Recent marked slowdown in startup and general performance in the last two to three weeks-with no abnormal use or abuse or upgrades on my end. Message 1: 'Your disk is almost full' Reason: This happens when your storage space is getting filled up and you are in the process of downloading more items.

Mac your disk is almost full