Thread: Mac book pro too full

Onyx is as good as it gets

Thanks Inc, I'll give it a go.
Don.

Should I use all three apps, Deeper and Maintenance as well as onyX?
Don.

Thanks Inc, I’m interested in this too. Does Onyx have an automated clean up function for Luddites?, or do you need to know what you’re doing?

Don, obviously you can also free up a lot of space simply by deleting stuff such as: photos, movies, deleted emails, etc. EG: Most of us have multiple copies of the same photo saved because instead of carefully taking one on film, now we fire off hundreds with digital cameras!

Having said that, I’ve always thought MacBook hard drives are too small! Which version do you have? Do you have Backup hard drive separate? You could make an archive each year by having two external back up drives, then delete lots of content on your computer itself.

As a relative Luddite if I find archiving to external drives convenient. Just make sure you definitely have two copies on external drives before you delete!

Cheers

My Late 2013 MacBook Pro started making funny grinding noises , had been like it for about 12 months so I bought a 2 Tb backup disc & started running Time Machine to save backup copies. Then got lazy and about 2 months after latest backup it crashed unrecoverable . I though it was the Hard drive but all online diagnoses said it was Logic Board.

Since the thing was making a grinding noise, keypad was worn out & battery cycle time was down , as well the charge cord coupling needed constant jiggling I decided to buy a new 2018 one .

Up specced the CPU & 500g SSD & (non Touch Bar - who needs newfangled gadgets) the new one absolutely flies in comparison.

I restored my previous MacBook to the new one , just missing 2 month worth of stuff. And my old Photoshop and a few other apps needed renewing.

only bummer & its a big bummer , there are NO USB ports , NO SD card port , just 2 stupid Thunderbolt / charge ports . You got to use an adaptor dongle to get any useful functionality . Big backward step IMO.

So I pull old MacBook apart and remove HDD , plug into the dongle with a SATA adaptor & wham, Old HDD spins up & fully accessible, no noise . So no idea what the clunking / grinding was from the old MBP. Finishe migrating the last 2 month of stuff across.

onyx has an automated maintenance mode

onyx is all I use as it does pretty much every thing that "needs" doing

Originally Posted by Zeros

As a relative Luddite if I find archiving to external drives convenient. Just back sure you definately have two copies on external drives before you delete!

Cheers

VERY sage advice....

Originally Posted by goingbush

My Late 2013 MacBook Pro started making funny grinding noises , had been like it for about 12 months so I bought a 2 Tb backup disc & started running Time Machine to save backup copies. Then got lazy and about 2 months after latest backup it crashed unrecoverable . I though it was the Hard drive but all online diagnoses said it was Logic Board.

Since the thing was making a grinding noise, keypad was worn out & battery cycle time was down , as well the charge cord coupling needed constant jiggling I decided to buy a new 2018 one .

Up specced the CPU & 500g SSD & (non Touch Bar - who needs newfangled gadgets) the new one absolutely flies in comparison.

I restored my previous MacBook to the new one , just missing 2 month worth of stuff. And my old Photoshop and a few other apps needed renewing.

only bummer & its a big bummer , there are NO USB ports , NO SD card port , just 2 stupid Thunderbolt / charge ports . You got to use an adaptor dongle to get any useful functionality . Big backward step IMO.

So I pull old MacBook apart and remove HDD , plug into the dongle with a SATA adaptor & wham, Old HDD spins up & fully accessible, no noise . So no idea what the clunking / grinding was from the old MBP. Finishe migrating the last 2 month of stuff across.

Great story Going Bush! and a classic MAC experience. MAC's are like Defenders IMO Quirky, work so much better (when they're working) and the interface is for grown ups! Excellent new about your HDD too. Good to have an archive.

My late 2013 MacBook Pro is still going strong (touch wood), might be something to do with the 16GB of RAM I ordered way back when. I reckon RAM is the one to upgrade when you order a new MAC + get the biggest hard drive you can afford at the time, because data is only going to increase. The battery charge cycle has definitely shortened though and the amount of back-dating patches I need to download for my 'old' programs to keep running on new OS Mojave is getting annoying.

No USB. No SD is really dumb, I agree. The only thing I hate about MAC is the way they control the user. Like no more headphone jack for iPhone. Thunder & Lightning ports are not compatible with anything other than MACs! and adapters suk.

Thanks...you have reminded me to back it up! I've been on leave for a few weeks and so haven't done it for a month. Hope you enjoy your new Confuser!