tech advice!

[ShannyMcB]

Hey everybody,
So I know many of the podcasters and I'm sure quite a few people on these boards are mac users. I have been a long time mac user but am experiencing a new problem with my imac. I am on OS X 10.6 and every once in awhile I am getting a message something alone the lines of "start up disk getting full". I have been deleting unneccesary files (word docs, pics etc) but am not sure what else to do as I don't have a whole heck of a lot saved on here. Anyone else run into this? I have ongoing arguments with my ancient computer at work and really want to avoid them with my fairly new one at home. I know on my old mac I used to have trouble when it had been on for too long and completely shutting out down every now and again seemed to help. Not really sure what to do here, can't see how 4gb could have filled up so quickly!
*sigh*

 

[hulagirl87]

DH is a computer nerd so I asked him. He's not one for mac's but he decided to answer your question anyway he said that 4gb is your RAM not your hard disc. How much free vs. used is your hard disc? (80 gb? 100gb?)

 

[Tinijocaro]

Try this if you haven't already:

Go to system preferences
Click startup disk
Select the main hard drive and restart.

There is also a place for startup items-programs that open automatically upon startup but I can't find it. Maybe you have too many programs opening upon startup.