Geoff t Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 I got a new macbook and just transfered my hdd files and everything to the new one. When i did the original install on my old one i took out printer drivers and stuff i didn't need, but on my new 1 i didnt have a chance to reinstall osx had to go with what i had from on hdd from the store which is everything. what can i manually remove to reduce the size of osx install or is there a program that will remove the not needed stuff. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39454-reduce-osx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackShadowWolf Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I got a new macbook and just transfered my hdd files and everything to the new one. When i did the original install on my old one i took out printer drivers and stuff i didn't need, but on my new 1 i didnt have a chance to reinstall osx had to go with what i had from on hdd from the store which is everything. what can i manually remove to reduce the size of osx install or is there a program that will remove the not needed stuff. Ive been wondering that myself. You might be able to if you rip the Mac OS X Install DVD to your harddrive, then edit the installer plists to remove packages for installation. I know you can add packages as there is a tutorial here, search the forums for how to do that and mess around with the files. I would try on a clean disk as it may not work, but experiment . Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39454-reduce-osx/#findComment-281712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Fogge Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 As far as automatically doing that stuff, you may be a little out of luck. Personally, I have used Macaroni to clean up some of the stuff (remove localization files for languages I dont need) and then Pacifist along with the OS X installer disc to locate files like the printer drivers and other non-essencial things. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39454-reduce-osx/#findComment-281787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogley Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 This maybe to late but try monolingual to remove languages you do not use and trimthefat.app to remove ppc binary if you are on a intel mac, got me about 2.5 gigs using just those two. Plus you can manually delete the printer drivers to save space also Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39454-reduce-osx/#findComment-332454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 This maybe to late but try monolingual to remove languages you do not use and trimthefat.app to remove ppc binary if you are on a intel mac, got me about 2.5 gigs using just those two. Plus you can manually delete the printer drivers to save space also You need the PPC architecture to run things through Rosseta Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39454-reduce-osx/#findComment-332591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Fogge Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Huh? Rosetta is to run PPC Code ON an Intel Mac. PPC does not need Rosetta to run PPC Code, and Universal Binaries have PPC Code in the Fat Binaries. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39454-reduce-osx/#findComment-332995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev7en Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 You can try using some tools as Onyx: they remove all the unnecessary files. p.s: check also the printer's drivers... they require a lot of space! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39454-reduce-osx/#findComment-333033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Huh? Rosetta is to run PPC Code ON an Intel Mac. PPC does not need Rosetta to run PPC Code, and Universal Binaries have PPC Code in the Fat Binaries. Sorry, I misread, I though he said removing the PPC architecture for OS X, not just UB apps, bu a warning anyway, DO NOT DELETE THE PPC ARCHITECTURE USEING MONOLINGUAL!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39454-reduce-osx/#findComment-333073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Or, DON'T USE MONOLINGUAL (that should be the real moral of the story here). The easiest way to remove stuff is to make a smart folder of files over 3 MB in size. If it gives too many files, make the requirements of the folder larger. Now as a word of warning, if you don't know whether or not something is important, assume it is importatnt. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39454-reduce-osx/#findComment-333116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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