Hi Ronni, Yes I did read the “Read me”. There was much information about the previous versions etc. I can’t remember seeing anything about “Move language files to trash”. And it did of course talk about selecting files to be removed - which were already selected. However, before attempting the second run I went into preferences and did set move files to trash. Did not select automatic updates. But the result was the same - the 1byte removed response. So does it mean that Monolingual won’t give you a second chance ?
Thanks Ronni. Cheers Walter > On 3 Apr 2018, at 18:09 , Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > > Hi Walter, > > Did you read the document “MONOLINGUAL 1.8.0 Read me” that came with > Monolingual installation? > Monolingual should NOT be used unless you first read everything about it, as > used incorrectly it can do serious damage to the operating system. > > Did you set any of the Preferences in Monolingual > Preferences? > Move Language Files to Trash? > Automatically check for Updates? > Monolingual Architectures? > > On my MBA with keeping only English languages -English, English (Australia), > English (UK), English (US). My Trash had many 100’s of language files in it. > After I emptied the Trash -I gained approx. 1.3GB of free Hard Drive space. > ==================== > Pro Tip: Make sure that all English languages are deselected (including UK, > Australia, Canada, etc.). No matter which language you use natively on your > Mac, keep the English-based languages or you may risk having an incomplete OS > X installation. > > Pro Tip: If you use Adobe programs, manually de-select their directories from > the removal process. > ========== > A bit of information in case you don’t understand System Integrity Protection > (SIP) > System Integrity Protection (SIP) is a security technology in OS X El Capitan > and later that's designed to help prevent potentially malicious software from > modifying protected files and folders on your Mac. > System Integrity Protection restricts the root user account and limits the > actions that the root user can perform on protected parts of the Mac > operating system. > You can read all parts of the system SIP protects at this Apple support link: > <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204899> > > One part System Integrity Protection includes protection for is /System > I am thinking this ‘might’ be why Monolingual is having ‘issues’ with the > ‘Helper Tool’. > > I’ve looked at the Monolingual Logs on my MBA after I’ve completed ‘removing > unneeded language localization files’ and it does show hundreds of language > “lproj” Trashed files. > > Your Monolingual Log file can be located at ~/Library/Logs/Monolingual.log > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) > 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 > >> On 30 Mar 2018, at 1:07 pm, FW <whae...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> >> Hi Ronni, >> >> I followed your advice and now have available 243GB. I even deleted EyeTV >> recordings that had already been >> exported into iTunes. >> With the Monolingual I am not sure if it has really done the job ? >> I was under the impression that the ticked files would be removed. Only >> English and some euro languages I >> left unticked. After clicking the Remove button it took some time and then >> the following message was >> displayed: “Space saved: 1 byte” >> I closed Monolingual and opened it again and all the files were still listed >> with the ticks in place. >> When I open System Preferences >Language & Region I can see the languages >> after clicking on the + to add >> more to the “Preferred languages” Is this a valid way of checking for >> available languages ? >> >> Confused again >> >> Cheers >> Walter >> >>> On 27 Mar 2018, at 20:40 , FW <whae...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >>> >>> Just cleared download folder and then trash, now 177GB available, will >>> attend to your other suggestions >>> on w/end. >>> >>> Thanks and happy easter. >>> >>> Walter >>> ****************************************** >>> >>>> On 27 Mar 2018, at 18:09 , Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Walter, >>>> >>>> I prefer to have my Photos & iPhoto libraries & iTunes library on my Macs >>>> and not running them from an External Drive. >>>> But some people do so successfully. >>>> >>>> The absolute VERY minimum free space some say is 15%... I would NEVER >>>> recommend any of my clients, friends or WAMUG people run their Macs at 15% >>>> available space. >>>> I prefer to have at the very least 25% available space on my Macs. >>>> Macs running latest Operating systems need a lot of free space to run well >>>> and fast. >>>> ‘Lean & Mean’ is the way to have a Mac operating at its maximum ;-) >>>> >>>> So Walter your Mac’s HD is very close to the 15% (150GB). >>>> The unneeded language localization files will give you probably 1-2GB >>>> extra. >>>> I would then run WhatSize app to give you details of where the used is >>>> being used. >>>> It’s a good starting point. >>>> >>>> Uninstall old applications you haven’t used & never will again, archive >>>> mail attachments & years old mail. Make sure the Trash is empty, the >>>> Download Folder is empty. >>>> Only the HD and ‘One’ folder on the Desktop. ‘That One Folder’ on the >>>> Desktop can have other folders inside it if required. >>>> There are lots of items that need regularly cleaned up & ‘culled’. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>>> >>>> >>>> On 27 Mar 2018, at 5:19 pm, FW <whae...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Ronni, >>>>> I have a question on the same subject. >>>>> My HD on the 2009 iMac is 1TB and available now is 157GB. >>>>> Enough ? Or should I look at moving iTunes files or iPhoto files to an >>>>> ext/HD ? >>>>> >>>>> I am also now looking at the language file situation. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Walter >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Rosemary, >>>>>> 15.2GB is nowhere near enough available space. Are you running High >>>>>> Sierra? >>>>>> You need to free up space ASAP, or you will be having problems. >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you have WhatSize.app version 6.6.3 (which is compatible with High >>>>>> Sierra)? >>>>>> If not you can download it from this link: https://whatsizemac.com/ >>>>>> WhatSize will show you what is taking up the space on your MBP Hard >>>>>> Drive. >>>>>> >>>>>> Also did you remove unneeded language localization files on your MBP. >>>>>> I always remove the unneeded language localization files from my Macs. >>>>>> I only keep All the English - English (Australia), English (United >>>>>> Kingdom), English (United States). >>>>>> If you only ever use English, there is no need to have all the other >>>>>> language files taking up valuable GBs of space. >>>>>> I use Monolingual 1.8.0 to remove the thousand of unneeded language >>>>>> localization files. >>>>>> You can check it out at this link: >>>>>> https://ingmarstein.github.io/Monolingual/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Run WhatSize 6.6.3 to show you details of the space use. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Ronni >>>>>> >>>>>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 27 Mar 2018, at 3:58 pm, Rosemary Spark <arkaysp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Ronni, >>>>>>> 500 Flash storage 15.2 GB available >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>> Rosemary >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Rosemary Spark >>>>>>> PO Box 781 >>>>>>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia >>>>>>> Phone: + 61 8 6397 6822 >>>>>>> Mobile: 0414268043 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 27 March 2018 at 12:43, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Rosemary, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What storage do you have on your MacBook Pro 14,2 and how much >>>>>>> Available Space? >>>>>>> Storage 256, 512 GB, or 1 TB flash storage? >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Ronni >>>>>>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 27 Mar 2018, at 9:29 am, Rosemary Spark <arkaysp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi there, >>>>>>>> I have a Macbook pro which is running out of space. Now Photos is 232 >>>>>>>> GB. How do I safely move/copy to a hard drive (without losing stuff) >>>>>>>> and what do I do then re backup etc. It's far too big to add to icloud! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Also any other suggestions for slimming down (apart from obvious, >>>>>>>> ...nothing much on desktop, emptying caches, trash; getting rid of >>>>>>>> programmes I don't use) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Model Name: MacBook Pro >>>>>>>> Model Identifier: MacBookPro14,2 >>>>>>>> Processor Name: Intel Core i5 >>>>>>>> Processor Speed: 3.1 GHz >>>>>>>> Number of Processors: 1 >>>>>>>> Total Number of Cores: 2 >>>>>>>> L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB >>>>>>>> L3 Cache: 4 MB >>>>>>>> Memory: 8 GB >>>>>>>> Boot ROM Version: MBP142.0169.B00 >>>>>>>> SMC Version (system): 2.44f1 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Rosemary Spark >>>>>>>> PO Box 781 >>>>>>>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia >>>>>>>> Phone: + 61 8 6397 6822 >>>>>>>> Mobile: 0414268043> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
