Mac Users: Tips to Free Up Drive Space

Here’s a great tip for users of Mac OSX, especially MacBook and iBook users who always struggle with available drive space.

A year ago I heard a great tip on Mac Tips Daily about how to free up drive space by deleting alternate language versions of your software applications. It’s extremely helpful and you should check out the step-by-step instructions.

Today, I heard a great companion tip on The Mac Attack podcast to delete all the printer driver files for brands you never intend to use. Navigate to Library \ Printers folder and you’ll see a list very much like this screenshot:

For years, I’ve been very HP centric, so it’s not a problem for me to delete all the other brands. Just look at the potential drive space you can recover:

Epson = 1.3 GB
Xerox = 503 MB
Canon = 479 MB
HP = 425 MB
Lexmark = 352 MB
Brother = 19 MB
Toshiba = 7 MB
Richoh = 6 MB
Sharp = 6 MB
FujiXerox = 4 MB

It feels soooo good to clear all that wasted space. But please be cautious if you use either of these tips!

I hope you find this useful.
-Roland