need quick mac help

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

quick and easy solution hopefully

its a macbookpro

has an 80 gig hard drive

has 15 gigs worth of music

only large additional program other than the stuff that comes on it is photoshop

hard drive is a couple hundred MB's from being completely full

ive tried searching the entire computer for large files and folders but cant come up with anything...where should i start?

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[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

uninstalling programs you don't use

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

right but like i said...its a pretty big hard drive...compared to my laptop at least...and other than the stuff the comes preinstalled on OSX she really doesnt have anything on there..

 

[Hintzyboy 5,000+ posts]

go buy a cheap external hdd, and back up any necessary files (music,etc.)

Then just reinstall th os and delete everything not needed

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

i dont want to do that either... is there any way to list every file and folder on a mac?

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

http://guides.macrumors.com/Cleaning_Your_Mac's_Hard_Drive