How to Downsize OS X Installation Discs

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How to Downsize OS X Installation Discs More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Baruch Elyahu | permalink
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Apple's latest OS discs contain more data than a regular DVD can hold. This will show you how to make a backup of your OS disc. You will need 10gb of free space. Open Disk Utility (in Applications/Utilities).
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Downsize-OS-X-Installation-Discs ^[1]

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How to Add Programs to an OS Installation Disc with UltraISO More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Annette Falls | permalink
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This will show you how to put program installers onto an operating system (OS) installer disk. This is useful for creating a disk with commonly used programs, such as Skype and Chrome, already on it. It can also be used to put important...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Add-Programs-to-an-OS-Installation-Disc-with-UltraISO ^[2]

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Moving OSX Lion from one Harddrive to another Harddrive More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by PC Adugied | permalink
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How can I move my OSX Lion installation from my 500GB HDD, to my new 250GB Solid State HDD? Re-installing OSX Lion is not an option.

For further reading: http://superuser.com/questions/390647/moving-osx-lion-from-one-harddrive-to-another-harddrive ^[3]

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Reducing Lion OS Footprint by removing unnecessary files/folders More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by denise burrows | permalink
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I am trying to downsize my iMac 640Gb disk to make it fit onto a 120Gb (113Gb usable) SSD. The total size of use files is currently approximately 340Gb, of which my home folder accounts for 265Gb ...

For further reading: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/48919/reducing-lion-os-footprint-by-removing-unnecessary-files-folders ^[4]

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Category: Fun | 9 years, 5 month(s) ago

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1. http://www.wikihow.com/Downsize-OS-X-Installation-Discs

2. http://www.wikihow.com/Add-Programs-to-an-OS-Installation-Disc-with-UltraISO

3. http://superuser.com/questions/390647/moving-osx-lion-from-one-harddrive-to-another-harddrive

4. http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/48919/reducing-lion-os-footprint-by-removing-unnecessary-files-folders