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- Macintosh: Directory size
- Since the Macintosh's directory uses variable amounts of storage space to
- maintain file names, it's possible to run out of "disk space" to store file
- names when there is plenty of storage space for the data itself. In fact, you
- can run out of directory space just by changing the name of a file to a longer
- one.
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- To free up all available storage space for your files: 1) shorten the names of
- your files as much as possible, and then 2) move all documents to another
- diskette, then erase the original diskette and move the documents back onto it.
-
- NOTE: Some third-party applications don't handle this situation in a very
- friendly manner: the system may bomb due to the lack of directory space
- and not inform you why it bombed. If you suspect that lack of directory
- space may be your problem--that is, if your disk is fairly full--perform
- the two steps described above before you assume the problem is something
- else.
- Apple Technical Communications
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