OK to trash OS9 Folder?

steve666steve666
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Howdy, I just took over my niece's old G4 ibook (I know, a hand me down), but its all I need right now.

I was wondering if its safe to trash the OS9 folder. I never use OS9, I cant imagine anyone is still using it at this point. Can I just chuck it in the trash? Im trying to free up some hard drive space.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 18
    kareliakarelia Posts: 525member
    You can throw it away, but you'll only save about 250MB.
  • Reply 2 of 18
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Archive it, save half the space, and set it aside 'just in case'. I still find myself needing to run the occasional odd Classic app about twice a year.
  • Reply 3 of 18
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    OK, thanks guys
  • Reply 4 of 18
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    I tried to throw it away but when I went to empty trash it said system folder in use. I am in OSX and am always in OSX, why did I get that message? Thanks.
  • Reply 5 of 18
    kareliakarelia Posts: 525member
    Make sure you're not running Classic at the moment.
  • Reply 6 of 18
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Karelia View Post


    Make sure you're not running Classic at the moment.



    I never run classic, unless its starting up automatically somehow.

    Any way to shut it off if its running?
  • Reply 7 of 18
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    System Preferences -> Classic.
  • Reply 8 of 18
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post


    System Preferences -> Classic.



    I just checked. Classic is not running. Im going to try and trash the OS9 folder again.
  • Reply 9 of 18
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    I still couldnt trash the OS9 folder, I get a message that the system folder is required by the system.
  • Reply 10 of 18
    teedoff087teedoff087 Posts: 348member
    Have you tried removing it via terminal? If you don't know how, I wouldn't suggest it, but it's worth a try if you do.
  • Reply 11 of 18
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by teedoff087 View Post


    Have you tried removing it via terminal? If you don't know how, I wouldn't suggest it, but it's worth a try if you do.



    No, dont know how to, maybe I should just leave it.
  • Reply 12 of 18
    kareliakarelia Posts: 525member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by steve666 View Post


    No, dont know how to, maybe I should just leave it.



    Put the System Folder back where it belongs, in the root hard drive, and copy all of this text into Terminal and hit Return.



    Code:


    cd /

    rm -r System\\ Folder









    Make sure to get all of it, and enter NO other commands into the terminal.
  • Reply 13 of 18
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    And make double damned sure you get that backslash in there.
  • Reply 14 of 18
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    OK, If I get the guts I'll try it. I dont have the original cds that came with the computer so if i screw up it wont be a good thing!
  • Reply 15 of 18
    kareliakarelia Posts: 525member
    Like he said, if you don't get the backslash in "System\\ Folder", you'll delete "System" instead. Bye, bye, Mac OS X.
  • Reply 16 of 18
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Karelia View Post


    Like he said, if you don't get the backslash in "System\\ Folder", you'll delete "System" instead. Bye, bye, Mac OS X.



    Methinks I'll just leave things the way they are. When the new cat comes out I'll just do a full install and erase the old stuff.
  • Reply 17 of 18
    kareliakarelia Posts: 525member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by steve666 View Post


    Methinks I'll just leave things the way they are. When the new cat comes out I'll just do a full install and erase the old stuff.



    Sounds like a good idea, considering Mac OS 9 takes up mere peanuts in regards to HD space. Still, if you enter it like I posted, it will do the trick.
  • Reply 18 of 18
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Karelia View Post


    Sounds like a good idea, considering Mac OS 9 takes up mere peanuts in regards to HD space. Still, if you enter it like I posted, it will do the trick.



    Thanks for the info.
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