How much space does an install of OSX take?

disfunktion · 26 Aug 2010 at 21:52

As per title

How much space is required for a basic install of OSX?

SeraphX · 26 Aug 2010 at 22:01

osx 10.5 will take about 15Gb 10.6 between 8-12Gb

disfunktion · 26 Aug 2010 at 22:06

thats great. Thanks for the quick reply.

eidolon · 26 Aug 2010 at 22:30

I installed it yesterday, removing all the additional languages and it took 10GB.

K1LLSW1TCH · 26 Aug 2010 at 22:38

I think Snow Leopard takes a fair chunk less space because it removes PowerPC support.

Deleted member 651465 · 26 Aug 2010 at 22:41

Take out all the language packs, printer drivers and bundled apps and it's about 7GB iirc.

SeraphX · 27 Aug 2010 at 18:05

K1LLSW1TCH said:
I think Snow Leopard takes a fair chunk less space because it removes PowerPC support.

Correct