Deleted Files in Dropbox, but Space on Hard Drive Still Full

I was recently working on clearing out some space on my hard drive. I had some large files in Dropbox that I wanted to keep in Dropbox, but no longer wanted to sync to my computer. I went in to Dropbox and created a new folder that did not sync to my computer and moved the large files into it. As my computer synced with Dropbox, the files were removed from my computer, but I did not see any space freed up in my hard drive storage. Continue reading “Deleted Files in Dropbox, but Space on Hard Drive Still Full”

Mac Crashed, Can’t Complete Boot-up

I have an older Macbook Air, and I was not paying attention to the battery (which dies rather quickly now) when the computer shut down suddenly. I went and retrieved my power cord and plugged it in. I waited a few minutes to give it a chance to charge a bit and then powered it back on. Normally, it just boots right back up with no issues, but this time, it took extra long and then popped up a light blue screen with an open window showing the boot log and an error message saying “MacOS installation couldn’t be completed.” Continue reading “Mac Crashed, Can’t Complete Boot-up”