VM Storage is the 'swap file' that the MacOS uses for Virtual Memory. If you want your hard drive space back, turn off virtual memory (in the memory control panel, it's on by default) and the VM Storage file should remove itself.
I don't recommend manipulating that file yourself. -=Dennis=- >Does anyone know what the file VM Storage does? It is an invisible file >created this morning on my boot drive's root directory and then modified >just once, after a crash, in the afternoon. It is 170MB in size! When I do a >Get Info on it (not an easy task, actually) it says it is in use. Can I move >it to the trash and then delete it on my next boot? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis A. Wurster - Rochester, NY, USA. Published in Element K's Mac Administration Journal <http://www.elementkjournals.com/mad/> Yo Hablo AppleScript. ;-) -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
