RE: drive capacity - a question
hi peeps i know this may seem like a stupid question, but just wanting to double check. i have a 80GB drive (i think) and have noticed that I have been working with less than 10GB for quite a while now. I dont have too many documents/files, but was wondering how much installers and email messages will take up on the drive. I am thinking those 2 may be the cause for low drive capacity. please advise. many thanks. regards lynn p/s: i was going to go to the monthly meeting for July, but a really bad headache came on. will make it to the august one... :) and if people want a copy of the ISP speeds, i will bring it along with me... :) - only have 16 people on it tho... -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: drive capacity - sorry, i know this is a repeat - and back up
On 27/06/2010, at 2:15 PM, lynn...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi Muggers i know this is a repeat as i tried looking in archives, but cannot find the thread (unless its under another name). but, could i please have the steps to checking on drive capacity and what files are taking up the space? Also, as my main priority is backing up my pictures, music, documents and installers, is it necessary to back up my whole comp? many thanks. regards lynn Hi Lynn, The Subject was:Re: Drive capacity Date: 14 June 2010 Check Activity Monitor and the Console logs, they should show you what is using up your CPU time. If there are lot's of Diagnostic Logs, they might be able to point you to an application that is probably crashing repeatedly and causing the problem. Maybe you can read the first few lines of a couple of such logs and check what's going on. You could also download install OmniDiskSweeper.When you start OmniDiskSweeper, it presents you with a list of disks attached to your machine. Double-click on one, and a new window opens with a “column” view listing every folder and file you can access, which it sorts by size as you watch. You then simply browse through the folders and files and delete the large ones which you are no longer using. If a file is part of the system, it'll say so on the panel (in the list of Packages the file belongs to), so you won't accidentally get rid of something that would make your system stop working. http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/ Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: drive capacity - sorry, i know this is a repeat - and back up
based on what i am backing up, a portable drive is enough and time machine not needed? also, only have FW400. Mac Specs: Model Name: MacBook Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 4 MB Memory: 1 GB Bus Speed: 667 MHz FireWire Bus Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 - Original Message - From: lynn...@westnet.com.au To: wamug wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Sunday, 27 June, 2010 2:15:25 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: drive capacity - sorry, i know this is a repeat - and back up Hi Muggers i know this is a repeat as i tried looking in archives, but cannot find the thread (unless its under another name). but, could i please have the steps to checking on drive capacity and what files are taking up the space? Also, as my main priority is backing up my pictures, music, documents and installers, is it necessary to back up my whole comp? many thanks. regards lynn -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: drive capacity - sorry, i know this is a repeat - and back up
Hi Lynn, Backup just your Home Folder then i.e HD Users lynn (House) (or whatever your user Account name is) Cheers, Ronni On 27/06/2010, at 2:33 PM, lynn...@westnet.com.au wrote: based on what i am backing up, a portable drive is enough and time machine not needed? also, only have FW400. Mac Specs: Model Name:MacBook Processor Name:Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed:2 GHz Number Of Processors:1 Total Number Of Cores:2 L2 Cache:4 MB Memory:1 GB Bus Speed:667 MHz FireWire Bus Maximum Speed:Up to 400 Mb/sec System Version:Mac OS X 10.5.8 - Original Message - From: lynn...@westnet.com.au To: wamug wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Sunday, 27 June, 2010 2:15:25 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: drive capacity - sorry, i know this is a repeat - and back up Hi Muggers i know this is a repeat as i tried looking in archives, but cannot find the thread (unless its under another name). but, could i please have the steps to checking on drive capacity and what files are taking up the space? Also, as my main priority is backing up my pictures, music, documents and installers, is it necessary to back up my whole comp? many thanks. regards lynn -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re - Drive Capacity
This post is just for information for anyone else who may encounter similar problems. I have posted twice, in May and June, on one particular problem, diminishing drive capacity. I have not been downloading any large quantity of files like music or video which can eat up hard drive space. In early May, the remaining capacity of my hard drive was around 279 Gb. Over a relatively short period of time this dropped to 271 Gb and then by mid June, down to 205 Gb. Thanks to a suggestion from Ronni, I downloaded Omnidisksweeper and ran it. I was not terribly sure at the time how to interpret the information shown but did notice some unusually large files. A couple of days ago it was down to 132 Gb. I ran omnidisksweeper again and found a 135 + Gb file in home/documents called 'Safety Net Archive'. I had a talk yesterday with Peter Hinchliffe on this situation who then did a 'Google' search for Safety Net Archive. It turns out to be a file created by Deja Vu, a backup program that I bought and installed in early May. After disabling and removing Deja Vu and trashing the Safety Net Archive, my hard disk capacity is back up to 277 Gb and holding steady. When it comes to problem software, I tend to follow the old biblical quotation If thine eye offends the, pluck it out. I feel it is better to get rid of something that is causing problems than try to do a patch-up or work-around. This program had a follow on effect in Time Machine. Every time new archives were created, TM did a full back up and very quickly used up the space on my external WD drive. I will now have to clean my TM archives and start again. I hope this is helpful information. Regards John Thompson WAMUG #861 Mac Mini, 2.53 GHz, 4GB 1067 MHz DDR3 OS X 10.6.4 (08) 9279 3524 0412 775 197 jet...@iprimus.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Re - Drive Capacity
On 22/06/2010, at 8:17 AM, John Thompson wrote: This post is just for information for anyone else who may encounter similar problems. I have posted twice, in May and June, on one particular problem, diminishing drive capacity. I have not been downloading any large quantity of files like music or video which can eat up hard drive space. In early May, the remaining capacity of my hard drive was around 279 Gb. Over a relatively short period of time this dropped to 271 Gb and then by mid June, down to 205 Gb. Thanks to a suggestion from Ronni, I downloaded Omnidisksweeper and ran it. I was not terribly sure at the time how to interpret the information shown but did notice some unusually large files. A couple of days ago it was down to 132 Gb. I ran omnidisksweeper again and found a 135 + Gb file in home/documents called 'Safety Net Archive'. I had a talk yesterday with Peter Hinchliffe on this situation who then did a 'Google' search for Safety Net Archive. It turns out to be a file created by Deja Vu, a backup program that I bought and installed in early May. After disabling and removing Deja Vu and trashing the Safety Net Archive, my hard disk capacity is back up to 277 Gb and holding steady. When it comes to problem software, I tend to follow the old biblical quotation If thine eye offends the, pluck it out. I feel it is better to get rid of something that is causing problems than try to do a patch-up or work-around. This program had a follow on effect in Time Machine. Every time new archives were created, TM did a full back up and very quickly used up the space on my external WD drive. I will now have to clean my TM archives and start again. I hope this is helpful information. Hi John, I'm pleased you have solved the problem of diminishing Hard Drive capacity. But, I have to strongly disagree with your assumption that Déjà vu is problem software. I have been using Déjà vu Time Machine as well very successfully in my Backup Strategy for a long time. When you installed DejaVu you had to Enable it and Set It Up. In System Preferences Other Déjà vu - Options. There you set whether you wish to use 'Safety Net' if you do wish to, you set how many Safety Net Archives you want Déjà vu to keep. The Déjà vu Software is not the problem, it is the User not understanding how the Application works and not setting it up correctly. Don't install software if you are not going to read the documentation and follow the instructions on how to use it. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Drive capacity
Hi John, You had the same problem back on 22 May 2010. Did you find a reason then? Are you using Parallels have a Virus Program running such a McAfee, which could be generating a large file? Check Activity Monitor and the Console logs, they should show you what is using up your CPU time. If there are lot's of Diagnostic Logs, they might be able to point you to an application that is probably crashing repeatedly and causing the problem. Maybe you can read the first few lines of a couple of such logs and check what's going on. You could also download install OmniDiskSweeper.When you start OmniDiskSweeper, it presents you with a list of disks attached to your machine. Double-click on one, and a new window opens with a “column” view listing every folder and file you can access, which it sorts by size as you watch. You then simply browse through the folders and files and delete the large ones which you are no longer using. If a file is part of the system, it'll say so on the panel (in the list of Packages the file belongs to), so you won't accidentally get rid of something that would make your system stop working. http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/ Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 14/06/2010, at 2:16 PM, John Thompson wrote: Over the past three days my Hard drive remaining capacity has dropped from 271 Gb to under 205 Gb. During the past two hours, with no activity, it has dropped another 500 Mb. Is there the possibility of some insidious program getting into the system that pulls some sort of Stephen King trick of eating up space? Regards John Thompson Mac Mini 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Mac OS X 10.6.3 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Drive capacity
G'Day Ronni I am intrigued with your comments. I am running parallels/win XP (reluctantly) and have an antivirus program running. I have not noticed any increase in the parallels disk usage apart from that I would expect. Should I be worried or take any precautions to prevent my virus checker running away with my disk space?? Regards Barry On 14/06/2010, at 2:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, You had the same problem back on 22 May 2010. Did you find a reason then? Are you using Parallels have a Virus Program running such a McAfee, which could be generating a large file? Check Activity Monitor and the Console logs, they should show you what is using up your CPU time. If there are lot's of Diagnostic Logs, they might be able to point you to an application that is probably crashing repeatedly and causing the problem. Maybe you can read the first few lines of a couple of such logs and check what's going on. You could also download install OmniDiskSweeper.When you start OmniDiskSweeper, it presents you with a list of disks attached to your machine. Double-click on one, and a new window opens with a “column” view listing every folder and file you can access, which it sorts by size as you watch. You then simply browse through the folders and files and delete the large ones which you are no longer using. If a file is part of the system, it'll say so on the panel (in the list of Packages the file belongs to), so you won't accidentally get rid of something that would make your system stop working. http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/ Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 14/06/2010, at 2:16 PM, John Thompson wrote: Over the past three days my Hard drive remaining capacity has dropped from 271 Gb to under 205 Gb. During the past two hours, with no activity, it has dropped another 500 Mb. Is there the possibility of some insidious program getting into the system that pulls some sort of Stephen King trick of eating up space? Regards John Thompson Mac Mini 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Mac OS X 10.6.3 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Drive capacity
Hi Ronni, Thanks for your reply. I know that this problem occurred a while back but then all seemed to be okay so went no further. I do not have Parallels or any Virus programs running so will check your suggestion on OmniDiskSweeper and see what happens. Incidentally, the HD capacity has dropped another 3 GB overnight so will look for Diagnostic logs and check. Regards John On 14/06/2010, at 2:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi John, You had the same problem back on 22 May 2010. Did you find a reason then? Are you using Parallels have a Virus Program running such a McAfee, which could be generating a large file? Check Activity Monitor and the Console logs, they should show you what is using up your CPU time. If there are lot's of Diagnostic Logs, they might be able to point you to an application that is probably crashing repeatedly and causing the problem. Maybe you can read the first few lines of a couple of such logs and check what's going on. You could also download install OmniDiskSweeper.When you start OmniDiskSweeper, it presents you with a list of disks attached to your machine. Double-click on one, and a new window opens with a “column” view listing every folder and file you can access, which it sorts by size as you watch. You then simply browse through the folders and files and delete the large ones which you are no longer using. If a file is part of the system, it'll say so on the panel (in the list of Packages the file belongs to), so you won't accidentally get rid of something that would make your system stop working. http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/ Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 14/06/2010, at 2:16 PM, John Thompson wrote: Over the past three days my Hard drive remaining capacity has dropped from 271 Gb to under 205 Gb. During the past two hours, with no activity, it has dropped another 500 Mb. Is there the possibility of some insidious program getting into the system that pulls some sort of Stephen King trick of eating up space? Regards John Thompson Mac Mini 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Mac OS X 10.6.3 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
