Thanks Russell, (Note to self remember Google :), sorry for the hassle)
On 21 Jan 2013, at 18:23, Russell Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > /slightlypanicedvoice > Leave it alone! > > http://shellzero.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/importance-of-var-folder-in-macosx/ > > regards > > Russell > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Manor Park Medical Centre > www.manorparksurgery.com > Tel 01323482301 > East Sussex Local Medical Committee (Chair) > www.sslmcs.co.uk/ > Tel 01372389270 > GPC rep East & West Sussex > @drbrown1970 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > On 21 January 2013 11:09, Michael Dennis - FanChants.com > <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello chaps, > > I've just splashed out on a new MacBook Pro and I'm very happy with it apart > from the price and the fact I had to reduce the size of the hard drive. I'm > already up to the limited 250GB (I had 500 before but only used 270 or so. > > I have put all music on iTunes Match - works well even in Thailand. My pics > are all going on Flickr or similar. I'm also clearing off all the crap using > Omni Sweeper to find the large files. The only thing I am not sure, and which > is taking 12.8 GB of space. Its in Private and the largest folder inside that > is called var. Within the folder var are lots of files but the heaviest > folder is called vm requiring most of the 12gb space. In this folder there > are 10 files. The heaviest being one called sleepimage at 8gb then the rest > are called swapfiles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 varying from 1gb down to 64mb. > > Are these important? Seems rather odd and I haven't seen anything like this > before on the HD? > > Thanks for any help. > > BTW I love the way the Mac feels, it's just gorgeous and is a lot quicker > than the equivalent machine of 2 years ago I had previously. The retina > display is awesome but is pricey and on reflection I may not have gone for it > but then again I do look at the screen a lot and also have particularly bad > eyesight so it was kind of worth it. > > Michael > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
