On 07/08/2009, at 8:48 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
On 06/08/2009, at 3:05 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
On 06/08/2009, at 2:46 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote:
For the last few months the available space on my HD has remained
fairly static at about half the total (~80GB). I have made no
recent downloads of any large applications or other files but
suddenly my HD is almost full (147GB). My remote back up disk
which has done a full back up followed by daily incremental
backups under CCC only shows 70GB used.
I have done the obvious deletions of caches and trash and searched
through the main folders for very large folders with no avail.
Has anyone any thoughts as to what may have suddenly filled my
hard drive and is there an easy way to find large files or folders
without wading through them all?
Regards
Barry
iMac 5,1
Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz 667 MHz
2GB 667 MHz
150GB HD
OS X 10.5.7
Hello Barry,
Download a copy of 'disk inventory X' - it maps your HDD and shows
you in a visual sense what exactly is taking all of your space. If
its stuff that you don't need/want then you can delete it.
It's a good program to have ... and its free.
<http://www.derlien.com/index.html>
WhatSize is another you can use to see what is using your HD space.
<http://whatsize.en.softonic.com/mac>
Cheers,
Ronni
Can anyone confirm that tools such as DI X and Whatsize (both
excellent BTW) report on hidden files? It's my impression that they
only report on the files that the Finder can see under normal use.
Barry's problem may be tied up with with something deeper like a
corrupted Master Directory Block or somesuch.
It would be worth running Disk Warrior or similar disc-level repair
tool, or at the very least doing a file system check:
1. restart the computer, and hold the Command and 's' keys while
booting.
2. At the blinking prompt type "fsck -fy" (note the space! ) and let
it do its thing. This will fix any underlying directory problems.
3. Type "reboot" when finished.
Hi Peter,
WhatSize documentation says: "Hidden files, cache files, directories
will all show up with their corresponding size. This application is
similar to the ancient NeXTSTEP, DarkForest. Once the measuring of a
folder has ended the user can also view the information by filtering
for particular file sizes or types. The user can also move unwanted
files and folder in the corresponding Trash bin similar to the
Finder's Delete button."
Disk Inventory X does seem to show hidden files also. I understand it
searches invisible directories.
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
OS X 10.5.7
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