Disk storage showing full but sum of individual files shows much less used

My MacBook Pro recently gave 'start up disk full' messages. When I check with OminDiskSweeper it shows my HD as 148.3GB used 0.4GB free yet the drive sweep only shows 95.5GB used. When I do the same for my mobile me storage it shows 9.9GB used 0.1GB free yet the drive sweep shows only 38MB used. I am not sure what the 'missing' space is being occupied by and the performance of the macbook has now ground to a halt. Has anyone experienced similar issues and been able to resolve them?

Great thanks. Had 3 accounts established which had replicated stuff from iTunes but not visible to my normal account. Have deleted the other 2 redundant and largely duplicate accounts and got back my 50+GB!

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Go to Settings - General - Usage and see which apps are taking up a lot of space.
In my experience, if you haven't cleaned out your Messages that is where a lot of space is consumed.

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Apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Since only one option can be run at a time start with Option #3, followed by #4 and then #1 as needed.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
2 - click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
3 - Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option.
4 - In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
5 - Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
OT

Storage is full but I can't remove anything from my iphone 5s

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Storage appears full but is not...

Hi all!
not sure if it's the right place, but my MacBookPro is showing storage memory of ca.500GB almost full. Checked fotos, movies, music, apps, etc. and they are under 50GB in total... what's going on?? (trash has been emptied)
pls help!! Really need that memory.. :S
Thx! =)
PS: 499.25GB total storage, says 37.06GB free. The files I have occupy more or less 30GB!!! :S

Shenti wrote:
OMG! it says 372GB for mail???? then it makes me go throug a REALLY long pathway inside the "recovered mail" folder untill I actually get to the original files... one of the folders has a suspicious name (only letters and numbers). Granted, I have a lot of e-mails saved.... but is it normal that they take up so much space???!!! could this be a virus or malware of some sort???
thx! =)
There are no viruses for osx
Viruses: Are programs that earn their name by their ability to replicate themselves locally & often across a network. Many attach themselves to to other programs. When you launch one of these programs, the virus code launches as well & the virus goes about its nefarious business. Viruses are exceedingly rare on the Mac. There are no know viruses for OSX.
Trojans: Promises one thing but delivers another. You can download a program but when you run the program, the contents of your computer are instead beamed to an underground data center in Kamchatka. If you obtain software from reliable sites, you are unlikely to get a Trojan horse.
Adware: Has an embedded advertising component - one that displays or downloads ads when you run the software. Some adware is legitimate, part of the price of using a free program such as the Iconfactory's Twitterrific or Eudora for example.
Spyware: Grabs data from your computer & ofen uses it for the purposes of evil, sending personal info to a baddie or when you're using your web browser, redirecting you to site you don't want to visit.
Mac users have nothing to worry about regarding Spyware & Adware because in order for the worse forms to work, the OS must allow unrestricted access to its more sensitive parts. The Mac OS doesn't.
Free Software: ClamXav
iAntiVirus
User Tip: Mac Viruses
Macintosh Viruses
It doesn’t get PC viruses.

Computer says disk is almost full, but I have 14 GB free

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OS 10.5.8
1.5 GB of ram
40 gig hard drive
I get a message that says that the disk is almost full. In disk utility, it states that 36 out of 37 gb of hard drive space has been used. However when I open the finder window after clicking on the hard drive (the first level showing applications, library, system, users), it only adds up to about 23 gb of space being used once I select calculate all sizes. It doesn't show me the other 13 gigabites that would add up to 36.
I don't have the 10.5 CD's since I bought this off of ebay preloaded with the os.
I've already repaired drive holding the shift key upon startup. I've ran cocktail pilot mode to run scripts, repair permissions, empty cache, etc...I turned on invisible items using cocktail to see if I can find the extra gigabites to no avail.
It is not connected to the USB external drive.
File Vault is off.
Any other suggestions.

Seems there's some hidden File/Folder on the drive.
Let's try another way, get Find Any File...
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/
Set it up File Size is greater than 3gb, hold Option key when selecting Find to Find all.
Then try EasyFind...
http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/
Near the bottom of the page.
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Other things that may find this...
WhatSize...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/13006/
Disk Inventory X...
http://www.derlien.com/
GrandPerspective...
http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/

Encrypted Disk Image Seems Full But Is Not 10.5.6

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My start up disk is almost full, but I have deleted everything I can find - I think that when I upgraded my software it has saved the old one - anyone know how I can find and delete it?

Hi All,
Late last year I upgraded from tiger to leopard (very out of date I know) but ever since I have been getting warnings that my startup disk is full. I have deleted loads including pictures and itunes but still get the same mesage. I think when I upgraded the old version was stored somewhere and this might be causing the problem. Does anyone know where I would be able to find and delete - or alternatively have any other suggestions for what the problem may be?
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WOW
80GB is a very small drive.
Sorry Noondaywitch, but omni disk sweeper isn't going to install in the space remaining, without more problems.
My Suggestions
1. Get a large (400GB+) USB hard drive
2. Copy all the contents of your home directory to the USB drive.
3. Delete all your files from your home directory on your computer after making sure everything transferred ok.
4. Perform a clean (destructive) install of Mac OSX and then the applications you need.
5. Check how much space you have left.
6. If there is less than 50% of the HDD space left (35GB or so), then consider replacing the HDD with a new larger one. If it's a white intel mac book, then this is very easy, and instructions how to do it are included in your 'everything else' wallet with your OSX DVDs etc.
7. If you can't replace the HDD, then it's time to consider a new machine i'm afraid.
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Internal storage is "full" but it's not..

So for the past two or three months I've been getting notifications on my 16GB iPhone 5C saying "out of memory"/"out of storage", and within these few months I've deleted about 80% of my music, half of my pictures, more than half of my apps, and even all of my messages. And yet after all of that, my phone currently has a total free memory of 0 bytes. It is now to the point that I cannot take pictures nor can I send them (I get a little blank space saying 'Tap to Download' that does nothing when tapped), and I am unable to update any of my apps, or even my OS in general, which I why I am still using iOS 7.
I figured I was overlooking something and because my phone has an actual capacity of 13.23GB, I went through my usage app-by-app and added them all together, converting the Megabytes to Gigabytes and adding the 3.5GB from my music and messages, my phone's storage should be at roughly 4.087GB.. not a full 13.23GB.
Can anyone suggest anything to me? I'm thinking of just backing up my iPhone to my computer and resetting it, then just restoring it. Would that get rid of whatever's taking up all my space? What can I do?

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Hey Dragonfly1981,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
Take a look at the article linked below, it provides a lot of great information that will help you find out what’s taking up the other 4.8 GB of data and choose what you want to be backed up.
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I hope this helps,
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Disk storage showing full but sum of individual files shows much less used

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