Hard drive storage issue

I just installed the firmware update to my intel flat panel. All seemed well. But later that day, I was imformed that I had exceeded my memory and would need to delete files, etc. I have 160 gig drive. when looking at system profiler, it shows I have 85 gigs left. I also have basecamp, and have 15 gigs for the windows sector. However, when I look at Finder, under my documents, it shows only 12 KB available (after I deleted some old files). When I look at finder under applications, it shows the 85 gigs available.
This initially came up after downloading some music from iTunes.
Any help would be appreciated. I am the only user of this computer, so there are no other user profiles.

I think I have an issue with Filevault. I have tried to remove it a number of times and have been unsuccessful. I get an error message. I have removed most of my files from my home folder, which now only allows me to have about 25 gigs of space, and is filevault protected.
Is there a way to remove filevault somehow that I may be missing. The error message that I get just says there was an error in removing filevault, and your files will remain encrypted.
I am hoping that by removing filevault I will solve the larger problem of my home folder shrinking.
Thanks for your help.
imac flat panel Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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Based on my "about this mac" storage summary, I'm using over 190GB, yet I can only account 67GB of usage. I've restarted and reindexed my spotlight search twice (once via terminal, next through system preferences).
Where is all my disc space? What am I missing?

You might run OmniDiskSweeper and Grand Perspective in Root. This mat find the discrepancy.
These are the commands that you will have to enter for each in Terminal
sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
sudo /Applications/GrandPerspective.app/Contents/MacOS/GrandPerspective
Naturally you will run one at a time, not simultaneously.
Look at this as a guide:
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/how_to_recover_missing_hard_drive_space
Note that when you enter your password, it will not be displayed.
Before you start any thing, MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOUR DATA IS BACKED UP!
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Hard Drive Encryption Issue

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I have read that Bitlocker repair tool can help resolve this issue.
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Checked this ?
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Never purchased an external hard drive (storage) before so not sure if this is possible.
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My mini hasnt 'seen' a few USB devices, can anyone recommend one which is compatible with the intel mini?
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I still do not know which format would be the best. That is so that I can use it easily between mac OSX and windows. Is FAT32 the only true option? How limited is it? I heard it is limited to 4GB file size for windows and 32 GB for Mac. Are there other sources I have not found with more concrete information on the limitations of this format?
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Hard drive space issues

I have some hard drive space issues.
At present I only have about 13GB remaining on my 40GB hard drive, which is not necessarily an issue except that I have almost nothing installed/saved on my machine. I have 1 CD ripped to iTunes, no photos in the iPhoto library. I did a quick look with Disk Inventory X and found that the "Printer" folder is 3.2GB - can I get rid of some/all of that as I don't intend to print from the machine?
What is filling my disk? As far as I can tell the OS should only take up around 3 GB so where did the other 24GB go? Where, oh where?

Yes, you can delete printer drivers you don't use. OS X takes up far more than 3 GBs. A pretty minimal installation is nearly 7 GBs. Your computer also may have came with pre-bundled software applications (not standard OS X applications.) OS X will also use potentially 10 GBs of space on a temporary basis for temporary files, log files, and cache files. So for a 40 GB drive it's not too surprising to have only 13 GBs free. Perhaps it's time for you to put in a larger hard drive. You can purchase hard drives at:
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Does iCloud drive use up hard drive storage space?

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I thought the entire point of iCloud was to use cloud storage and not offline storage; unless you download it from the cloud to your hard drive. Why am I losing hard drive space?
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I was shocked to see that my hard drive was close to full last night when I checked on its capacity. Mainly because I just wiped clean a month ago and reinstalled with the current version of Mavericks. It would appear that my problem lies within a massive amount of storage used classified as "other". My HD holds 320 GB and of that, "other" is taking up 161 GB along with my Audio, Movies, Photos and Apps taking up a combined 120 GB. This leaves me with about 40 GB left of free space.
I am unable to pinpoint the location of these "other" files. Totaling up the four subfolders in my HD (System, Library, Users and Applications) only amounts to 120 GB which can be traced back to my Audio, Movies, Photos and Apps. This leaves 161 GB floating around used somewhere that I haven't the slightest clue of where it is. I have used Grand Perspective and a disk space analyzer from the app store and they both only recognize 120 GB being used by the hard drive.
To make things a little more interesting, when I first noticed this "other" issue, it was taking up 145 GB and over the course of an hour or so after multiple restarts it has worked its way up to the 161 GB it is at now. Is there some type of glitch here?
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For information about the Other category in the Storage display, see this support article. If the Storage display seems to be inaccurate, try rebuilding the Spotlight index.
Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then restart the computer. That will temporarily free up some space.
According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation—not the mythical 10%, 15%, or any other percentage. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of the data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) or GrandPerspective (GP) to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one. Note that ODS only works with OS X 10.8 or later. If you're running an older OS version, use GP.
Deleting files inside an iPhoto or Aperture library will corrupt the library. Any changes to a photo library must be made from within the application that created it. The same goes for Mail files.
Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
ODS or GP can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
If you have more than one user account, make sure you're logged in as an administrator. The administrator account is the one that was created automatically when you first set up the computer.
Install the app you downloaded in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click anywhere in the corresponding line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
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Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator. Ignore any other messages that appear in the Terminal window.
The application window will open, eventually showing all files in all folders, sorted by size. It may take a few minutes for the app to finish scanning.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means. When in doubt, leave it alone or ask for guidance.
When you're done with the app, quit it and also quit Terminal.

Hard drive storage

Hello, I have a B&W G3 running OS 10.3.9 with a 40 GB ATA hard drive. I would like to add a second hard drive to be used only for storage of files. But I think I've read somewhere that the main hard drive on these models can only recognize up to 128 GB as the primary hard drive. But, if I just want to install a second hard drive, say a 160 to 250 GB hard drive only as a storage drive, would it be able to work with the 40 GB HD as the primary drive? Any help will be greatly appreciated. John

Hi, John -
Is your B&W G3 a rev. 1 or rev. 2 model? This article can help you determine that (scroll down to section 3, "Revised IDE Controller") -
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/yosemite/newfeatures.html
The issue is that a rev. 1 model can not reliably use a second drive on the built-in bus, nor drives larger than about 40 or 50GB. The risk is sudden loss of data.
Rev. 2 models are okay with second drives, and with drives up to 128GB (formatted) in size.
...the main hard drive on these models can only recognize up to 128 GB as the primary hard drive. But, if I just want to install a second hard drive, say a 160 to 250 GB hard drive only as a storage drive, would it be able to work with the 40 GB HD as the primary drive?
It is the built-in IDE (ATA) controller that governs limits, not how big one drive is vs. the other.
Provided the machine is a rev. 2 model, the built-in controller has a limit of being able to use a drive no larger than 128GB (formatted) in size. This limit applies to each of the two possible drives individually, not collectively. Larger drives can be used, such as a 160GB drive, but only the first 128GB will be available. Since it is a drive size limit and not a volume size limit, partitioning will not get around it. And, since it is a limitation of the controller and hence is a hardware limit, the limitation is OS independent.
There are solutions in order to use larger drives.
(1) On either a rev. 1 or rev. 2 model, since the restriction is a factor of the builr-in controller, the solution is to use a different controller. This can be done by adding a PCI card with its own ATA controller; drives connected to its bus are not subject to the limitations of the built-in controller. A 250GB drive could easily be used with such a card, and all of it would be available.
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Thinkcentre 7360 Bootup / Hard Drive / BIOS Issue Windows 7

Hi A pc was switched off by the wall plug accidentally by someone else when it was switched on. Since then it won't boot up. When you switch it on it gets as far as the window logo (which doesn't quite load fully, the coloured cirlcles swirl but do not form the windows logo before it reboots). The operating system is Windows 7. The pc had a 250GB HD in, this was cloned onto a Solid State Disk. Only the solid state disk is plugged in along with the CD drive. The original Hard Drive was left in the computer but unplugged. Both hard drives fail to boot up, the original one could not be faulty as it has never been used. Plugged both disks into a new pc and they boot up fine individually. Is there something obvious in the BIOS that is preventing the disk starting up? Safe mode does not workCheckdisk finds no errors, but as previous said, the hard drive works fine in another pc. I get the startup repair and start windows normally options. Startup repair starts up fine, start windows normally reboots. Resetting BIOS to defaults does not change anything. Removing the battery does not change anything. Tried different memory and different SATA cables. Any advice welcome.It is a Lenovo Small Form Factor Windows 7 PC - Model number 7360WN4 Jason

Sometimes issues can arise when a driver is downloaded directly from the manufacturer, because in some cases, there are minor tweaks made to the one made specifically for your computer.
Sometimes the developers (combination of HP software developers and the 3rd party maker's software developers) have to tweak the maker's original driver to work with all of the other components inside your particular computer. All of the dv4-2000s may have, for instance, a specific technology of hard drives and optical drives, but each different dv4-2XXX may have different brands of hard drives/optical drives.
Graphics drivers are that way. I always recommend getting the ATI driver, not from ATI's website, but directly from the HP Driver Page, because getting the version on ATI's website will cause some issues with the HP Framework (which is responsible for making the whole web of specific components all work together) on the computer. After that several things have to be uninstalled and the correct versions have to be installed just to undo what that one driver version did.
It gets a little complicated. Suffice it to say, always try to download it from the HP Driver Page for your model first. Then if that version or previous versions don't work, try downloading directly from the 3rd party maker's page. I hope that makes sense. Let me know if I need to clarify anything
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I've checked out your list and posted my experiences.
From the tests that I've run over the last week or so, the Macally PHR-100AC 3.5" HDD enclosure should work. Failures 'seems' to point specifically to the hard drive used.
I have now used 4 different drives (different sizes, manufacturers etc..) in 2 Macally cases (both with updated firmware) and the only failure - via USB but not FireWire - was the Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600. Reformatting it with WD's utility is Windows XP via Bootcamp cleared up the issue with the drive and is now fully functional and consistent under Mac OS X and through the AEBS. I still have one more WD1600 to look at.
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All this great software has finally taken its toll on the 80Gb of hard drive space that this computer came with (Just for the record, I use the primary drive for the OS and applications only -- I store all of my data on other drives).
So, I need to upgrade the primary hard drive so I can install even more software and do even more amazing things . I'm going to upgrade my primary drive to a 120gb.
I've got Carbon Copy Cloner, but it hasn't solved a couple of issues:
First off, when I make the dupe, it doesn't maintain the original disk's Tech Tool Pro eDrive partition -- I need this on my new drive just in case. Now, you'll say "Why don't you just uninstall Tech Tool Pro and then re-install it when you set up your new drive?" Well, that's because Micromat tracks how many installs you make with any particular activation code, and I'd have to purchase another license to do another install -- and I really don't want to have to lay out $$ when there's really no clear reason.
Secondly, the CCC'd dupe doesn't play well with Classic. (Yeah, I'm a hold-out who still has a couple of OS9 oldies-but-goodies that I won't give up). The CCC'd dupe drive doesn't contain the OS9 drivers that I need to be able to successfully run Classic.
So, my overall question is this -- how do I properly set up my new 120gb drive and then properly transfer a complete image of my old 80gb drive onto it so I maintain all my functionality and all my software applications, but wind up with more space to play?
Thanks!

I solved my own problem! Here's how we did it:
First, we booted up using the Tech Tool Pro disk and removed the eDrive partition from the original boot drive.
Next, we took the new target drive (we went with a 250gb rather than a 120 -- more is always better, no?) and formatted it using Disk Utility from the OSX Panther install disk. This allowed us to put in the OS9 drivers on the disk (didn't find the option for this with Tiger's DU).
Then we used CCC to clone the old drive over. Then I did a little bit of physical re-arranging so that the new drive was in the master spot on the primary IDE chain in the box.
Finally, we booted up again using the TTP disk and had TTP create a new eDrive on the 250gb disk.
After all that, everything works just fine! No problems running apps in Classic, and no need to re-install TTP and spend more money on another license!

Hard drive startup issues after extended sleep/shutdown

Hello,
When I put my iMac to sleep or shut it off for an extended period of time (overnight) and then try to wake it up or turn it on, the iMac makes a strange clicking noise and freezes.
After manually shutting down and restarting it one or more times it will startup fine.
Putting to sleep/shutting down the computer for short periods of time doesn't cause any problems.
So when this first started happening I though "Uh oh, hard drives going to that great recycling depot in the sky."
But, Disk Utility, Apple's hardware test, and TechTool Pro 4 all find nothing wrong with my system.
Is there any chance this could not be an hard drive issue? Or should I just get the drive replaced and stop trying to diagnose the problem?

You've covered the biggies already - I'd recommend a trip to the Apple store or at least a call to AppleCare. Back in the late 80's and early 90's 'stiction' was a serious problem with hard drives. A hard drive motor has very low torque; it can spin fast but it doesn't have much oomph and the lubricant used back then could harden overnight so that when the computer was booted up the drive's motor couldn't spin up the platters. Improvements in lubricants have made stiction less common today but it hasn't been eradicated and it is one of the things that might be affecting your drive. At any rate, since I can't put your computer on my bench, the best call I can make is for you to make a call. Sorry.

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