Mac OS X statup disk has become full unexpectedly!
Lately I've been having a hard time keeping up with available memory/ statup disk space. After backing up files, I deleted a few gigs worth of files leaving more space for the system. But after stepping away, I came back hours later and suddenly was back to ZERO space available on my startup disk again.
It appears there are over 30GBs in my "private" folder alone (where all the logs are kept). I'm worried there might be some redundant or looping going on. Attached below is an example of repeated errors I pulled from the Console. I think this is what happened and may happen every time I turn the computer on. Please let me know what I need to do or if you need more information! Thanks so much ahead of time!!
Sep 2 20:33:32 jean-kaluzas-macbook-pro /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[142]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Sep 2 20:33:32 jean-kaluzas-macbook-pro /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[142]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Sep 2 20:33:47 jean-kaluzas-macbook-pro com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: BootCacheControl: could not fetch 274500 bytes of history: Invalid argument
Sep 2 20:36:02 jean-kaluzas-macbook-pro Safari[162]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Sep 2 20:36:08: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Sep 2 20:36:08 jean-kaluzas-macbook-pro Suitcase Fusion[154]: * -[NSConditionLock unlock]: lock (<NSConditionLock: 0x1773b8c0> '(null)') unlocked from thread which did not lock it
Sep 2 20:36:08 jean-kaluzas-macbook-pro Suitcase Fusion[154]: * Break on _NSLockError() to debug.
Sep 2 20:36:08 jean-kaluzas-macbook-pro Suitcase Fusion[154]: * -[NSConditionLock unlock]: lock (<NSConditionLock: 0x1773b8c0> '(null)') unlocked from thread which did not lock it
Sep 2 20:36:08 jean-kaluzas-macbook-pro Suitcase Fusion[154]: * Break on _NSLockError() to debug.
See the following:
Kappy's Personal Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
For disk repairs use Disk Utility. For situations DU cannot handle the best third-party utilities are: Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible. TechTool Pro provides additional repair options including file repair and recovery, system diagnostics, and disk defragmentation. TechTool Pro 4.5.1 or higher are Intel Mac compatible; Drive Genius is similar to TechTool Pro in terms of the various repair services provided. Versions 1.5.1 or later are Intel Mac compatible.
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts had been significantly reduced in Tiger and Leopard. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard and should not be installed.
OS X automatically defrags files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems.
I would also recommend downloading the shareware utility TinkerTool System that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old logfiles and archives, clearing caches, etc. Other utilities are also available such as Onyx, Leopard Cache Cleaner, CockTail, and Xupport, for example.
For emergency repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the commandline. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand. I also recommend booting into safe mode before doing system software updates.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. Carbon Copy Cloner (Donationware)
6. SuperDuper! (Commercial)
7. Intego Personal Backup (Commercial)
8. Data Backup (Commercial)
9. SilverKeeper 2.0 (Freeware)
10. MimMac (Commercial)
11. Tri-Backup (Commercial)
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac Maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at www.versiontracker.com and www.macupdate.com.
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The full message reads as, "
Force Quit Applications
Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory.
To avoid problems with your computer, quit any applications you are not using. Closing windows and removing files from your startup disk will also help."
Currently I have:
Capacity: 319.73GB ; Available: 299.11GB ; Used: 20.62GB
Why am I receiving this message and being forced to force quit items? Both times the message has been received, Safari was open (frozen) while checking yahoo! mail.
I received my MacBook Pro as a gift less than a month ago and I have only saved 20 pictures within iPhoto and installed Skype and Vuze...no other modifications from default have been made.
Any idea?The full message reads as, "
Force Quit Applications
Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory.
To avoid problems with your computer, quit any applications you are not using. Closing windows and removing files from your startup disk will also help."
Currently I have:
Capacity: 319.73GB ; Available: 299.11GB ; Used: 20.62GB
Why am I receiving this message and being forced to force quit items? Both times the message has been received, Safari was open (frozen) while checking yahoo! mail.
I received my MacBook Pro as a gift less than a month ago and I have only saved 20 pictures within iPhoto and installed Skype and Vuze...no other modifications from default have been made.
Any idea? -
"Your Mac OS X Startup Disk Has No More Space For Application Memory"
I've been having a problem in the last few days with my Mac. I would be surfing the net, or doing whatever, and an error message would randomly pop up on my screen. It would say: "_Your Mac OS X Startup Disk Has No More Space For Application Memory_". Then the dialog box would give me the option to PAUSE or *Force Quit* applications. But instead of letting me click these buttons, my Mac would just automatically freeze after the dialog box popped up!
The odd thing is, is that I truly was NOT using that much memory...much less than I usually do. Plus I have 4 GB of RAM, and I know I wasn't maxing it out.
Does anyone know why this error message would be popping up like this (especially since there was no way that I was using all my Application Memory)? And does anyone know why my Mac just freezes instantly when the error message pops up?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! It's quite hard use my Mac right now, since I never know when it's gonna freeze up on me!
Thanks!I assume that means no backups? That's a problem you need to fix next.
You might be able to start your Mac in "Target Disk Mode" while connected to the other Mac. You do this by holding down the "T" key while booting. And I was wrong: you must use Firewire, not USB.
The other Mac will see your HD as an external F/W drive. You may have to "mount" it via Disk Utility, if it doesn't show up on the desktop and/or Finder sidebar.
You probably need to do a lot of examining what's not needed, and perhaps some maintenance, but you don't want to do that under pressure.
To get it running and buy just a bit of time, your best bet is to copy some big stuff (like video) either to the other Mac's hard drive or to one or more DVDs, then delete it from your HD.
Once you get several GB free, you should be able to boot it. Then get started cleaning it up. There are many threads in this forum with links and suggestions for how to do this. Just search for +Disk Full.+
Did this happen all of a sudden? If so, it's possible you had some sort of runaway or continually failing process, filling up some logs and/or caches. If you don't do routine maintenance, either by clearing your browser cache, etc., manually, or via an app like OnyX, that's another thing you might want to investigate. -
My MacBook Pro (version 10.7.5 4GB)keeps crashing with the error message 'Your MAC OSX start up disk has no more space available for application memory' - what do i do. I keep force quitting the applications and turning the computer off but it happens again after a while
Hhow much goal and free hard disk space is available? Sounds like you need to move some things off of that hard drive.
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Mac Osx strart-up disk has no more application memory
I get this message on occasion now. The Message, "Your Mac OSX start up disk has no more space available for application memory".
I have a 1 TB HD ,799GB Available, 220GB Used. Running 10.6.2 OSX.
I have tried Onyx, repairing permissions in the disc utility, and the problem goes a way for a while but will pop up if I start running multiple apps.Rebooting seems to cure this problem for a while.
Looking for answers.
thanks,
*I did try the suggestion from another user below. Did not help*
+Try booting fron your install disc. The startup disk may need repairs.+
+Insert your install disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.+
+Go to Installer menu and launch Disk Utility.+
+Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.+
+Select First Aid in the Main panel.+
+(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel. It should say: Verified)+
+Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.+
+If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.+
+If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.+
+When you are finished with DU, from the Menu Bar, select Utilities/Startup Manager.+
+Select your start up disk and click Restart+
+While you have the Disk Utility window open, look at the bottom of the window. Where you see Capacity and Available. Make sure there is always 10% to 15% free disk space+
+If you cannot boot from your install disc, try booting in Safe Mode+Had same issue on customer's new iMac 24" this morning. Memory processes on activity monitor showed only 130.6 MB free out of 4GB physical with only Safari and activity monitor running!! No single process showed out of the ordinary memory use but totals showed 1 GB Wired and 2.06GB Active - ***?
Started client computer up in Target Disk Mode, hooked it up to my Macbook Pro and run Disk Warrior which found plenty of errors - not sure which specifically was the issue but, rebooted iMac and Bingo - all clear - all usage patters back to normal.
Disk Warrior is something everyone with a Mac should have in their house. Starting this iMac up using the DW disk would have given the same result so you don't need another Mac to make it happen, incidentally. -
When I open my iMac, I get the following message : Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory. Then it says to quit applications not in usw and to close windows and remove files from startup disk. It lists Safari, email and Finder. I force a quit on all applications yet the same message comes up every time I open an application. What do I do to get rid of this once and for all? The computer is not even two years old and is only used for email and Safari. Help will be greatly appreciated,
The message has nothing to do with low disk space.
There is excessive swapping of data between physical memory (that is, the memory chips on the logic board) and virtual memory (one or more files on the startup volume.) That activity is relatively slow and causes the whole system to be less responsive. It can happen for two reasons:
A long-running process with a memory leak (a kind of bug)
Not enough memory for your usage pattern
Tracking down a memory leak can be difficult, and it may come down to a process of elimination.
These instructions are for OS X 10.9 ("Mavericks.") The procedure may be slightly different for earlier versions of OS X.
When you notice the swap activity, open the Activity Monitor application and select All Processes from the View menu, if it's not already selected. Select the Memory tab. Click the heading of the Real Mem column in the process table twice to sort the table with the highest value at the top. If you don't see that column, select
View ▹ Columns ▹ Real Memory
from the menu bar.
If one process (excluding "kernel_task") is using much more memory than all the others, that could be an indication of a leak. A better indication would be a process that continually grabs more and more real memory over time without ever releasing it. Here is an example of how it's done.
The processes named "Safari Web Content" render web pages for Safari. They use a lot of memory and may leak if certain Safari extensions or third-party web plugins are installed. Consider them prime suspects.
Another process often implicated in memory leaks is "inkjet4" or "inkjet8," which is a component of the HP printing software. If it's present, force-quit the process in Activity Monitor to solve the problem temporarily. Empty the print queues in the Printers & Scanners preference pane (which has a slightly different name in each recent version of OS X.) If you don't use an HP printer, remove the software. Otherwise, if the problem is recurrent, update the software (which may not help) or contact HP support.
"Wired" memory should be a small part of the total. That memory is not swapped, but it makes less physical memory available which may then result in swapping. If you have a lot of wired memory, that's usually an indication of a memory leak in a third-party program that modifies the operating system at a low level. Ask for guidance in that case.
If you don't have an obvious memory leak, your options are to install more memory (if possible) or to run fewer programs simultaneously.
The next suggestion is only for users familiar with the shell. For a more precise, but potentially misleading, test, run the following command:
sudo leaks -nocontext -nostacks process | grep total
where process is the name of a process you suspect of leaking memory. Almost every process will leak some memory; the question is how much, and especially how much the leak increases with time. I can’t be more specific. See the leaks(1) man page and the Apple developer documentation for details. -
Mac os x startup disk has no more space available for application memory
Suddenly over the past 2-3 weeks, first my iMac, then my Mac Pro both started giving me the pop-up error message: "Your mac os x startup disk has no more space available for application memory" offering for me to Force Quit open applications. Which does not work. Restarting temporarily helps, but the error will eventually return.
I have over 50% available in HD space on the iMac.
Also, I do not know if this is related, but the computers are running very slowly as well.
Additionally, before all of this, our Contact data, sync with Mobile Me, tripled in size with duplicates and jumbled messages.
Seemed like a cascade of failures beginning with contacts and ending with the memory error.
I have tried Applejack several times to no avail.
Any one have any ideas? Thanks.CMCSK wrote:
first my iMac, then my Mac Pro
I have over 50% available in HD space on the iMac.
What about the Mac Pro? How large is your hard drive on both computers?
Problem first appeared on the iMac, then the MacPro starting giving the same error.
MacPro 999.5 GB total, 277 GB available
iMac 499.76 GB total, 214 GB available
"Your mac os x startup disk has no more space available for application memory"
Is FileVault enabled?
Never (unless it turned on itself)
have tried Applejack several times to no avail.
Have you tried using _Disk Utility from your install disc?_
From the HD, but not from from install disk. I will dig it out and try it.
Did you run Apple's Hardware Test?
Where do I find this?
Did you disconnect all peripherals except for the keyboard & mice while troubleshooting?
I did not since I am having the same problem on 2 different computers.
the computers are running very slowly as well.
Check the items in the Login Items. Delete or disable all you do not need. -
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My MAC OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory.
My MAC OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory.
HI there linc, i followed your post on another mac forum... this is the first time i've done this so not sure if you reply or anything but i followed all your parts on the other forum and received the following notices... what do you advise?! sorry if you are bored of these! and appreciate it... quite proud i managed to carry out all the steps! ALSO NOT SURE IF FOUR IS RIGHT!!! SEEMS A BIT LONG?!
PART 1
com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.68)
PART 2
com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd
com.rim.BBDaemon
com.adobe.fpsaud
PART3
com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd
com.rim.BBLaunchAgent
com.rim.RimAlbumArtDaemon
com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager
jp.co.canon.Inkjet_Extended_Survey_Agent
com.google.keystone.user.agent
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae
PART4
COPYING.FLAC.txt
COPYING.Ogg.txt
COPYING.Speex.txt
COPYING.Theora.txt
COPYING.Vorbis.txt
COPYING.XiphQT.txt
ReadMe.rtf
XiphQT.component
/Library/Extensions:
/Library/Frameworks:
Adobe AIR.framework
DivX Toolkit.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
PluginManager.framework
RIM_VSP.framework
RimBlackBerryUSB.framework
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/InputManagers:
CTLoader
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
Disabled Plug-Ins
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
EPPEX Plugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
Musicnotes.plugin
NP-PPC-Dir-Shockwave
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
VeetleBroadcast-0.9.16
VeetleTVCore-0.9.16
VeetleTVPlayer-0.9.16
flashplayer.xpt
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
npdivx.xpt
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled):
Flash Player.plugin
/Library/Keyboard Layouts:
/Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist
com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
com.trusteer.rapport.rapportd.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
com.trusteer.rooks.rooksd.plist
/Library/PreferencePanes:
DivX.prefPane
Flash Player.prefPane
Growl.prefPane
RapportPreferences.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
/Library/QuickLook:
GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator
iWork.qlgenerator
/Library/QuickTime:
.DS_Store
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
CanonMJPEGAVI.component
CanonMJPEGAVIDec.component
CanonText.component
DivX Decoder.component
DivX Encoder.component
FLACImport.component
OggVorbis.component
XiphQT.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
Adobe Unit Types.osax
/Library/Spotlight:
AppleWorks.mdimporter
GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter
/Library/StartupItems:
HP Trap Monitor
ProTec6b
/etc/mach_init.d:
dashboardadvisoryd.plist
/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle
Library/Fonts:
Library/Input Methods:
.localized
Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
[email protected]
com.apple.FolderActions.enabled.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
jp.co.canon.Inkjet_Extended_Survey_Agent.plist
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Perian.prefPane
Library/QuickTime:
AC3MovieImport.component
Perian.component
PART 5
GrowlHelperApp, iTunesHelper, Mac_SwapperDemon, 3Connect Updater, CacheOutXHelper, CrossOver CD Helper, Google Chrome, iTunes, iAntiVirus, BlackBerry Device Manager, HP Product Research, HP Scheduler -
I keep getting a message my startup disk is almost full. What do i need to do to correct this?
You should never, EVER let a conputer hard drive get completely full, EVER!
With Macs and OS X, you shouldn't let the hard drive get below 15 GBs or less of free data space.
If it does, it's time for some hard drive housecleaning.
Follow some of my tips for cleaning out, deleting and archiving data from your Mac's internal hard drive.
Have you emptied your iMac's Trash icon in the Dock?
If you use iPhoto, iPhoto has its own trash that needs to be emptied, also.
If you store images in other locations other than iPhoto, then you will have to weed through these to determine what to archive and what to delete.
If you use Apple Mail app, Apple Mail also has its own trash area that needs to be emptied, too!
Delete any old or no longer needed emails and/or archive to disc, flash drives or external hard drive, older emails you want to save.
Other things you can do to gain space.
Once you have around 15 GBs regained, do a search, download and install OmniDisk Sweeper.
This app will help you locate files that you can move/archive and/or delete from your system.
STAY AWAY FROM DELETING ANY FILES FROM OS X SYSTEM FOLDER!
Look through your Documents folder and delete any type of old useless type files like "Read Me" type files.
Again, archive to disc, flash drives, ext. hard drives or delete any old documents you no longer use or immediately need.
Look in your Applications folder, if you have applications you haven't used in a long time, if the app doesn't have a dedicated uninstaller, then you can simply drag it into the OS X Trash icon. IF the application has an uninstaller app, then use it to completely delete the app from your Mac.
Download an app called OnyX for your version of OS X.
When you install and launch it, let it do its initial automatic tests, then go to the cleaning and maintenance tabs and run the maintenance tabs that let OnyX clean out all web browser cache files, web browser histories, system cache files, delete old error log files.
Typically, iTunes and iPhoto libraries are the biggest users of HD space.
move these files/data off of your internal drive to the external hard drive and deleted off of the internal hard drive.
If you have any other large folders of personal data or projects, these should be archived or moved, also, to the optical discs, flash drives or external hard drive and then either archived to disc and/or deleted off your internal hard drive.
Good Luck! -
Outlook outbox has become full of RIM redirector messages and has stopped processing outbound emails
I'm new to these forums so not sure if i'm in the right place. Problem is that my Outlook outbox has become filled with RIM redirector messages and no email messages are being processed for several days. It used to work fine before. I don't know if the redirector or Outlook is the source. I can receive emails on my handheld but not from the desktop redirector.
Hi All, (I know this was a very old post, but just thought of posting if someone found an answer by now)
I am seeing the same issue on a laptop for a user our company support. Every few hours, her Outbox gets flooded up with network messages from Redirector, and no emails would go out until Outlook is restarted. Is there a way that these messages be stopped, or reduced? This is giving the user a headache, as the Outbox woudlnt clear up and she has to restart Outlook every few hours.
Thanks
Sandeep -
"Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory" error?
I've searched the web high and low to resolve this issue, tried many different approaches, and have not been able to resolve it. I'm really looking for help at this point.
I'm trying to export a 5 minute video that I've put together using FCPX 10.0.8. I export "master file" to an external hard drive and at some point in the export process I get the following popup:
System information:
13" mid-2011 Macbook Air
Processor 1.8 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 (2GB x2)
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5
Hard drive: 256 SSD (107 GB available)
FCPX project information:
FCPX media is stored on SSD system drive and exporting to external drive
Media is 1080p 24 frame footage shot using a Canon T2i
Total Length of project is 5:13
Background rendering is off
Proxy media is created for all media but I am exporting original media
I've tried the following:
Freeing up more hard drive space - I've anywhere from 25 GB to 107 GB free and it does not seem to matter how much free space I have, I still get the error
Repairing system drive - I've repaired permissions with Disk Utility and I've even performed a drive Rebuild using DiskWarrior
Cleaning up FCPX project - I've gone through and deleted all unused media, deleted project and event render files, etc
Cleared RAM - During export I've repeatedly ran MemoryKeeper to clear RAM and free up more memory
System restart before attempting the export and I also boot up holding 'shift' which blocks unnecessary background tasks, dropbox, etc from starting
Considerations/Observations:
I've exported longer and more complex projects using the same setup with no problem, also with less free disk space
I've never seen this error in any other situation
The error will pop up anywhere from the export being 35% to 98% completed
Activity Monitor during export:
The only processes that are taking up any considerable memory are FCPX and kernal_task
'% CPU' on FCPX jumps around from 60% or less to 250% or more
FCPX usually has 83 threads
'Real Memory' for FCPX can be anywhere from 300 MB to 2 GB
It seems that when the export is at about 25% or 30% that is when the computer starts slowing down, 'Free' system memory goes down to mere megabytes, and a ton of swapfiles start to generate in .../var/vm folder which will build up until I'm out of disk space
Sometimes the error will pop up even before I run out of disk space due to the swapfiles. Last time it came up when I still had 40 GB free
Screenshot of Activity Monitor 'System Memory' during a previous attempt to export, taken right as the error popped up:
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help me figure this one out!I've tried the following:
Freeing up more hard drive space - I've anywhere from 25 GB to 107 GB free and it does not seem to matter how much free space I have, I still get the error
Repairing system drive - I've repaired permissions with Disk Utility and I've even performed a drive Rebuild using DiskWarrior
Cleaning up FCPX project - I've gone through and deleted all unused media, deleted project and event render files, etc
Cleared RAM - During export I've repeatedly ran MemoryKeeper to clear RAM and free up more memory
System restart before attempting the export and I also boot up holding 'shift' which blocks unnecessary background tasks, dropbox, etc from starting
Activity Monitor during export:
The only processes that are taking up any considerable memory are FCPX and kernal_task
'% CPU' on FCPX jumps around from 60% or less to 250% or more
FCPX usually has 83 threads
'Real Memory' for FCPX can be anywhere from 300 MB to 2 GB
It seems that when the export is at about 25% or 30% that is when the computer starts slowing down, 'Free' system memory goes down to mere megabytes, and a ton of swapfiles start to generate in .../var/vm folder which will build up until I'm out of disk space
Sometimes the error will pop up even before I run out of disk space due to the swapfiles. Last time it came up when I still had 40 GB free
Like Russ said, your system specs are pretty marginal - especially the 4GB of RAM. As you are experiencing this sometimes gets rapidly depleted, so the system starts to use swap on the system drive - the internal SSD. You have written about freeing hard drive space - do you mean in the external? You really need room in the internal SSD: not for your export, but for system stuff like sleepimage, swap space etc. The error message is pretty clear: you reached a situation where there is not enough space in the SSD for your system to work properly. -
IMac start-up disk suddenly becomes full
Hello!
I've got iMac 27 model id: iMac13,2 with 1TB disk with all latest software updates installed. All my files and folders normally count up to 300 GB, so around of 700 GB are free. But some time ago, I saw that my disk is full, 999,2 GB is used. DaisyDisk shows that I have 999,2 GB used, of which files and folder are only 250 or so GB and what is the rest is unknown.
Info in 'About this Mac' -> Storage shows that there is something marked as 'Other' that takes around 750 GB. After few hours the space frees up by itself. And this may repeat 3 or 4 times a week.
The most popular solution on the Internet for the problem when the disk comes full by itself is to switch off Time Machine, that creates local backups while external storage is unavailable. But Time Machine at this Mac is totally switched off so it can't be a reason.
Yesterday it was again 999,2 GB full, but now 700 GB is free. I have run a Hardware test and everything is OK.
What can be a problem? The only thing I suspect is disk malfunction.To remove files from the 'Other' section you may try resetting your Mac to factory settings.
First of all, back up your system.
Restart your Mac. Once it restarts and the grey screen appears, press and hold the Command and R keys.
Select Disk Utility and click Continue.
Select your startup disk on the left and click the Erase tab.
Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) from the Format menu, enter a name, and then click Erase.
Select Reinstall OS X, click Continue, and then follow the instructions on your screen. -
Under that is says, "To avoid problems with your computer, quit any applications you are not using. Closing windows and removing files from your startusp disk will also help." In the area where it shows what applications/files are running, it only shows Safari and Finder. I have tried quitting Safari and restarting Finder like it says but the box just keeps popping up every time I restart Safari, Firefox, Chrome, etc. I have read into this problem a little by searching the question and I have gone into my activity monitor based on others responeses to this question, but i don't understand what the activity monitor is saying or what to do within that program. I'm not very good on computers, so specific, step-by-step help will be greatly appreciated!!!
Not really. Photoshop, Numbers however I do have 3 browsers running with a number of active windows.
I'm beginning to think this is a Firefox issue. Activity Monitor is showing Firefox as the largest use of memory at 2.57GB (I'm on my MacPro currently) with nothing else even close to that. 6 FF windows open.
One of my designers has just told me that he's been having the issue for a couple of weeks on his iMac too. He's concluded the same about FF and instead of leaving windows open overnight he's been quiting FF altogether in the evening and has not had the issue in the morning when he wakes his machine. (That's when it's been happening on both of mine, in the morning after leaving FF running overnight). -
Hardware Information:
MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009)
MacBook - model: MacBook6,1
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
2 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 0 days 0:4:16
Disk Information:
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (232.89 GB)
(null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
Untitled (disk0s2) /: 65.47 GB (19.68 GB free)
My Mac (disk0s3) /Volumes/My Mac: 166.97 GB (37.97 GB free)
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information:
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Microsoft Microsoft® Nano Transceiver v2.0
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Broadcom Corp Bluetooth Module
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.suhelperd.plist
[not loaded] org.samba.winbindd.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.saraten.plist
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Android File Transfer Agent
Skype
Microsoft Database Daemon
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player
Internet Plug-ins:
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Picasa.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Top Processes by CPU:
45% mds
5% EtreCheck
3% syslogd
2% WindowServer
1% hidd
1% Google Chrome
1% Skype
0% fontd
0% configd
0% Finder
Top Processes by Memory:
230 MB mds
141 MB Skype
111 MB Google Chrome
49 MB WindowServer
47 MB Google Chrome Helper
31 MB Finder
16 MB Dock
16 MB EtreCheck
12 MB coreservicesd
12 MB UserEventAgent
Virtual Memory Statistics
544 MB Free RAM
739 MB Active RAM
322 MB Inactive RAM
186 MB Wired RAM
897 MB Page-ins
384 KB Page-outsDisk Information:
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 disk0 : (232.89 GB)
(null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
Untitled (disk0s2) /: 65.47 GB (19.68 GB free)
My Mac (disk0s3) /Volumes/My Mac: 166.97 GB (37.97 GB free)
Your partitions are also messed up.
I'm guessing here you have "Untitled" as a OS X boot volume and your user data on "My Mac"?
If you keep everything on one partition and all data (users, programs OS X) on the first 50% of the hard drive, it will perform at it's best virtually forever, or until the machine dies of hardware failure.
It's rather easy to defrag once or twice in the life of the machine using the method I have outlined here.
How to safely defrag a Mac's hard drive
Since you might have software and bad sector issues, I suggest you backup user files off the machine (not to TimeMachine, to a regular storage drive) and then (more RAM of course)
Install/upgrade RAM or storage drive in Mac's
and do this + fresh install for optimal Snow Leopard speed on that machine. (ditch the extra partition)
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6
For Snow Leopard Speed Freaks
Make sure to use the Disk Utility > Erase with Security > Zero all Data on the hard drive (2 times best), this will map off many bad sectors that are there or have occured due to shock damage and will slow read performance.
Read this also
Why is my computer slow?
and then make clones as bootable backups
Most commonly used backup methods
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro?view=documents#/?p er_page=50
My Snow Leopard machine is incredibly fast, even faster than many Macs with later (bloated) OS X versions.
It's because Snow was written to be fast on older 32 bit processors, so it screams on more recent machines.
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