OS X 10.4 Library Files Disk Space
Hi,
I recenlty purchased a MacBook and am very very impressed.
Having been a Microshoft/Wintel user for many years now it makes a change to use something so different...
My only gripe is that I bought My MacBook with a 60Gb disk thinking this would be plenty.
I have copied over all my iTunes library (30Gb) and only have 10Gb of free space left. I have also installed Dev tools x-Code (2Gb) which I would like to keep.. but could remove.
Using WhatSize I have managed to identify that there seems to be a lot of what I think may be bloatware in the library directory... Looks like this folder is nearly 9Gb (~/Library i think...)
Can anyone tell me what it is safe to delete or recommend what I can delete, as I would like to reclaim some disk space but don't want to delete anything that is going to be vital later on.
TIA.
Rob.
Hi, Rob. Welcome to the Discussions.
See my "Freeing Space on your Mac OS X startup disk" FAQ.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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Now I come to find that Aperture wants to copy all
the photos I have it index (ideally all of them) into
a single library file. Is this correct? Is there
any way to prevent it from doing this and just
accessing them in the directory structure I have
already painstakingly setup over the last 6 years (I
realize I can sort of rebuild the structure in
Aperture but don't want them stored in the lib
file)?
It's not a "lib file". It's a set of directories - just think of it like moving your same directory structure inside Aperture itself. Do just as you are now, have folders in folders in folders and then at the lowest levels in directories that hold pictures make projects for each and load the images from that directory into the project.
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I am asking for 2 main reasons:
1) I think a large monolithic fil is a bad design and
more prone to problems if the drive starts to get
corrupted, file is deleted, etc
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individual files accessible to windows machines and
other devices (set-top box) for viewing photos
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in the existing dir structure, or am I going to need
to resell Aperture on eBay?
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CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 31DE1089-1F50-45A1-81C8-D42D61DB2EAC
=========================================================
Name: Internal Hard Drive
Status: Online
Size: 319213174784 B (319.2 GB)
Free Space: 16777216 B (16.8 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume B22747BA-EF78-4BB2-A2ED-57A8A3C39C5E
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk0s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 319213174784 B (319.2 GB)
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Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: AES-XTS
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|
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Disk: disk1
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Media Subtype: Auto Select
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16, 192.168/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
HTTP Proxy Enabled: No
HTTP Proxy Port: 6515
HTTP Proxy Server: 68.37.6.66
SOCKS Proxy Enabled: No
SOCKS Proxy Port: 9999
SOCKS Proxy Server: localhost
Sleep Proxies:
1 Printer 1:
Marginal Power: 60
Metric: 703560
Portability: 35
Total Power: 63
Type: 70
Service Order: 0
Ethernet:
Type: Ethernet
Hardware: Ethernet
BSD Device Name: en0
Has IP Assigned: No
IPv4:
Configuration Method: DHCP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
DNS:
Server Addresses: 127.0.0.1
Ethernet:
MAC Address: dc:2b:61:fc:1c:ec
Media Options:
Media Subtype: Auto Select
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
Service Order: 1
VPN (PPTP):
Type: PPP (PPTP)
BSD Device Name: ppp0
Has IP Assigned: Yes
IPv4 Addresses: 172.16.36.248
IPv4:
Addresses: 172.16.36.248
Configuration Method: PPP
Destination Addresses: 172.16.36.1
Interface Name: ppp0
Network Signature: VPN.RemoteAddress=euro195.vpnbook.com
Router: 172.16.36.1
ServerAddress: 93.115.84.195
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
DNS:
Server Addresses: 195.60.76.114, 195.60.76.115
Supplemental Match Domains:
Supplemental Match Orders: 100000
Proxies:
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
Supplemental Match Domains:
Supplemental Match Orders: 100000
Service Order: 2
Bluetooth DUN:
Type: PPP (PPPSerial)
Hardware: Modem
BSD Device Name: Bluetooth-Modem
Has IP Assigned: No
IPv4:
Configuration Method: PPP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
Proxies:
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
Service Order: 3
Power:
Battery Information:
Model Information:
Serial Number: W0043T3DRE1KB
Manufacturer: SMP
Device Name: bq20z451
Pack Lot Code: 0
PCB Lot Code: 0
Firmware Version: 201
Hardware Revision: 000a
Cell Revision: 164
Charge Information:
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Fully Charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 5137
Health Information:
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Condition: Normal
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1105
Voltage (mV): 12162
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 1
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Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake on LAN: Yes
Current Power Source: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep: 0
Battery Power:
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 1
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Wake on Clamshell Open: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Reduce Brightness: Yes
Hardware Configuration:
UPS Installed: No
AC Charger Information:
Connected: Yes
ID: 0x0100
Wattage (W): 60
Revision: 0x0000
Family: 0x0085
Serial Number: 0x00fce157
Charging: No
Printer Software:
Printers:
Printers:
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[Trimmed]
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Path: /Library/Printers/Samsung/PDEs/Printer.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
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Image Capture Devices:
Image Capture Devices:
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[Trimmed]
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Image Capture Support:
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Extensions:
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Path: /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext
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Path: /System/Library/Extensions/BJUSBLoad.kext
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Path: /System/Library/Extensions/hp_Inkjet3_io_enabler.kext
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Path: /System/Library/Extensions/IOHIDFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOHIDEventDriver.kext
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Path: /System/Library/Extensions/IOHIDFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOHIDUserClient.kext
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Path: /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOUSBHIDDriverSafeBoot.kext
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Path: /System/Library/Extensions/IOVideoFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOVideoDeviceUserClient.kext
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Printers:
Printer 1:
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Print Server: Local
Driver Version: 1.0
Default: Yes
Shared: Yes
URI: dnssd://Printer%201._ipp._tcp.local./
PPD: HP Officejet Pro 8100-AirPrint
PPD File Version: 1.0
PostScript Version: (3010.000) 0
CUPS Version: 1.6.2 (cups-327.6)
Scanning support: No
Printer Commands: none
CUPS filters:
image/urf processed in Printer:
Fax support: No
PDEs:
Serial-ATA:
NVidia MCP89 AHCI:
Vendor: NVidia
Product: MCP89 AHCI
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF:
Capacity: 320.07 GB (320,072,933,376 bytes)
Model: TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF
Revision: FH415B
Serial Number: 90TFF00PS
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Rotational Rate: 5400
Medium Type: Rotational
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
disk0s1:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name: disk0s1
Content: EFI
disk0s2:
Capacity: 319.21 GB (319,213,174,784 bytes)
BSD Name: disk0s2
Content: Apple_CoreStorage
Recovery HD:
Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s3
Content: Apple_Boot
Volume UUID: 9938BA16-8F0C-3D96-829A-2AF41E6A4C76
NVidia MCP89 AHCI:
Vendor: NVidia
Product: MCP89 AHCI
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N:
Model: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
Revision: SB10
Serial Number: KZ1A8TA3628
Native Command Queuing: No
Detachable Drive: No
Power Off: Yes
Async Notification: No
Software:
System Software Overview:
System Version: OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)
Kernel Version: Darwin 12.4.0
Boot Volume: Internal Hard Drive
Boot Mode: Normal
Computer Name: niles-macbook
User Name: System Administrator (root)
Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
Time since boot: 2 days 19:13
Storage:
Internal Hard Drive:
Available: 15.79 GB (15,792,230,400 bytes)
Capacity: 318.88 GB (318,877,626,368 bytes)
Mount Point: /
File System: Journaled HFS+
Writable: Yes
Ignore Ownership: No
BSD Name: disk1
Volume UUID: 5A09BE44-23E3-301A-9831-E1C07F058FAB
Logical Volume:
Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)
Encrypted: Yes
Encryption Type: AES-XTS
Locked: No
LV UUID: 43CA4685-144B-450C-A2AD-30643D38D310
Logical Volume Group:
Name: Internal Hard Drive
Size: 319.21 GB (319,213,174,784 bytes)
Free Space: 16.8 MB (16,777,216 bytes)
LVG UUID: 31DE1089-1F50-45A1-81C8-D42D61DB2EAC
Physical Volumes:
disk0s2:
Media Name: TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF Media
Size: 319.21 GB (319,213,174,784 bytes)
Medium Type: Rotational
Protocol: SATA
Internal: Yes
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
Status: Online
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
PV UUID: B22747BA-EF78-4BB2-A2ED-57A8A3C39C5E
Thunderbolt:
Thunderbolt: No hardware was found.
USB:
USB Hi-Speed Bus:
Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBEHCI
PCI Device ID: 0x0d9d
PCI Revision ID: 0x00a2
PCI Vendor ID: 0x10de
Bus Number: 0x24
Built-in iSight:
Product ID: 0x8507
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 4.42
Serial Number: 8JAC2190MDCJ5A00
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Location ID: 0x24600000 / 2
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 500
USB Hi-Speed Bus:
Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBEHCI
PCI Device ID: 0x0d9d
PCI Revision ID: 0x00a2
PCI Vendor ID: 0x10de
Bus Number: 0x26
USB Bus:
Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI
PCI Device ID: 0x0d9c
PCI Revision ID: 0x00a1
PCI Vendor ID: 0x10de
Bus Number: 0x04
USB Bus:
Host Controller Location: Built-in USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI
PCI Device ID: 0x0d9c
PCI Revision ID: 0x00a1
PCI Vendor ID: 0x10de
Bus Number: 0x06
BRCM2070 Hub:
Product ID: 0x4500
Vendor ID: 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.)
Version: 1.00
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Location ID: 0x06600000 / 3
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 94
Bluetooth USB Host Controller:
Product ID: 0x8218
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 0.41
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Location ID: 0x06630000 / 6
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 0
Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad:
Product ID: 0x0236
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 0.90
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Location ID: 0x06300000 / 2
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 40
Volumes:
net:
Type: autofs
Mount Point: /net
Mounted From: map -hosts
Automounted: Yes
home:
Type: autofs
Mount Point: /home
Mounted From: map auto_home
Automounted: Yes
Wi-Fi:
Software Versions:
CoreWLAN: 3.3 (330.15)
CoreWLANKit: 2.0.2 (202.10)
Menu Extra: 8.1 (810.9)
configd plug-in: 8.4 (840.22.1)
System Information: 8.3 (830.5)
IO80211 Family: 5.3 (530.4)
Diagnostics: 2.0 (200.24)
AirPort Utility: 6.3.1 (631.4)
Interfaces:
en1:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x93)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.17)
MAC Address: c8:bc:c8:f0:d8:32
Locale: FCC
Country Code: US
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
Wake On Wireless: Supported
AirDrop: Supported
Status: Connected
Current Network Information:
XZ2PB:
PHY Mode: 802.11g
BSSID: 00:26:b8:5d:6b:f2
Channel: 6
Country Code: US
Network Type: Infrastructure
Security: WEP
Signal / Noise: -58 dBm / -91 dBm
Transmit Rate: 54The 300GB partition is the partition I am booting off of, and the one I was writing about. Disk0s1 is the EFI partition, 210MB. The other Internal hard drive is the core storage physical volume, already mounted, mounted in the image. Recovery HD is the 650MB system recovery partition.
I rebooted to the recovery partition and used Disk Utility to verify the volume, it said everything checked out alright.
In disk utility, the top entry has this data
Name : Internal Hard Drive Capacity : 319.21 GB (319,213,174,784 Bytes)
Type : Logical Volume Group Available : 16.8 MB (16,777,216 Bytes)
Disk Status : Online Used : 319.2 GB (319,196,397,568 Bytes)
However the other entry, right below it has this
Mount Point : / Capacity : 318.88 GB (318,877,626,368 Bytes)
Format : Encrypted Logical Partition Available : 202.18 GB (202,175,160,320 Bytes)
Owners Enabled : Yes Used : 116.7 GB (116,702,466,048 Bytes)
Number of Folders : 241,519 Number of Files : 1,246,454
So I guess the reboot fixed my problem, df -h now shows 37% used, but the logical vomume group still shows only 16MB free. Anyways, things seem to be working now. -
I have transfered all my library on an external hard disk and lost the itunes library files.
I transfered all my library on an external hard disk and lost the itunes library files. Itunes created new ones but I lost all the playlists.
How can I copy the playlists presents on the Iphone directly on Itunes ?
If I want to syncronise now, I lost all playlists datas.Hi,
I did the same XP to Windows 7 upgrade about 18 months ago. I decided to keep iTunes permanently on the external drive than the c drive to save c: drive space.
ITunes database has pointers to MP3 files located in Artist's directories. If you want to use a different location than the default C:\ drive for iTunes, then you need to recreate the Itunes database by deleting all songs in iTunes, then change the default location for iTunes files to your external drive. Then import the MP3 files from the external drive into the empty iTunes database through the iTunes import facility.
If you screw up the timing of the import and find you have multiple iTunes directories (instead of just the default location), then iTunes has a new feature to consolidate all iTunes MP3 files back into the central default location. In iTunes, FILE, LIBRARY, ORGANIZE LIBRARY, then CONSOLIDATE FILES.
To change the default directory for MP3 files, in Tunes go to EDIT, PREFERENCES, ADVANCED and then CHANGE the location to where you want the Itunes MP3 files to be located (including the iTunes subdirectory under which all the artist directories are held. Mine are on the F: drive or whatever your computer states is your drive assignment for the external drive.
Note iTunes 10.5 has many problems that Apple hopefully are working on....we seem to have gone backwards on working components in this iCloud based release. So maybe keep on using old computer until 10.6 is released.
Enjoy
Steve Mc (Sydney AUSTRALIA) -
Relocated original files to desktop (on low disk space) and lost photos?
Help! My wife and I exchanged our vows on the Napali Coast and we lost our photos...
2006 Macbook, iphoto06:
As I was importing our 200 photos from the hike, my computer warned me that I was running out of disk space and stopped before finishing the load. I regretfully opted to delete the photos from the camera as it imported (bummer). The photos were safe in my iphoto library when I returned the following day and cleared some disk space on my hard drive. I then imported the remaining photos and everything looked normal.
Here's where it gets weird. So I was looking at a photo and accidently deleted it from the iphoto library. I located the original file and reimported it, however the computer told me that I already had the photo in the library. I looked into help and followed the instructions to drag the rolls onto my desktop and reimport them into iphoto. I did this and consequently lost some 50 very special photos. Now the iphoto library had this giant gap filled with grey !!!'s where the photos were. I looked into the original rolls folders and found a number of the original files were now missing? Something obviously happened from me having moved the files from the originals folder to the desktop. When I returned to iphoto, I recieved a warning that I was running out of diskspace again and some of the recent changes may have been lost!
I have searched for the files according to their file numbers (from the missing thumbnail) and the files are not coming up on my search. The original files are not in the trash either?
My questions:
1. Is there any way to trace the history of my actions and undo my actions or salvage my files?
2. The images still appear in my iphoto library thumbnails when scrolling down the screen (briefly before turning to grey !'s). Can I somehow salvage the image from the thumbnails?
3. Do I have to find the original files to see the photos again?
I have learned to not mess with orignial files in iphoto, never delete when importng, and always have mucho diskspace when uploading.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Will and Julia in KauaiAs I was importing our 200 photos from the hike, my computer warned me that I was running out of disk space and stopped before finishing the load.
You should always have a minimum of 10 GB of free space on your boot hard drive for safe and proper operation of your computer. you must get at least that much free space to go forward
I regretfully opted to delete the photos from the camera as it imported (bummer).
It is recommended that you never have iPhoto delete your photos - wait until they are imported and tested (I wait for a backup cycle or two myself) and then use the camera to format the memory card - this will save you from many problems and reformats you card with every use which eliminates other issues
The photos were safe in my iphoto library when I returned the following day and cleared some disk space on my hard drive. I then imported the remaining photos and everything looked normal.
Here's where it gets weird. So I was looking at a photo and accidently deleted it from the iphoto library.
How did you do this? using iPhoto or using the finder?
I located the original file and reimported it, however the computer told me that I already had the photo in the library. I looked into help and followed the instructions to drag the rolls onto my desktop and reimport them into iphoto. I did this and consequently lost some 50 very special photos. Now the iphoto library had this giant gap filled with grey !!!'s where the photos were. I looked into the original rolls folders and found a number of the original files were now missing? Something obviously happened from me having moved the files from the originals folder to the desktop. When I returned to iphoto, I recieved a warning that I was running out of diskspace again and some of the recent changes may have been lost!
Again until you have a minimum of 10BG of free space you are risking many additional problems with your total system including iPhoto
I have searched for the files according to their file numbers (from the missing thumbnail) and the files are not coming up on my search. The original files are not in the trash either?
My questions:
1. Is there any way to trace the history of my actions and undo my actions or salvage my files?
No - but you may be able to recover the photos on your camera card using program like media recover - http://www.mediarecover.com/ - the trial version will tell you what is available for recovery
2. The images still appear in my iphoto library thumbnails when scrolling down the screen (briefly before turning to grey !'s). Can I somehow salvage the image from the thumbnails?
no
3. Do I have to find the original files to see the photos again?
Yes - either on your computer or on your camera media card
I have learned to not mess with orignial files in iphoto,
Yes - that is critical - doing so is likely to lose data and possibly photos
never delete when importng,
That is strongly recommended
and always have mucho diskspace when uploading.
Yes - 10GB minimum
LN -
I deleted unwanted photos from my iPhoto library, emptied iPhoto trash & Finder trash... this did not free up disk space. please help!
I have a 15-inch MacBook Pro (Late 2011) with OS X Mavericks 10.9.5
Last week, my 500 GB Harddrive had 120 GB free space. I was feeling crumby and decided to make productive use of taking a day off to lounge around. I snuggled up with my laptop and dedicated hours to meticulously combing through my iPhoto Library. I had 13,000 pictures, and I got rid of those I didn't want. Having said "sayōnara" to about 6,500 pictures, I then emptied the iPhoto trash and the Finder trash. I took delight in the iconic paper crumpling sound of them vanishing into the digital void.
Everything seemed perfect: the photos I loved were still there, the photos I loathed were gone, both trashes were beautifully empty. Having thrown away all of those awful, boring, and unflattering images of poorly light lunches and selfies gone wrong, my iPhoto library was half the size as before! I felt renewed, a little lighter, somehow more free, and I expected my hard drive to be a bit different to.
I eagerly checked my storage stats. My heart sank to see that my 120 GB of free space, was still only 120 GB of free space. I restarted my MacBook; this did not help. I restarted it the next day; this also did not help. It's been 5 days and the hard drive still has 120 GB free space. This is not an emergency and it will probably be a good while before I clutter my laptop to the brim. Yet while I am glad I don't have to see cringeworthy pictures of my ex's unmentionables every time I'm showing off things I do want to remember, I'm still disappointed and now obsessed with solving this mystery.
What is going on? I don't see them, so where are they hiding? How do I get the free space I should have earned from throwing away 1,000's of photos?!Thank you, Terence!
Yes, I only emptied the trash when it was really full, once I waited until the trash cans contained 2,600 photos and then I emptied them - Oooops! In the future, I'll keep in mind your suggestion of deleting less than 100 photos at a time.
I downloaded the iPhoto Library Manager and used it to rebuild my iPhoto. After a few hours of rebuilding, it generated a new copy of my iPhoto Library. This versions was nearly identical to the original (it was missing 5 photos and was therefore only 5 mb smaller). I guess my Library wasn't defective.
I checked my storage stats, and interestingly, using iPhoto Library Manager did help with the problem that developed after I re-indexed my hard drive. My hard drive is able to properly recognize data categories again, instead of listing almost everything as "Other". Understandably, my free disk space changed from 120 GB to about 60 GB, because my hard drive now contained a second copy of my iPhoto Library as well as iPhoto Library Manager. It seemed like all I needed to do was throw these away, but when I emptied the trash, my problem was not solved. My Hard drive now looked like this:
It appears to me that when I empty the trash, the things I throw away are just hanging around as backups instead of leaving! I went into System Preferences and turned of my time machine OFF. Now my hard drive looks likes this:
The back ups of the iPhoto files, and the program which I deleted, are still on my hard drive some where but now they are listed as "Other" instead of "Backups". Do you know where they might be and how I can delete them for good? -
Help needed: Disk space does not free up even after deleting files.
Background information for this problem: I have my iPhoto library on an external HD, and was importing files from that same drive into iPhoto, and began receiving messages that I was very low on disk space on my internal HD. From here, it seemed like iPhoto was using my boot drive for some kind of cache. Regardless of the actual reason, I began moving files from my internal HD to fix this problem temporarily (while I was importing).
At this point, I started fiddling with my files and found that no matter how many files I would delete from my HD, the available space in the finder would not free up. *At this point, I have less than 20GB on my HD, yet it says I have 1.23 GB available out of 108 GB.*
Here is what I have already tried to fix the problem, to no avail:
a) Original user was using Filevault. I backed up all the files, created a new user without Filevault, and restored the files.
b) Booted from CD and used Disk Utility to erase free space.
c) Verified and fixed permissions
d) Deleted all app and system caches (via CacheOut X)
e) Fixed/Repaired all user/system preferences (via Preferential Treatment)
*Does anyone have any idea what's going on?*
-Thanks for the suggestion.
I ran WhatSize and here is the result. Oddly, it says there is 40.2 GB used (in the top-left) which conflicts with the information directly below it: "Capacity 108 GB, Used 103GB, Available 4.27 GB". Not so helpful.
Disk Inventory X solved the problem, however. Much thanks! I wasted most of my weekend troubleshooting this sad issue. Anyway, Disk Inventory X revealed a bug where my external hard drive for photos was still appearing as a mounted volume, even though the HD was no longer connected. Freaky.
After moving it to the trash and deleting it, I've recovered the space.
Again, thanks! Contact me if you're curious about the details, as this might help you diagnose similar problems in the future.
- Mike -
In the interest of putting something back, thought I would post this
Objective
To have a single iTunes Library, on a Server PC, (Windows Home Server) so that if a change is made while on PC (a) or PC (b) we see the change.
Setup
PC (a) living room
PC (b) kitchen
Windows home server, on 24 x 7
In doing this I made a number of errors, and hope you learn from this, and also found a couple of 'features' that made life harder.
Standard approach
1) in iTune preferences, alter the position where you want to store your data, so this could be
//Server/Music/iTunes/Alison/Library
You need the subdirectory as the Library is where your itunes will reside, and your internal itunes file one directory up.
This process will change pointers in te internal itunes files, but still references the music in the various locations it is stored.
2) Now go to the File Menu/ Library / Consolidate Library
This will move all your music to teh location you specified above.
At this point I ran into my first problem, despite having adequate space on the Windows Home Server (WHS) I would get the error 'not enough space to copy files'
I believe the reason I was getting this error message was that some of the files paths were over 256 chat in length. There is also a limitation in WHS on this, but I believe the issue in this case was with iTunes, not WHS.
To get around this issue, I changed the location of where I was going to consolidate all the files to, to an internal disk on the PC where my itunes library was. so Instead of;
//Server/Music/iTunes/Alison/Library
I used m:/iTunes/Alison/Library
This worked, so I had all my data (now duplicated effectively, but consolidated) on the same PC.
The reason people say use consolidate is that it makes the move easy and changes all the internal files, but as I couldn't consolidate to the location I required due to the error, I now have to move all the rest of the data manually.
3) Copy the Library file on the local PC drive to the WHS Library Directory;
Copy m:/iTunes/Alison/Library => //Server/Music/iTunes/Alison/Library
4) I then edited the internal itunes files, so that it pointed to the WHS server location. I edited the itunes internal file;
Settings\Alison\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music Library.xml
I did this in notepad, with a find and replace command,
Find 'm:/'
Replace '/Server/Music/
The above bit does require some thought and if you have made it this far, have a look at the xml file structure, and you will be able to figure out how to alter the path.
This has the effect of pointing the iTunes file at where the music is now stored, you can confirm this by starting iTunes and getting it to show the track it is playing in Explorer. If it is pointing at your new location you are good to go.
Remember I only had to do this, as I was unable to consolidate to the location I really wanted to go to, due to the space error.
Also note that I had 2gb memory on the machine I did the find and replace on, as Notepad is not memory friendly.
5) Apple has some other internal files that need to be corrected as well;
iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Library Genius.itdb (if running genius)
iTunes Library Extras.itdb (believe is genius related)
sentinel (no idea, but saw this file !)
To get these all corrected to the new WHS (or external drive) I created a iTunes Library.itl file with zero bytes in the directory Settings\Alison\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\, did this in notepad. I then started iTunes, and it created all of the above files with the new file locations. You can't edit the above files, apple encrypts them
6) you now move all of the corrected internal files to the WHS home server location;
//Server/Music/iTunes/Alison
iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Music Library.xml
iTunes Library Genius.itdb
iTunes Library Extras.itdb
sentinel
7) Now you repoint the itunes to the new location for the internal files, specifically the correct itunes library, there are a number of references on the net to do this that you press the shift key(PC) or the option key (Mac)
I am running a PC, and pressing the shift key while clicking on the itunes icon on the desktop does not work. You have to hold the shift key while starting itunes from the Start Menu, Programs, Itunes. This will then give you an option of which library to look at, and look at the library on the WHS drive (or external drive)
Thats it
Hope this helps someone who has to battle with iTunes like I did. Due to the variosu errors, size of the library (200gb) and other issues, whole process took 2 days, if doing this again would have taken a couple of hours.
DGWHiya, that's sweet to post what you went through!
I have a question, though - are you able to have both PCs running itunes at the same time?
When I try this, I get an error message that the ITL file is locked on the 2nd instance I try to open. I'm using an exHD, not a server.
Also - all that editng of the XML file doesn't save ratings, date added, and some other metadata. If you'd just moved the ITL file, that metadata would be intact. -
If I bring in photos from Iphoto, am I using more disk space on my hard drive. I dont want to duplicate my entire file. I have 26000 photos in I photo.
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So you can either set PSE as your external editor and send the photos from within iphoto, or you must export the photos from iphoto to be able to use them outside that program. -
Temp files eating up all disk space on SCSM 2012 R2 install
Hello Everyone,
Problem
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Does anyone know what could be causing this? This was not a problem when we were on server 2008 R2. When we migrated SCSM management server to server 2012 r2 it when problem started.
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https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg461136.aspx
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