Please don't laugh! (lost drive space)

So, my mac mini arrived today. No way to connect it to my 15" cinema display and only black and white picture on my old sony trinitron TV. Borrowed an old 12" crt monitor to set it up. OS 10.5 in the box but sadly not installed so booted with "c" key held down. Put in basic details from .mac account and it logged in to my wireless network seamlessly. Ran software update. Screen froze during installation. Rebooted and it looked OK, information suggests 10.5.1 installed. Ran disk permissions. I can log in and screen share from all my other macs.
But, it looks like my hard drive has only 1.4G left unused!
What do I do in what order to find if this is a hardware fault or a software anomaly?
p.s. sorry to start a new thread. A recent one on this has been locked and did not answer my question anyway)

OK now you can laugh. With WhatSize I found 130G soaked up with a recurring file and after deleting it I have plenty of space.

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Complete beginner so please don't laugh at me ...

... but
I bought my first iPod very recently with a view to having an audio player to use at home, out and about and at my desk in the office. The first two are fine, but i can't get my PC at work to read my iPod.
My first very basic question (like i said, please don't laugh!) is - Am i wrong to assume that i should be able to connect my iPod to ANY PC and listen to the tracks on my iPod?

Thanks for your suggestion - unfortunately, I still can't access the music files on my iPod on my work PC.
From the beginning; I have installed the supplied iPod software on my home PC and the iPod works perfectly; I have now installed the same software on my work PC but cannot access the files on my iPod. My work PC recognises that there is an iPod connected, but it identifies it with a different name (it's called "RAID") and states that there is only 1.23 GB of free space left which is not the case.
Is it possible that my work PC is accessing a different section of the iPod's hard disk rather than the main section? Or is there a setting I have to change to be able to access the music on my iPod on different PC's?

Lost drive space

I have a mismatch in the free disk space reported by df and gparted.
df -h shows :
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 81G 77G 980K 100% /
Link to gparted screenshot :
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7276 … hotum3.jpg
fdisk -l shows :
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15505 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xed1f86f7
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 4065 30731368+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 4066 4197 997920 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 4198 15505 85488480 83 Linux
mount shows:
/dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /dev type ramfs (rw)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
Contents of /etc/fstab:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd udf ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/a reiserfs noauto,users 0 0
Somehow, the free space is being reduced.
I freed up around 600 MB about 8 hours ago and it is almost close to zero now.
I can't think of any application that consumes space.
Almost 4 GB of space is now unaccounted for.
Is there any way to find out which application is using up all the space ?
Or, is this is a discrepancy at the filesystem level ?
Any help is appreciated.
Last edited by sacamano_m82 (2007-10-15 14:35:00)

From df's manpage :
-m reserved-blocks-percentage
Set the percentage of the filesystem which may only be allocated by privileged processes. Reserving some number of
filesystem blocks for use by privileged processes is done to avoid filesystem fragmentation, and to allow system daemons,
such as syslogd(8), to continue to function correctly after non-privileged processes are prevented from writing to the
filesystem. Normally, the default percentage of reserved blocks is 5%.
So, I guess that accounts for the 5% difference.

Flash update appears to have bricked my laptop; please don't laugh

I'm at a loss here.
So last night I was watching Netflix and YouTube, and the next thing I knew, Norton NIS started popping up multiple "Rootkit blocked" warnings, and then YouTube stopped working. It seemed like the Flash player malfunctioned. It would show an empty black box where the video is, and when I would right-click on it, it would just say "movie not loaded" in the context menu.
After a few minutes of YouTube not working at all, I got a dialogue box to install a Flash update, which usually happens at boot. Made sense, so I clicked on it, but it didn't fix anything. Norton popped up a few more identical "Rootkit blocked" messages, and then popped up a message that "Restart is required to continue fixing your computer."
I did backup my most important info, so I'm not completely stupid, but just as I suspected, once I hit the reboot, the computer bricked itself. It refuses to boot into Windows. I get an error message, then a black dialogue screen at BIOS or POST or whatever you call it that asks "Start Windows normally" or "repair mode." Starting normally just loops back to the same error dialogue, and repair mode just asks for boot disks, which I cannot find at the moment.
Now, if that were the only problem, that's one thing, but here's the real problem:
That whole process with Flash broken on YouTube and then Flash trying to update and Norton NIS mistaking the Flash update for a rootkit...it's happening on my second computer now. I'm not going to run a Flash update, and I'm not anxious to even reboot the computer anymore, until I can figure out what just happened here.
So can anyone help me? What might be going on?
It's an X220.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Well, thank you for all the responses; it's all turned out well enough. It seems that it was indeed a virus masquerading as a Flash update, and I'm inclined to think it happened because I skipped months and months of Windows Updates.
I'd been using a cloned SSD, so I dropped my old hard drive back in and went from there, installing all the Windows Updates and antivirus updates. I used a separate computer to scan the infected SSD over a USB adapter, and it turned up a single "trogan.gen" virus. Once it was cleaned up, I pulled off all my new files onto a separate hard drive and wiped the SSD, and then used it to clone the hard drive again. Back in business.
I suppose I could have tried to rescue the SSD without having to pull everything, but it was so much easier just to clone the hard drive again, since I didn't have any new paid software.

Please don't laugh at me

I had, until it fell over recently (boom!), the world's
oldest computer, which was happily running Freehand7 Graphics
Studio.
Now have a computer running Windows2000. Not a fan - and
would you believe it runs slower than the old one!
Problem - still have all my old CD's, etc. but I can't use
them because I get a 16 bit windows subsystem message ...
"C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not
suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications...."
Any ideas on how I can convince these things to talk to each
other?
You can imagine what the response from the big "A" was. Nil.
Thanks.

> Now have a computer running Windows2000. Not a fan - and
would you believe it
> runs slower than the old one!
Have not seen nothing yet - just upgrade to XP or Vista. ;-)
Note that Windows must be installed in a clean computer, not
over any previous version. No matter what Microsoft says.
> Problem - still have all my old CD's, etc. but I can't
use them because I get
> a 16 bit windows subsystem message ...
> "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not
suitable for running
> MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications...."
> Any ideas on how I can convince these things to talk to
each other?
With google search "autoexec.nt" you'll find dozens of pages
describing the error. One of them is
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/xp/autoexecnt.htm
> You can imagine what the response from the big "A" was.
Nil.
With big MS and medium MM it woukd have been the same.
Smaller the software company better the service.
Jukka

Please don't laugh -- which do I need: Bridge Mode or Share IP Address?

I am a newbie to this. I would very much appreciate any pointers or help. Thanks.

Hi there,
I switched on the MacBook and hard reset the Time Capsule and even without using an ethernet cable between the two I got a happy signal from the TC to my Mac's AirPort.
I can happily get to the page on AirPort Utility Internet Setup where it asks:
"Enter the PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) account name, password and optional service name that you received from your Internet service provider.
Option 1: I connect to the Internet with a DSL or cable modem using PPoE
Option 2: I do not use PPoE."
This is where I am stuck. I do not know which to choose. The path to the end of the setup branches at this major fork in the road.
The only time I ever come across this type of information is when I set up the modem two and a half years ago. If anyone can help me learn I would be grateful to you.
Thanks.

Please don't laugh

how do you get a site up on itunes u? trawled every help file which are great for designing etc but not the simple things like: where do i start? is there an application process? which button do i click? etc......
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Start here:
http://education.apple.com/itunesu/
Regards.

As I was installing the Windows 7 on my Imac and stated how I wanted to divide the drive I put 160, but I want to add more space how can I can the drive space to from 160 to 250? please help thank you.

As I was installing the Windows 7 on my Imacwith the bootcamp and stated how I wanted to divide the drive I put 160, but I want to add more space because of the adobe software it will not install two of them, so how can I add more on the drive space to from 160 to 250? please help thank you.

I'm not sure this is what you're looking for, but it might help:
"If you made the Windows partition too small
First, back up all the information on your Windows partition. Then run Boot Camp
Assistant to restore your disk to a single volume. Restart your computer and use Boot
Camp Assistant to partition the disk again and reinstall Windows. Don’t forget to install
the Boot Camp drivers after installing Windows."
(from Bootcamp Assistant Manual see pg 22)

HELP PLEASE!!! My hard-drive space is disappearing!!! Over 300GB gone!!!

Hello, I'm a relatively new mac user and I am extremely frustrated right now... My hard-drive space is disappearing at an alarming rate. This problem has already crashed my computer once. I paid $128 to have it fixed by an apple tech. (So I thought) I paid almost $2000 for this thing and it may as well have been a ******* paper weight the majority of the time i've had it! ....My neighbor ran a "utility tool" of some sort called "i defrag", and it shows a file with 269 GB of stuff on it and fragmented like 93,000 times, called..... File name: iNode4949348 Path: /HFS+ Private Data/ ......This must be the problem file. However, this file cannot be found anywhere that I can see in the Finder. Please help... I need my computer and if it crashes again, I'm screwed, as I don't have the funds to repair it. I only have like 27GB left and at the rate it's going that means I will crash tonight or in the morning! PLEASE HELP!!!

Run whatsize and then delete the huge file.

I had no hard drive space on my computer when I synced- Lost alot of info

While syncing my Iphone 4 a while back, I stupidly ignored a warning that said that I did not have enough hard drive space on my computer. It said that some of my info will be lost. So I did it anyway. When it was completed about the only thing that made the sync was my contacts. Everything else was gone, apps, music, photos. I manually installed music & photos but my text messages did not come back. Someone told me to back it up from an earlier backup which I did find in my Itunes folder but I have been kinda timid about doing it. Should I rename this back up (or Iphone) Or what the **** do I do to get back my older text messages that go all the way back to my first Iphone from June 2007?? Help..

Welcome to the discussions!
463GB sounds about right for "backup" space on the 500GB TC disk. Time Capsule usually "reserves" about 8-10% for system operations, etc. On a 1TB disk, the usable space on my Time Capsule is about 928GB.
If the Time Machine is not backing up to the TC, try resetting as follows:
Open System Preferences and click on Time Capsule. You will need to select the disk that you want to use and click Use for Backups. This should get things going again.
If no luck, then go Hard Drive > Library > Preferences and delete the com.apple.timemachine.plist file and start the process above again.

I don't see my hard drive in finder , i wanna know how much hard drive space i have.

i don't see my hard drive in finder , i wanna know how much hard drive space i have.

Check the settings in the General and Sidebar tabs of the Finder's preferences.
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I lost about 30 gigs of hard-drive space from ScreenFlow, how do I get it back?

I shut down the computer, and opened up screenflow and exited it. However the 30 gigs is still missing. I got an error saying out of space while I was recording a webcam and now the 30 gigs is gone. I only have 5 gigs of hd space left on my computer when it should be closer to 35 gigs left. I ran cleanmymac but that didn't find the missing hard-drive space.

First, get rid of "CleanMyMac," which is a scam. The developer's instructions don't completely remove it. Follow those instructions, then do as below.
Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Move the selected item to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator login password. Repeat with this line:
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent
Restart the computer and empty the Trash. Never again install "CleanMyMac" or anything like it.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
Then look up in the "ScreenFlow" documentation where the applications saves files, and delete the files.

Lost hard drive space

Hi, I just bought mac mini which is working great but I have lost a lot of hard drive space. My mini says it has 74.5 GB hard drive according to the system profiler, but after doing the transferring of information as per the Mac mini user guide using a firewire cable between my old emac and my mini now I only have 12.3 GB left on my hard drive.
I know I had about 22 GB of info on my emac, so does that mean the the mini comes with over 40 GB’s of stuff on it from the factory? I think maybe I messed up some place. I know I now have two administrators on the mini. One is the new one I set up, the other is the old one that was transferred from the emac.
I must have duplicated something, but if anybody has any ideas on how to gain back some lost hard drive space I love to hear form you.
Thanks, Brad
Ps. I tried to post last night but today when I went to find it nothing came up. I hope I'm not double posting.

Thanks Ian, I did what you suggested and down loaded "whatsize" then ran the program. What it found was that in the Library>Logs>Console>502file there was a strange log in file that and 25GB's of ishock controller logons.
I guess what happened is that when I transferred the info from my emac the ishock controller app. and driver was also transferred but the mac mini didn't like that. Every time I started up the computer it would cause the ishock to logon which took up a bunch of hard drive space. So I just deleted the file restarted and like magic I gained back 25 GB's
Thanks for your help!
Brad

Lost hard drive space to "other"?

I see someone else had a similar question, and I've tried to follow some of the steps that person took, but to no avail! Briefly, something is eating hard drive space on my work macbook, and I can't figure out what, nor how to get the space back. I edit film of our library program and also sound files for our local history collection, so I do use quite a bit of space. About once a week, I do a time machine backup, and also move finished projects to the external drive. This has always given me enough room to work - until now. I had more than 30 gigs left on my drive before importing the latest 45 minute movie. Now I have less than 8. I'm not sure I've enough room left even to burn it to DVD before offloading the raw footage. Things I noticed:
1.)I don't know if this is a Mavericks thing, but, when I was deleting files from the macbook hard drive, they didn't seem to be in the trash. The command to empty the trash was greyed out.
2.)I looked at the previous thread (the poster who had 300 gigs missing). Like him, I have mystery files in storage - namely, 49 gigs in "other". My life would be a lot simpler if I could get that space back!
What I've done so far: Run OmniDiskSweeper and thrown out some older movies and music that should now be on the external drive.
Opened the Disk utility and repaired permissions and checked the drive. All okay.
Tried to run the daily, weekly, and monthly scripts in Terminal.
As per the previous thread, tried turning off Time Machine, turning it on again, backing up again, and turning it off.
All this did nothing for me. I am still missing close to 50 gigs of space - space I could really use.
OmniDiskSweeper tells me that I have used 73.4 G out of 120. "Get Info" tells me that I've used closer to 113 out of 120. "About This Mac" tells me that I have 49 G in "Other", whatever and wherever that is. How can I get rid of these "other" files and happily edit my films? And how can I keep this from happening again?
Thanks very much in advance!
Mary

About “Other”:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867
Go step by step and test.
1. Start up in Safe Mode.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212
2. Empty Trash.
   http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13806
3. Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
    Hold the option key down and click "Go" menu in the Finder menu bar.
    Select "Library" from the dropdown.
    Library > Mail > V2 > Mailboxes
    Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
    Empty Trash. Restart.
4. Delete old iOS Devices Backup.
    iTunes > Preferences > Devices
    Highlight the old Backups , press “Delete Backup” and then “OK”.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
5. Re-index Macintosh HD.
   Do this twice. This re-indexing will take hours to produce reliable stats in Storage/ About this Mac.
   System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
   http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409

Don't laugh, but please help this new ipod user

ok. I am very computer illiterate and a new ipod user. It seems I cannot figure out how to "send" my 5th generation/video ipod MUSIC LIBRARY to the I-tunes library on my second computer ( i tried to make a playlist but it won't allow). I have downloaded all software from the ipod into both computers, but I cannot seem to get my ipod library onto my ibookG4 itunes library. Make sense? When you all are done laughing at this newbie, it would be great if someone could explain how I do this? It seems there should be a way to save my ipod onto this laptop? thank you very much

Well don't laugh too hard because I Had the same problem but with a Windows
technically its illegal to do that but there is a legitimate way to get around it
What you have to do is enable disk mode on your fifth generation iPod
and it acts as a huge storage device
Then Just copy all the music files into the disk mode
and take them off on your laptop
Just Make sure you don't sync or restore your iPod

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