Start up disk full warning with 750 GB left on drive???
I am getting an intermittant warning that my "start up disk is full." However the disk info tells me that I have 750 GB unused on a 1.5 TB drive. Anyone else having this issue??
I have already run repair disk and repair permissions. Now what should I do?
If you are using File Vault, try turning it off. See if the "warning" pops up again.
OmniDiskSweeper is a free utility that checks HD space.
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A MacBook will use Time Machine to make local backups so that when connected to an external drive it will backup a lot faster.
to disable this, you must use a command under terminal.
to locate terminal, do a search for it under spotlight (the magnifying glass on the top right corner), should be the first hit.
once under terminal, type the following text exactly:
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hit enter.
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Capacity available but still getting start up disk full message
Hi
I got the start up disk full message a few days ago. I did command i and ran Omnisweeper and deleted all the large files. I now have over 50% available capacity but my Mac is still running on slow and I still get the start up disk full message....and request to force quit.
Any thoughts on what I can do. Run idefrag?
Many thanks
ClaireWe never asked for the serial number. I've asked it be removed. It is a link to your personal information which others can use to search about you.
Remove McAfee. It is only necessary if you run Windows.
Early 2008 models were not Intel CoreDuos. They might a have been Core2Duo, but not CoreDuo.
Your model if the serial number is correct, which I verified with:
https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do
is indeed a Core2Duo Early 2008 model by serial number.
Go to Apple menu -> About This Mac to verify you have a Core2Duo and not a CoreDuo, otherwise you are getting your serial number and processor information from two sources that got wrongly combined.
An Early 2008 model can upgrade to Mavericks and Mountain Lion. It can also install any version of Snow Leopard that is retail, and not system specific with a Mac model name on it. So your issue with file space is likely due to something else you installed. Not a virus per say, but probably something that eats up a lot of temporary space. I would run the machine overnight in screen saver, not energy saver model to ensure the logfiles get properly cleaned up. I'd temporarily turn off any backup software. And the next time you shut down, make sure not to leave any applications open, by checking command-tab that the Finder is the only open application before shutting down or restarting. -
Start up disk full message/incomplete image
I just upgraded to iDVD 6 and am trying to burn a DVD. First time it rendered/encoded/burned all night and then some. I got a messsage that start up disk was full and to delete files. It resulted with an incomplete DVD (Moives were on, slide shows not). I freed disk space - Project info shows 2.8 of 4.2GB for project and 35.78GB available. I even used an older theme, thinking that might help. It churned for 12 hours+, and I got the same result (start up disk full/incomplete DVD). I have to deliver 20 copies of this by Friday. HELP!
don't know if this will help you at all but it helped me.. Using WhatSize - 10.3.9 at versiontracker allowed me to see where all my memory was going when I got that same disk full message. I have a new iMac and I didn't hink it was possible to be full up yet but a few of my undeleted iDVD slideshows were taking up gobs of memory... Make sure you empty the trash too... Once I made even more memory available I was able to burn again...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21149
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Start up disk full--computer will not boot.
Our Mac gives a "start up disk full" error message and freezes on the blue screen after the password login. Resetting did no good, and entering safe mode only allows it go one step further but without any icons. Unfortunately, we are traveling overseas and do not have a boot disk to use. Is there a way to boot the computer, with a full start up disk, in order to resolve the issue without using a separate boot disk?
If you have files on the drive you can delete then you can try this:
Boot into single-user mode by holding down the COMMAND and S keys until the computer starts up to a black screen with white type. Once it stops scrolling you should see a prompt with the cursor. Enter the following:
/sbin/fsck -fy
Press RETURN. If you receive a message that says "***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****" then re-run the command until you receive a message that says "** The volume (name_of_volume) appears to be OK." If you re-run the command more than seven times and do not get the OK message, then the drive cannot be repaired this way. If you were successful then enter:
/sbin/mount -uw /
cd /Users/username
Replace "username" with your admin account's username or shortname. Press RETURN after each command line.
You may navigate into any one of your folders located in the Home folder which include:
Desktop
Documents
Downloads
Movies
Music
Pictures
by using the 'cd' command. For example, to move into your Documents folder:
cd Documents
ls -al
This moves you into the Documents folder then lists the contents of the folder. Press RETURN after each command line.
To return to your Home folder enter:
cd ..
which moves you up one level in the hierarchy. To delete a file enter:
rm -rf "filename"
where "filename" is the name of the file you want to delete. For a whole folder it's the same command only use the folder's name instead of the file's name. The quotes are use for names that have spaces in them.
If you are able to delete some large files this will free up space on your hard drive.
To restart the computer normally enter:
reboot
Be careful to enter commands correctly because in single-user mode you can permanently screw things up if you aren't careful what commands you enter. I suggest you print this out so you will have everything at your fingertips for verification.
Alternatively, find an Apple retailer and see if they will fix things for you, perhaps install a larger hard drive. -
Upon start up I get a "start up disk full message, delete files". Now on startup I only get a blue screen. How do I get past the blue screen and how do I delete files.
That;s really not enough free space... you can use a tools such as OmniDiskSweeper to find out where your large files reside and begin pruning (or copying to an external if they're files that you want to keep).
One thing is certain - if you're going to continue your current usage you're certainly going to need to install a larger boot drive.
Clinton -
Imac frozen at blue screen after i went into disk utilities and cleaned free space.
I tried holding down T key as it reboots
and i get a message. Start up disk full empty it how can one emptie it if you cant get past the blue screen?
to make matters worse we bought the IMAC of amazon uk on the 4/07/011 so what can we do?
please remember how frustrating it is when asking for help when the helper telling you to type something on the screen when its frozen
Tell us when you can type some instuctions to the software how do you get to the doss prompt so to speak to do this
Thanksi tried all this thanks
i can not get past blue screen and message Your disk is full it needs to be emptied Please not I cant proceed past this message.
no matter what you tell me
Am i right ok in thinking that
when i went into disk utilities and chose to clean my free space i left it over one hour to do its stuff
i came back and there was no progress bar just the box so i quit the program and when i opened mac mail the system just froze i forced quit mail rebooted and blue screen death
Now when free space is being cleaned is it the same as windows dose the utility write lots of 0 on the hard drive then rebbot its self to free the space
basicly is my hard drive full of 00000 is this why im getting this message because the process was interupted
I need to know if i need outside help i bought the computer on line on amazon uk what dose one do next -
Start up Disk full and MacBook Pro won't reboot. Only white screen but can sleep, restart, shut down.
Reboot into Safe Mode (hold the shift key down at the sound of the chime, release when the progress bar appears) Safe Mode will take longer to boot than normal.
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I continue to get a "Start up disk full" message when I try to use iPhoto or iMovie. It then tells me to delete items, but it does not tell me how to do this.
Can some one walk me through it?
ThanksMark,
Evidently, you have filled your hard drive completely. You must get rid of some files. Make some determination as to what you can safely delete, then begin placing files in your trash, and emptying it.
You mention iMovie. DV footage, imported into iMovie, requires about 20 GBs of disk space per hour of footage. This could be the biggest consumer of your disk space. Placing an iMovie project file in the trash, then emptying it, might go a long way toward freeing up some space for you.
If you can't find anything that can be safely deleted, you're going to have to purchase an external hard drive, copy some file to it, then delete them from your internal hard drive. In fact, I recommend you purchase an external drive regardless. You can use it to make backups of your important data, as well as using it to free up disk space.
Scott -
In cleaning up files based on a start up disk full message, i placed my music in a place where I tunes can't find it to play. any suggestion?
Provided that you moved the ENTIRE itunes folder...
Quit iTunes from under the iTunes menu (by the apple), or hold CMD and press Q. Then, hold Option on your keyboard and click the itunes icon on your dock. Continue to hold Option and you'll see a popup where you can select "Choose Library". Navigate to, and select, the itunes folder at its new location.
If you didn't move the entire itunes library folder, you'll have to be specific about what you did. -
Got an error message that said "start up disk full". On reboot, only got a blue screen. Can move mouse around and shutdown but that is it. Firewired it to another mac and cleaned off about 2 gigs of space. Still on reboot only getting blue screen. ???
Startup in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212?viewlocale=en_US -
Why do I get a start-up disk full error message? I have 800 GB and have used approx. 249.
why do I get a start-up disk full error message? I have 800 GB and have used approx. 249.
Here's the appropriate answer:
Last login: Fri May 23 13:19:44 on console
[la-mes883094mn:~] joannhackett% diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 250.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *249.7 GB disk1
[la-mes883094mn:~] joannhackett% diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 098533C8-3936-4FB1-BCB8-2FE94E6E0500
=========================================================
Name: Macintosh HD
Status: Online
Size: 250006216704 B (250.0 GB)
Free Space: 16777216 B (16.8 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 9518DA81-D7D6-4D76-8B4D-1F235D8AEA3A
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk0s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 250006216704 B (250.0 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family C1A37CDE-6624-4094-A29A-2BB706380979
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: AES-XTS
Conversion Status: Complete
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: Yes
Fully Secure: Yes
Passphrase Required: Yes
|
+-> Logical Volume 7175D310-4566-455D-9C50-1BD4CCF257CE
Disk: disk1
Status: Online
Size (Total): 249670668288 B (249.7 GB)
Conversion Progress: -none-
Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)
LV Name: Macintosh HD
Volume Name: Macintosh HD
Content Hint: Apple_HFS
[la-mes883094mn:~] joannhackett% mount
/dev/disk1 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
map -fstab on /Network/Servers (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
localhost:/4OM-aHuM-mGML9PliXARLB on /Volumes/MobileBackups (mtmfs, nosuid, read-only, nobrowse)
[la-mes883094mn:~] joannhackett% df -m /
Filesystem 1M-blocks Used Available Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on
/dev/disk1 238104 227599 10255 96% 58329357 2625394 96% /
[la-mes883094mn:~] joannhackett%
As for the 251 disk, what is this? I assume it's the wrong kind of memory? Thanks, Jo Ann -
Computer won't boot, start up disk full....help!
I week or so ago I kept getting an error message that my HD was full. I checked the HD and sure enough, all 250GB is used. How the heck? Even with all of my pictures and music, my hard drive is only about 1/2 full and this just happened all of a sudden so I am thinking virus or torrent issue? Regardless, before I had the chance to scan my system for files that could be causing this issue, my computer shut down and now it will not boot. When I try to start, it just says that the start up disk is full and sits at a blue screen. I tried booting in safe mode and booting from the disk and running disk utility, but nothing is working. Suggestions??? I need help on how to actually get this thing running and then how to find the files causing the issue??? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
You don't have a virus. That's the Windows way of thinking. When you have a problem with a Mac, a "virus" should be the last thing you suspect, not the first.
To stop the "Are you sure..." warning, from the Finder menu bar, select Finder > Preferences > Advanced and uncheck the box labeled Show warning before emptying the Trash. You'll then get no warning before the Trash is emptied, and once it's emptied, there's no undo.
To delete locked files, hold down the option key and select Finder > Empty Trash from the menu bar. -
I was getting the message "scatch disk full" so I went and got a brand new external drive.
In Preferences, the only box I have checked for CS5 to use as the scratch disk is the new external drive.
That the external drive is solely being used by CS5 has solved the scratch disk full problem, but...........
Apparently my C: drive is still being used somehow because now I get a warning that it is dangerously running low on space.
I assume that if the new external drive/scratch disk was tapped out, I would get the same old original message "scratch disk full".
What is going on here? Why so much need for space when the new external has 300gb dedicated solely to CS5?
If CS5 is using the external drive as a scratch disk, then what is it using an additional 35gb of space for on the drive that has my operating system?
I have 15gb of pagefile/swapfile space set aside on C:
Neither the 15gb pagefile, nor the 35gb of free space should be getting consummed.
I can understand that they would be used somewhat, for purposes that any program would use them for, but consuming them I do not understand.
Thanks for your helpMr. Joslin,
I tried using Photomerge and then the ruler tool to create 360 degree panoramas comprised of 23 images.
Photomerge stitching works good enough but is a nuisance when it comes to getting the 1st image that starts the panorama to be on the left.
Then comes the ruler tool which levels the panoramas horizon just fine but crops the hell out of 'em.
I have not been able to figure out how to prevent the excessive cropping of the left and right sides.
I'm talking way, way, way more cropping than is needed, and my panoramas barely need any leveling to begin with.
They are practically horizontal, as is, after being merged.
So I have been trying to work out other approaches such as placing images right were I want them.
If I can place each image right were I want it, perfectly horizontal, then I can eliminate the use of the ruler tool and thus its excessive cropping.
Other people have suggested using PTAssembler instead of Photoshop.
That sounds worthy of a try but I have totally been sided tracked trying to solve my disk usage issues.
So side tracked that when you asked your question, I had to stop and think "that's right, what am I going through all this for?"
Anyway, I need to someday place the panoramas into a astronomical program called Voyager 4.5 which has stringent requirements.
The dimensions of the images placed therein have to have proportions of 2:1.
That being twice as wide as they are high, in other words, 360 degrees wide by 180 degrees high.
2:1 is the same dimensions as a sphere, the earth.
The equater is 360 degrees, while from north pole to south pole is 180 degrees.
I used a 105mm lense to shoot the images, so thus the reason why the 360 degree/equater spans approximately 60,000 pixles.
That my panoramas are so wide, but merely a little over 2,000 pixles high has forced me to create a canvas to place the images on that is huge.
Ultimately what I need to be placing in the Voyager program is an alpha layer that is 2:1.
A layer whose pixles above the horizon are transparent, Voyager being astronomical requiring the sky to be visible.
When placed, it will look like you are standing in your own backyard, or anywhere else for that matter, how about Stonhenge.
I know this is more than you bargained for when you asked why "such large pixel dimensions", but maybe I can ellicite further suggestions.
Suggestions besides my disk usage issues. -
Start up disk full need help freeing up space.
My start up disk almost full. Shows 137 GB in "other category" Have been able to locate 75 GB but not 137GB. what makes up "Other"?
First, empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. Then reboot. That will temporarily free up some space. According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB free on the startup volume for normal operation. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of your data. Use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper to explore your volume and find out what's taking up the space. Proceed further only if the problem hasn't been solved. ODS 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 really see everything, you have to run it as root. Back up all data now. Launch the 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. After installing ODS in the Applications folder, drag or copy — do not type — the following line into the Terminal window, then press return:sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of this. Don't delete anything while running ODS as root. When you're done with it, quit it and also quit Terminal.
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