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Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory

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skx0221

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Hello, I'm new to the forums here.

Today this window saying "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."

I checked the Info on my startup disk and it says it still has 371.55 GB available out of 499.76 GB.

I think 350GB+ is enough storage.

What's wrong with my computer?
Which files could be taking up this space and what can I do about it?
 
GGJstudios

GGJstudios

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skx0221 said:
Hello, I'm new to the forums here.

Today this window saying "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."

I checked the Info on my startup disk and it says it still has 371.55 GB available out of 499.76 GB.

I think 350GB+ is enough storage.

What's wrong with my computer?
Which files could be taking up this space and what can I do about it?
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First, try restarting your computer. You may see the used space decrease by doing that.

If you're wondering what "Other" category in the Lion storage tab is about, this may help explain:
For space issues not explained by the above, there are a few things you can try, some of which may or may not apply:
  • Begin by restarting your computer as a first step. This sometimes resolves issues.
  • For Time Machine users on notebooks running Lion, space may being consumed by Time Machine local snapshots, which can be disabled.
    OS X Lion: About Time Machine's "local snapshots" on portable Macs
  • Search with Finder to see if the space is being consumed by a very large file or several large files. Adjust the 50GB in the illustration to whatever size you deem appropriate.
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  • Use OmniDiskSweeper, JDisk Report, Disk Inventory X, DaisyDisk or GrandPerspective to see how space is being used on your drive. Some of these apps may show more detail than others, so try several.
  • Check your drive with Disk Utility: Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks
  • Try re-indexing your drive: Spotlight: How to re-index folders or volumes
Here are a few resolutions found by others with the same question:
 
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