Hi guys, I've got a Dual 1.8 Ghz PPC G5 running OSX 10.4.11, with an 80 Gig hard drive with 40 gigs free. When I "Get Info" for my main system volume user folder, it says it's only 15 gigs. I've got an extra 15 - 20 gigs floating around somewhere in here, and I need 'em for a big-ass install. I'd install it on an external hard drive if I could, but I can't. I've looked everywhere for these mystery gigs and can't find them. Any ideas where they are?
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15 Gigs I can't find
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EricNau
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You can try locating your missing space using this app: http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/
I can't find the files that I want to delete in Finder. I do a spotlight search, and nothing comes up. I'm too cheap to buy the full version so I can delete it from the app. Any ideas?
KingYaba
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pilotError
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You can also go into the terminal and type the following command
cd /
find . -size +5000 -exec ls -s {} \; | sort -nr | more
you may need to do a sudo before the find if the file is hiding in a system directory. This gives you a sorted list of files by size.
cd /
find . -size +5000 -exec ls -s {} \; | sort -nr | more
you may need to do a sudo before the find if the file is hiding in a system directory. This gives you a sorted list of files by size.
Watabou
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Maybe it is a hidden file?
You can reveal hidden files, if you don't want to use the terminal, by downloading Onyx.