delete files but free space still occupied

[caspergirl]

Hello, i have the following issue and i would like your help. yesterday i realised that my external hard drive is not in a format that can be red by windows pc. I thought that it would be good idea to be able to use it just in case from a pc. So i took all files, copied and pasted them on desktop and then deleted and re formated the drive and put the files back.

of course i deleted the files after i finished and emptied the trash. After that i completed a full time machine backup. The problem is that the SSD of my mac looks like it still has the files since its almost full. i deleted the local snapshots of time machine and saved almost 150 GB but i think that should be more unnecessary used space (especially because "system" use 195GB).

any ideas?

 

[BLUEDOG314]

"System" can mean almost anything at this point. I did a clean install, got to the desktop and let my machine sit. Came back in 20 minutes and System was ~9GB or so. Did a drag and drop of desktop, documents, downloads, and let photos sync from iCloud. Had 200GB of System at this point. It was due to a ton of .mkv files for a couple seasons of a show I converted with Handbrake. I would not worry about it personally. That being said, unless you are very aware of what you have on your machine, I can see where the concern comes from.

 

[BrianBaughn]

OmniDiskSweeper will let you know if you have any unusually large files occupying your hard drive.

 

[Fishrrman]

The OP wrote:
"Hello, i have the following issue and i would like your help. yesterday i realised that my external hard drive is not in a format that can be red by windows pc. I thought that it would be good idea to be able to use it just in case from a pc"

The problem is, that doing this IS NOT "a good idea".

If you have Mac files -- files that are important to you -- they should be kept on a Mac-formatted drive.

If you need to share some files with a PC, then use another drive, one that is dedicated to that purpose. A USB flash drive of sufficient capacity is often the best choice for this.

But again -- important Mac files should be stored on a "Mac-formatted" drive.

 

[caspergirl]

The OP wrote:
"Hello, i have the following issue and i would like your help. yesterday i realised that my external hard drive is not in a format that can be red by windows pc. I thought that it would be good idea to be able to use it just in case from a pc"

The problem is, that doing this IS NOT "a good idea".

If you have Mac files -- files that are important to you -- they should be kept on a Mac-formatted drive.

If you need to share some files with a PC, then use another drive, one that is dedicated to that purpose. A USB flash drive of sufficient capacity is often the best choice for this.

But again -- important Mac files should be stored on a "Mac-formatted" drive.

interesting point of view. Is there any chance to explain why?
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The OP wrote:
"Hello, i have the following issue and i would like your help. yesterday i realised that my external hard drive is not in a format that can be red by windows pc. I thought that it would be good idea to be able to use it just in case from a pc"

The problem is, that doing this IS NOT "a good idea".

If you have Mac files -- files that are important to you -- they should be kept on a Mac-formatted drive.

If you need to share some files with a PC, then use another drive, one that is dedicated to that purpose. A USB flash drive of sufficient capacity is often the best choice for this.

But again -- important Mac files should be stored on a "Mac-formatted" drive.

amazing app. i found some forgotten apps "costing" GB from my ssd!!