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HELP PLEASe. yesterday my mbp had 35 gigs free now it's 0kb.. i didn't dl anything..
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Use the software WhatSize to scan your HDD for big folders/files, if the HDD is still full after reboot.
Quite a few people have had this problem and unfortunately, AppleCare has no solution. I've taken a few calls only to transfer them to a product specialist/Tier 2.
You can try to verify/repair disk and repair permissions to see if that works, it's has done the trick for some but again there isn't an explanation why that works and why the OS X reports 0 file space when there should be.
You can try to verify/repair disk and repair permissions to see if that works, it's has done the trick for some but again there isn't an explanation why that works and why the OS X reports 0 file space when there should be.
I had the same thing happen to me last week.
I used Disk Inventory X to find the massive files.
Turns out it was a log file that was hickuping on an error from my wireless keyboard. The log file was continuously writing to itself in a loop. I've deleted it but the problem starts itself over when I put the computer to sleep. Might have to re-install the OS. ugh.
In any event, Disk Inventory X should let you know who the culprit is.
I used Disk Inventory X to find the massive files.
Turns out it was a log file that was hickuping on an error from my wireless keyboard. The log file was continuously writing to itself in a loop. I've deleted it but the problem starts itself over when I put the computer to sleep. Might have to re-install the OS. ugh.
In any event, Disk Inventory X should let you know who the culprit is.
I had a similar problem. Using Disk Inventory X showed me that I had some ASL Log files going crazy. I wiped them all out and the 'problem' was solved.
What I don't know is how or why the log files went crazy (multi GB), but it doesn't seem to be recreating them so I'm keeping an eye on it, but since I didn't make any root cause changes, I'm assuming it's still screwed.
-Allen
What I don't know is how or why the log files went crazy (multi GB), but it doesn't seem to be recreating them so I'm keeping an eye on it, but since I didn't make any root cause changes, I'm assuming it's still screwed.
-Allen
try putting something in the trash, then secure empty the trash. The amount of times ive done that, and even though theres 1 file in the bin, it says its deleting like 4000 items.. 
The problem with the applications is that is likely to be a file that needs administator permissions to delete or the file is in use.
What is the path of the file as I do not want to suggest deleteing something without knowing what exactly it is. The disk viewer programs usually all have a "Show In Finder" option sometimes on a right/control click and that will take you to the file in question.
What is the path of the file as I do not want to suggest deleteing something without knowing what exactly it is. The disk viewer programs usually all have a "Show In Finder" option sometimes on a right/control click and that will take you to the file in question.