HELP PLEASe. yesterday my mbp had 35 gigs free now it's 0kb.. i didn't dl anything..

[bitesize]

It might be a hidden file. You can check by using terminal and going to that private folder and then running the command:

ls -a -l

That will show you all the hidden files (files starting with a . or __ or something like those), along with their file sizes.

And then you can just delete the file using, assuming it is safe to do so:

rm <name of file>

or

sudo rm <name of file> if the first one gives you a permission error.

 

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mmk.. i deleted it.. and it keeps creating a 4 gig sleep image... is the way to fix this reinstalling oS..? or do i need a new HD

 

[xUKHCx]

It might be a hidden file. You can check by using terminal and going to that private folder and then running the command:

ls -a -l

That will show you all the hidden files (files starting with a . or __ or something like those), along with their file sizes.

And then you can just delete the file using, assuming it is safe to do so:

rm <name of file>

or

sudo rm <name of file> if the first one gives you a permission error.

Don't you think telling someone to use rm when they are not sure how to access a Private folder is a little risky.

OP you can access Private folders either in Finder by pressing "cmd+g" and then typing "/Private" without quotes. Or using a utility that toggles Invisible files, or in terminal "cd /Private" without quotes.

mmk.. i deleted it.. and it keeps creating a 4 gig sleep image... is the way to fix this reinstalling oS..? or do i need a new HD

The 4GB sleep image is a part of Safe Sleep, essentially when you put your computer to sleep that file is created on your drive as well so in case of a power loss the computer will still return to its saved state. This will be continued to be created by the OS even after a reinstall as it is the default state. You can disable it. There are some guides out there which detail the process, via Terminal. However if you are on Leopard then if you change your energy saving profile this change will be reset back to the default setting. In fact there are some reports that this setting will not remain after a restart so it might become a pain if you want to permantly disable it.

It is recommended to run your system with 10% free space so if you need that 4GB space you are probably quite short on freespace anyway. That said I am almost always running well under that 10% guideline without any real problems.