I can't download things even though I still have 250GB of disk space left

[galaksy]

2009 MBP. Hard drive is WD My Cloud 4TB Personal Cloud Storage - NAS (WDBCTL0040HWT-NESN)

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By the way does force quitting your MBP mess up the hard drive? I have done that many times because it's so hard to turn it off in the normal way.

 

[DeltaMac]

Yes, if you have to force your MBPro to shut off (by holding the power button), then you likely cause damage to your hard drive directory, and probably will corrupt files that happen to be open when you force the power off.

It would REALLY help if you can tell us why it's so hard to shut off.
One thing that you can try at that time, is to try a force quit (from the Apple Menu, or just press Option-Command-Esc) That will show a Force Quit window, where you might see an application that has stopped responding. You can choose that application, then click Force Quit. It will ask if you really want to, and you choose Force Quit again.
If Finder is the ONLY item left in that window, you can still choose Finder and click Relaunch. In a few seconds, your screen will reset - then try to shut down.

If that Force Quit window ALWAYS has the same app, then come back for other ideas….

 

[Weaselboy]

I’m getting the same signs. I haven’t re-run the disk repair since the last time.
Should I run it again?

I have a Cloud WD external drive but I never really figured out how to use it. Every time I try to transfer large amounts of data it disconnects in the middle and I have to do it all over again. I’ve been thinking of getting the USB external, at least then I would know that it would transfer without breaking in them middle.

Does the Disk Utility verify disk show errors again? I think it is time to start looking for a new drive if it does. There is a small cable that the drive attaches to, and that can cause the same issues, but that is much less common.

You should get a USB external drive right away and run a full Time Machine backup.

Edit: Saw you other post above the power offs. That may be what is corrupting your drive.

 

[Barney63]

I have a Cloud WD external drive but I never really figured out how to use it. Every time I try to transfer large amounts of data it disconnects in the middle and I have to do it all over again.

I had a problem with the USB port of my 13" randomly disconnecting, they had to replace the logic board to rectify it.


Barney

 

[Intelligent]

2009 MBP. Hard drive is WD My Cloud 4TB Personal Cloud Storage - NAS (WDBCTL0040HWT-NESN)

I would recommend backing up everything that is on the drive, incase of failure.

 

[Freyqq]

repair disk permissions in disk utility

 

[galaksy]

Yes, if you have to force your MBPro to shut off (by holding the power button), then you likely cause damage to your hard drive directory, and probably will corrupt files that happen to be open when you force the power off.

It would REALLY help if you can tell us why it's so hard to shut off.
One thing that you can try at that time, is to try a force quit (from the Apple Menu, or just press Option-Command-Esc) That will show a Force Quit window, where you might see an application that has stopped responding. You can choose that application, then click Force Quit. It will ask if you really want to, and you choose Force Quit again.
If Finder is the ONLY item left in that window, you can still choose Finder and click Relaunch. In a few seconds, your screen will reset - then try to shut down.

If that Force Quit window ALWAYS has the same app, then come back for other ideas….

Many times, why I can’t shut it down properly and have to force shut down is because when I click on the apple icon on the top left, the option flashes but is gone in a split second so that I cannot click on the “shut down” option.

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I just ran ye repair again:
For 1 TB WDC ...: Problems were encountered during repair of the partition map. Error: Life file system repair is not supported.

For Macintosh HD right under it: "the volume Macintosh seems to be ok."

 

[DeltaMac]

Many times, why I can’t shut it down properly and have to force shut down is because when I click on the apple icon on the top left, the option flashes but is gone in a split second so that I cannot click on the “shut down” option….
I just ran ye repair again:
For 1 TB WDC ...: Problems were encountered during repair of the partition map. Error: Life file system repair is not supported.

For Macintosh HD right under it: "the volume Macintosh seems to be ok."

Turn off your file sharing, and make sure that if you are using any antivirus software, that you turn off any scanning. The Disk Utility/Repair Disk will likely complete then. Another method is to simply boot to Safe Boot mode. (Restart while holding Shift. You will boot to your login screen, so log in to your user) Then run Disk Utility/Repair Disk, on whatever drives you have attached. Restart normally when DU completes.
If you continue to get errors on your Western Digital drive, probably time to replace it. It's not very reliable for you…!