last week I was at 180 some GB yesterday I was at 170 some and now I'm at 166. Is it dying or what's happing to the memory on my hard disk? Can I get a new one with leopard all ready installed, and how much would that cost me? I do backup my hard drive so if I do need to get a new one I'd still have my files.
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Is my hard drive dying?
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No. Dying hard drives don't behave like that.
It could be a runaway log file. Try using OmniDiskSweeper to figure out where all of the space is going.
It could be a runaway log file. Try using OmniDiskSweeper to figure out where all of the space is going.
Sounds like some program you're running has a serious bug. If you can't find the program you might have to consider a re-installing Mac OS (as in a complete fresh install).
Do you want to find out why or don't you? Try our suggestions and see what you come up with. Once we know what the problem is, we can fix it.
Don't worry about running out of hard drive space while we're sorting this out. It would take a few months to fill up at the rate it's going now, and if the drive fills up it's not the end of the world.
That's a bit premature. I doubt it will come to that. Welcome to MacRumors, by the way.
Your not losing memory. Hard drive space is storage space, not memory. Totally different.
Open the Console application (its in the >Applications>Utilities folder) and see if you can find anything in there. Perhaps you have an erroneous process that is writing a huge log file.
As surflordca stated Hard disk space and RAM are two different things.
As surflordca stated Hard disk space and RAM are two different things.
And more difficult for people to help you if they don't know what you are talking about...
Okay your hard drive's space is being altered. Now are you losing files, or gaining files, because "losing memory" is very unclear? Is your hard drive gaining free space or losing free space?
Neither. He don't know if his memory is coming or going
Exactly I'm not losing or gaining. And to every one telling me to not call HD space memory then I'll stop I don't ask stuff like this that often.