Issues with remaining space on SSD

[andrewhenders]

Hi everyone,

I have a late 2011 17 inch Macbook Pro 2.4ghz i7 with 16gb ram, 128gb Crucial M4 SSD, and a Seagate 750gb Harddrive in the optibay. It has been running great since I bought it in December.

Last night I realized that the SSD is only showing 68.7gb remaining. I don't keep anything but applications on the SSD. Everything else goes on the optibay so I should have much more space.

'Home' or whatever you want to call it is showing that I am using 22.9gb but when you command + i on the individual folders and add up the space it is only using up 3.5gb. Where is the remaining 18.5gb?

The trash is empty, I have used disk utility, clean my mac, etc. I did a clean install on the SSD when I installed it. Trim support is off.

If you could help it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[maflynn]

I recommend downloading and using OmniDiskSweeper It will produce a list of folders and files sorted by size. You'll see where your space is going.

Also don't forget that on MBPs OSX uses local backups, versions and a sleepimage file all of which will consume space.

 

[andrewhenders]

Ok thanks, the sleep image file is 16 gb . is that normal?

 

[theSeb]

Ok thanks, the sleep image file is 16 gb . is that normal?

Yes, since it matches how much RAM you have.

 

[Donka]

Go to About My Mac, click on Storage and report back what that lists. How much is under other? Your sleep file and mobile apps for iPhone/iPad (stored in iTunes) will be listed under this.

 

[maflynn]

Ok thanks, the sleep image file is 16 gb . is that normal?

Yup and if you don't want it issue this command from the terminal
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0

and then delete with the following command
sudo rm /private/var/vm/sleepimage

or reboot the computer, I believe the sleep image file should be zeroed out at that point.