Out of space, disk utility shows on main HD 10MB and group of volumens 56GB

[qrart]

Hello,
Can somebody give me a tip what to do? I'm running out of space and having problem specially because I'm on my trip now.

Shortly:
Main drive showing that I have left 56GB
Group of volumens shows that I have 10MB free space.

I was looking around but not solution..



Thanks in advance for your help
Daniel

 

[matreya]

Have you tried doing a time machine backup? Time Machine (if on) will do local backups (taking up main disk space) until you re-attach the Time Machine hard drive...

 

[GGJstudios]

If you're wondering what "Other" category in the storage tab is about, this may help explain:

What is this "Other" in the storage tab? What is eating my space​

For space issues not explained by the above, there are a few things you can try, some of which may or may not apply:

• Begin by restarting your computer as a first step. This sometimes resolves issues.
• For Time Machine users on notebooks running Lion or later, space may being consumed by Time Machine local snapshots, which can be disabled by entering the following command in Terminal: sudo tmutil disablelocal.
  About Time Machine's "local snapshots" on portable Macs​
• Check to see if some of the space is being used by your sleepimage file.
• Search with Finder to see if the space is being consumed by a very large file or several large files. Adjust the 50GB in the illustration to whatever size you deem appropriate.
  
• Use OmniDiskSweeper, JDisk Report, Disk Inventory X, DaisyDisk or GrandPerspective to see how space is being used on your drive. Some of these apps may show more detail than others, so try several.
• Check your drive with Disk Utility: Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks
• Try re-indexing your drive: Spotlight: How to re-index folders or volumes

Here are a few resolutions found by others with the same question:

• Encrypted drive
• Time Machine backup files and needed disk repair
• App filling log file
• App or file was 89GB
• Drive needed to be re-indexed
• Time Machine backup file
• Large app cache file
• Garageband files and video podcasts
• Oversized email being duplicated
• Another email issue
• 18.45EB of movies shown
• Duplicate movies in iPhoto app

Freeing up drive space in Mac OS X

 

[Weaselboy]

Hello,
Can somebody give me a tip what to do? I'm running out of space and having problem specially because I'm on my trip now.

Shortly:
Main drive showing that I have left 56GB
Group of volumens shows that I have 10MB free space.

I was looking around but not solution.

Don't be concerned about that first screenshot. Yosemite converts the drive to a core storage volume that fills the entire disk and that is what you are seeing by selecting the top Macintosh HD entry in Disk Utility.

The second Macintosh HD entry is the logical core storage volume and accurately shows how much disk space is being used. Looks like you are using about half the 120GB drive. Does that sound incorrect?

If you have Time Machine turned on, some space may be used by Time Machine's local snapshots and that is normal.

 

[qrart]

I was checking by few software and shows me that I have free 56GB and is no time machine either

 

[Weaselboy]

I was checking by few software and shows me that I have free 56GB and is no time machine either

Is there some reason you think you should have more than 56GB available? Does that sound about right for the apps and data you have installed?

 

[qrart]

Is there some reason you think you should have more than 56GB available? Does that sound about right for the apps and data you have installed?

Well I had problems and for example MS Excell didn't want save file saying that no disk space, browser was going crazy etc... Internet cutted... Deleted my passwords etc...

I have deleted Mac keeper somehow installed in my comp, maybe this was the problem?

 

[GGJstudios]

I have deleted Mac keeper somehow installed in my comp, maybe this was the problem?

MacKeeper certainly creates problems for many who install it. Make sure you have completely removed it. The most effective method for complete app removal is manual deletion:

Best way to FULLY DELETE a program​

 

[Weaselboy]

Well I had problems and for example MS Excell didn't want save file saying that no disk space, browser was going crazy etc... Internet cutted... Deleted my passwords etc...

I have deleted Mac keeper somehow installed in my comp, maybe this was the problem?

Yes, that could be. MacKeeper can cause problems. Now that you have deleted MacKeeper, has the problem gone away?