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SSD space keeps disappearing

petrucci666

petrucci666

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Apr 30, 2009
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For no particular reason, the space on my SSD keeps disappearing even though nothing has been downloaded/installed.

I'm on a base 13" MBA 2011 model. Space is already scarce but I always try and maintain at least 10GB of space. The space slowly keeps disappearing until it reaches 0MB left. I then restart and the space reappears, but I don't want to keep doing this. I'm doing nothing to make that space decrease.


I've used WhatSize to figure out the problem, but nothing came up.


What can be going wrong?
 
petrucci666 said:
For no particular reason, the space on my SSD keeps disappearing even though nothing has been downloaded/installed.

I'm on a base 13" MBA 2011 model. Space is already scarce but I always try and maintain at least 10GB of space. The space slowly keeps disappearing until it reaches 0MB left. I then restart and the space reappears, but I don't want to keep doing this. I'm doing nothing to make that space decrease.


I've used WhatSize to figure out the problem, but nothing came up.


What can be going wrong?
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Your sleep image file takes up however much ram you have.
 
Not sure about Whatsize, but I use Spacie to give me a full report on who is using what, and I can quickly spot the space hogs, mostly iTunes, internet download files, and my VMs.
 
If you're wondering what "Other" category in the Lion storage tab is about, this may help explain:
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, space may being consumed by Time Machine local snapshots, which can be disabled.
    OS X Lion: About Time Machine's "local snapshots" on portable Macs
  • 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.
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  • 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:
 
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