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Undeletable 7Gb console.log!

juanm

juanm

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Hi!

I was running out of disk space for apparently no reason, and disk inventory told me that some volume.log is taking about 7 gigs!
I did a fast search on the forums, and read it's be safe to delete this kind of file. The problem is, it won't let me because, apparently, it's being used.
I'm relatively new at macs, and have never had problems software-wise, let's say that I'm troubleshooting illiterate, so I'm here, standing before you, to ask for some help... :eek:

Thanks in advance!
 
What is being logged to console.log that takes up so much space?

Rather than just deleting this, you should try to troubleshoot why it's happening, because it's just going to keep happening.
 
any chance you've been using handbrake recently? there's a problem of a log taking up tons of space after using handbrake. i'm searching for the thread now, will post it when i find it.

*edit* here's the link to the thread on handbrake's forum:Link

hope this helps your problem. cheers.
 
Thanks!

Thank you for your help!

I read the whole handbrake thread and it makes sense, I *tried* to rip a DVD a few days ago with HB.

HUGS! ;)
 
Will it let you put it on the trash can, just not delete it? If so, drag it to the trash, then restart your computer. Then you should be able to delete it.

If it won't let you even drag it to the trash, I got nothin'.
 
Dimwhit said:
Will it let you put it on the trash can, just not delete it? If so, drag it to the trash, then restart your computer. Then you should be able to delete it.

If it won't let you even drag it to the trash, I got nothin'.
Click to expand...

That's what I did ;)

BTW... :D

Disk inventory says I've got another huge (6Gb) file. This time, it'd be sleepimage
located in hard drive>private>var>vm>sleepimage :eek:

Oh, and is there some kind of book to increase my OS X savviness? I don't want to pollute the forums with my problems (although I know it creates a database for the ones who will come after me :))

Again, thanks in advance :D
 
Wow... makes me think... Can this (safe sleep and such) be related to the "macbook wakes up just after sleep" issues? I have them sometimes... :confused:

I've only used terminal a couple of times. I get

Last login: Tue Jun 5 03:43:13 on ttyp1
Welcome to Darwin!
ordinateur-de-juan:~ Juan$

Do I have to just copy-paste after it the code they give
$ sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
$ sudo nvram "use-nvramrc?"=false

like this:

Last login: Tue Jun 5 03:43:13 on ttyp1
Welcome to Darwin!
ordinateur-de-juan:~ Juan$ $ sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
-bash: $: command not found
ordinateur-de-juan:~ Juan$ $ sudo nvram "use-nvramrc?"=false

and then just press Enter?
Why does it say command not found?

Big helping session tonight, huh? :p
 
In the command that you copy/paste...I don't think the $ should be included. The first part of each command should be 'sudo.'
 
Dimwhit said:
Will it let you put it on the trash can, just not delete it? If so, drag it to the trash, then restart your computer. Then you should be able to delete it.

If it won't let you even drag it to the trash, I got nothin'.
Click to expand...

After moving the file to the trash, instead of restarting, you can select "secure empty trash" and that will delete the file. Whenever I have issues with files that don't want to go because they're "in use", I securely delete them.
 
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