Where did my free space go?!?!?!

[eroxx]

I had about 30 gigs of free space. I installed lion and now (2 weeks after I installed) I only have 3. I have not downloaded or bought apps that use significant space .... I am using an imac ... Any ideas???

 

[Duff-Man]

Duff-Man says....Time machine local backups probably...oh yeah!


Just a few of *several* threads that come up with a simple search:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1208121/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1193189/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1196850/

 

[eroxx]

I came across that, but I thought that was only for portable macs ...

can someone tell me where the local backups are kept?

 

[SuperJudge]

Does this problem persist following a reboot?

 

[eroxx]

Just shut off my computer and turned back on. Yes, still only 3gb left it is saying

 

[Weaselboy]

I came across that, but I thought that was only for portable macs ...

can someone tell me where the local backups are kept?

They are in /Volumes/MobileBackups, but as you said this should not be enabled on your iMac. If it is enabled, turn off then turn back on Time Machine and it will delete any local backups.

go to terminal and run "diskutil list" to show all volumes and their size/spce left.