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Where has my HDD Space Gone?
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Trash is empty. As for hidden files, i think they do but i wouldn't have thought they would be void of a space summary count.
I have noticed that my HDD space has been eaten badly in Leopard and i have no idea where it has gone!? 😡🙁
A good app I suggest is "whatsize". It was recommended by a member here to determing what is taking up space on my computer. I once had this problem. And i saw that my imovie's project took up 10gigs, and i had a hidden folder with video's in it. Whatsize showed me the location and the size it is taking up.
I reccomend it. Check it out and let us know what what the problem. I can tell you this, there is a hidden files.
I reccomend it. Check it out and let us know what what the problem. I can tell you this, there is a hidden files.
Hidden files. There's a lot more in your Mac's hard drive than your Users, Applications, Library, System folders, etc. There are all of the standard UNIX directories (usr, var, etc, and others) that are hidden
crazycat
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Whatsize is one of the programs i download as soon as i get a new computer. It is one of the best softwares out there. Just today i found a file which had 20GB worth of movies and pics on it that i did not know i had. As well as showing you how large the files you have are and there location it will also allow you to find stuff that you thought you no longer had.
DoFoT9
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xUKHCx
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Yes and are you 😉
It is held in
/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/random string of letters and numbers that is probably not that random/
Mine is ~ 380MBs
DoFoT9
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ohhhh that thing. bahaha doooah silly me. i suppose you have taken ownership of it so u can see how big it is???
xUKHCx
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DoFoT9
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xUKHCx
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Smaller than mine but even still at 380MB it is a price I am willing to pay to have instant results from searching. Especially if they bring back searching system files/folders with having to press lots of buttons.
DoFoT9
macrumors P6
hahaha does urs being bigger mean something 😕 🙄
yea i would still love to be able to search in the system preferences and things because i am often deleting random files from there, i had been wondering why they weren't appearing.
id still be willing to pay 1gb-2gb for spotlight, but at that size it might slow down a tad and might need a spotlight of spotlight 😱
xUKHCx
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I only have 77GBs used on this Macbook, it is probably relational to the size used, the types of files, the number of files.
To make them appear you have to do the following.
Open a search in a Finder window
Then click the "+"
Where it says "Kind" change that to "Other" then search in that window for "system files" check the checkbox for "in menu" (saves time in the future).
Then change "don't include" to "include".
By which time it would have actually been quicker to navigate to the file anyway.
DoFoT9
macrumors P6
aahh ok ive only used ~55gb. (xp partition not included)
so the search function searches everything, but spotlight does not... thats pretty silly, but i spose it would work in a school environment and things like that.
thanks for the advice
have a good sleep 😛 im off to see the wizard in a sec 😎
DoFoT9
macrumors P6
aahh too true, but alas im afraid apple is the one that doesn't give that option 9/10 times.
if that makes sense.....