hard disk used up

sirune · sirune #1 (**permalink**)

10-05-2005, 05:17 AM

i just got my 12" ibook about 2 weeks ago..its the cheapest version with 40gb hard disk.. with applications and all, i've used up about half of my hd. i download a lot, and after i download i put everything in an external hard disk. the problem here is, my laptop hd keeps on decreasing with no apparent reason, even after i finish my download and moved my files into the external hard disk. it gets restored after i restart the computer. i wouldn't have minded if it were just a couple of megabytes. just to give you an idea, before i restarted, i had 19.8 gb free..after i restart my computer, it says 21gb free.. so what's up here?

baggss · baggss #2 (**permalink**)

10-05-2005, 12:35 PM

OSX occasionally does that on my G4 tower as well. I'll delete 1 or 2 Gb of stuff and the space won't show back up as available until a reboot.

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sirune #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 21, 2005 Posts: 75 Mac Specs: ibook 12", ipod photo 20gig	10-05-2005, 05:17 AM i just got my 12" ibook about 2 weeks ago..its the cheapest version with 40gb hard disk.. with applications and all, i've used up about half of my hd. i download a lot, and after i download i put everything in an external hard disk. the problem here is, my laptop hd keeps on decreasing with no apparent reason, even after i finish my download and moved my files into the external hard disk. it gets restored after i restart the computer. i wouldn't have minded if it were just a couple of megabytes. just to give you an idea, before i restarted, i had 19.8 gb free..after i restart my computer, it says 21gb free.. so what's up here?
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baggss #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 10, 2004 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 10,306 Mac Specs: 27" 3.4 Ghz i7 iMac-13" C2D Macbook-OSX 18.8.2-64Gb iPad 2-32 Gb iPhone 5-ATV 2-14Tb of Storage	10-05-2005, 12:35 PM OSX occasionally does that on my G4 tower as well. I'll delete 1 or 2 Gb of stuff and the space won't show back up as available until a reboot.
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