OS 10.4 - Wrong disk space on user account

sam355 · sam355 #1 (**permalink**)

03-18-2008, 09:00 PM

I have one user account on my Macbook Pro and used the filevault option on the user account as I was new to MAC . Now , when I download any files , I see that the disk space is 98gb out of 100GB . I went into the user account to clear out any movie files and music files to clean my Harddrive and when I get info on the user account , it say's the size is 72 GB , but Once I go into individual folders inside the user account that is under filee vault , the total size of all the folders is not more than 10GB .

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong and why is the system taking the rest of the space from ????

MacsWork · MacsWork #2 (**permalink**)

03-19-2008, 08:05 AM

Run Disk Inventory X to see what it says.

Free download

Create another bogus account and use file vault,...what does the new one say?

sam355 · sam355 #3 (**permalink**)

03-19-2008, 12:01 PM

I ran the utility and the extra 72gb seems to be the sparseimage of the user account . What is this and how can I delete this to get more space on my HDD

sam355 · sam355 #4 (**permalink**)

03-19-2008, 12:46 PM

I deleted the sparesimage and cannot login back into the user account . I am stuck with the laptop as I cannot login . I dont have the restore CD . Is there any way out of this mess

MacsWork · MacsWork #5 (**permalink**)

03-19-2008, 07:49 PM

The sparse image was the encrypted accounts contents. Did you empty the trash of the user you were logged in as when you deleted the sparseimage?

MacRenegade · MacRenegade #6 (**permalink**)

03-24-2008, 12:35 PM

Don't use Disk Inventory, it's old as heck!

Use GrandPerspective instead, it's a whole lot faster and it's Universal Binary, unlike Disk Inventory.

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Member Since: Mar 24, 2008 Posts: 21	03-24-2008, 12:35 PM Don't use Disk Inventory, it's old as heck! Use GrandPerspective instead, it's a whole lot faster and it's Universal Binary, unlike Disk Inventory. Breaking Benjamin \| Korn \| Three Days Grace \| Seether \| Chevelle \| Dope \| Adema \| Rage Against The Machine \| Limp Bizkit
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sam355 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 18, 2008 Posts: 5	03-18-2008, 09:00 PM I have one user account on my Macbook Pro and used the filevault option on the user account as I was new to MAC . Now , when I download any files , I see that the disk space is 98gb out of 100GB . I went into the user account to clear out any movie files and music files to clean my Harddrive and when I get info on the user account , it say's the size is 72 GB , but Once I go into individual folders inside the user account that is under filee vault , the total size of all the folders is not more than 10GB . Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong and why is the system taking the rest of the space from ????
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MacsWork #2 (permalink)
Member Since: May 22, 2005 Location: Closer than you think. Posts: 2,074 Mac Specs: Performa 6116 2GBSCSI 8MB OS 7.5.3	03-19-2008, 08:05 AM Run Disk Inventory X to see what it says. Free download Create another bogus account and use file vault,...what does the new one say?
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sam355 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 18, 2008 Posts: 5	03-19-2008, 12:46 PM I deleted the sparesimage and cannot login back into the user account . I am stuck with the laptop as I cannot login . I dont have the restore CD . Is there any way out of this mess
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MacsWork #5 (permalink)
Member Since: May 22, 2005 Location: Closer than you think. Posts: 2,074 Mac Specs: Performa 6116 2GBSCSI 8MB OS 7.5.3	03-19-2008, 07:49 PM The sparse image was the encrypted accounts contents. Did you empty the trash of the user you were logged in as when you deleted the sparseimage?
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