OS 10.4 - Losing hard-drive space

robbiemullen · robbiemullen #1 (**permalink**)

08-28-2007, 04:51 PM

I have "secure empty trash" at least 10 gb of data over the past week, but i am not getting any of my hard-drive space back on my Macbook Pro. i had 23 Gb left on my hard-drive, and now its down to 13 Gb, but i have deleted alot of data (at least 10 Gb) and i am not getting any hard drive space back. i have boot camp installed and file vault turned on.

mac57 · mac57 #2 (**permalink**)

08-29-2007, 12:29 PM

I was waiting to see if anyone using File Vault would reply but I see that no one has. So, I will ask a secondary question. Does File Vault create an encrypted virtual volume, or does it simply encrypt on the fly?

If an encrypted virtual volume your file deletions would impact the contents of that volume, but the size of the volume would stay the same. Hence OS X would report no net savings in actual disk space.

Is this possibly the issue? I don't use File Vault so I cannot say.

robbiemullen · robbiemullen #3 (**permalink**)

08-29-2007, 01:47 PM

i am not sure. on my powermac G5 i have filevault also turned on and everytime i should down the machine it prompt's me for vilefault (skip or continue), so i always hit "continue" and it does its thing and then powers down. However on my Macbook Pro it has never prompted me and i have file vault turned on.

iRye · iRye #4 (**permalink**)

08-29-2007, 02:21 PM

I hate FileVault. It took up a ton of valuable space on my machine and since it's unneccacery for me I turned it off.

mac57 · mac57 #5 (**permalink**)

08-29-2007, 03:15 PM

I would tend to agree. If you need encrypted protection, create an encrypted volume (.dmg) file and use it. Here is the HOWTO from Apple:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107333

mac57 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,553 Mac Specs: iMac 27" 3.4 GHz, 256 GB SSD, 2 TB HDD, 8 GB RAM	08-29-2007, 12:29 PM I was waiting to see if anyone using File Vault would reply but I see that no one has. So, I will ask a secondary question. Does File Vault create an encrypted virtual volume, or does it simply encrypt on the fly? If an encrypted virtual volume your file deletions would impact the contents of that volume, but the size of the volume would stay the same. Hence OS X would report no net savings in actual disk space. Is this possibly the issue? I don't use File Vault so I cannot say. My Macs: iMac 27" 3.4 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, G4 Cube, 1.2 GHz Upgrade My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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mac57 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,553 Mac Specs: iMac 27" 3.4 GHz, 256 GB SSD, 2 TB HDD, 8 GB RAM	08-29-2007, 03:15 PM I would tend to agree. If you need encrypted protection, create an encrypted volume (.dmg) file and use it. Here is the HOWTO from Apple: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107333 My Macs: iMac 27" 3.4 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, G4 Cube, 1.2 GHz Upgrade My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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robbiemullen #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 25, 2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 197 Mac Specs: Power Mac G5 1.6Ghz,w/ 1.2Gb ram,+17" Apple studio Display..Mac Book Pro 2GHz w/ 1.5gb ram	08-28-2007, 04:51 PM I have "secure empty trash" at least 10 gb of data over the past week, but i am not getting any of my hard-drive space back on my Macbook Pro. i had 23 Gb left on my hard-drive, and now its down to 13 Gb, but i have deleted alot of data (at least 10 Gb) and i am not getting any hard drive space back. i have boot camp installed and file vault turned on.
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iRye #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 01, 2007 Location: Cow Town, Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,991 Mac Specs: PowerBook G4 15 inch 1.5 GHz, iMac	08-29-2007, 02:21 PM I hate FileVault. It took up a ton of valuable space on my machine and since it's unneccacery for me I turned it off.
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