OS 10.5 - Help with finding files

leftrightworld · leftrightworld #1 (**permalink**)

12-23-2007, 11:39 PM

I have a 100 gb hardrive on my macbook- so that leaves 92.84gb when formatted.

Recently I have been trying to re-organize my files and I cannot account for about 20 gigs of space. I have 63.53 in use, and I'm looking in the HD through applications and users and library and system and everything that shows but cannot account for 20 gigs.

So i was wondering if there is some hidden files or something that i don't know about, or some suggestions to help find this missing space.

Thanks

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

12-24-2007, 08:25 AM

yes there are

Spotlight (the macs search engine) keeps a database of your files

The system has a load of cache files and system logs that you cannot see

And the OS used virtual memory

You might be able to clean up some stuff using MainMenu

ttp://www.santasw.com/

lifeafter2am · lifeafter2am #3 (**permalink**)

12-24-2007, 08:35 AM

Code:

lifeafter2am$ ls -lh /var/vm/sleepimage 
-rw------T   1 root  wheel          2G Dec 24 07:47 /var/vm/sleepimage

If yours is the same than 2G is in your sleep image.

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leftrightworld #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 23, 2007 Posts: 1	12-23-2007, 11:39 PM I have a 100 gb hardrive on my macbook- so that leaves 92.84gb when formatted. Recently I have been trying to re-organize my files and I cannot account for about 20 gigs of space. I have 63.53 in use, and I'm looking in the HD through applications and users and library and system and everything that shows but cannot account for 20 gigs. So i was wondering if there is some hidden files or something that i don't know about, or some suggestions to help find this missing space. Thanks
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louishen #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,657 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	12-24-2007, 08:25 AM yes there are Spotlight (the macs search engine) keeps a database of your files The system has a load of cache files and system logs that you cannot see And the OS used virtual memory You might be able to clean up some stuff using MainMenu ttp://www.santasw.com/
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