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<blockquote data-quote="MacHeadCase" data-source="post: 292185"><p>From what I read the <em>"Erase Free Space"</em> command creates a huge file that takes up all the empty disk space. It seems from posts I've read <a href="http://forums.macnn.com/90/mac-os-x/318403/erase-free-space-problem-questions/" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a> that the file(s) should be in your trash. Someone from MacOSXHints recommended using <a href="http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/" target="_blank"><strong>OmniDiskSweeper</strong></a> if you can't spot the file(s) in your trash. And run Disk Utility starting from your CD or DVD that came with your Mac and run "Repair Disk".</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't use that <em>"Erase Free Space"</em> command at all, unless it was imperative to do so. I've read this happens all the time getting the message your disk is full and it brings hassles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacHeadCase, post: 292185"] From what I read the [I]"Erase Free Space"[/I] command creates a huge file that takes up all the empty disk space. It seems from posts I've read [URL="http://forums.macnn.com/90/mac-os-x/318403/erase-free-space-problem-questions/"][B]here[/B][/URL] that the file(s) should be in your trash. Someone from MacOSXHints recommended using [URL="http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/"][B]OmniDiskSweeper[/B][/URL] if you can't spot the file(s) in your trash. And run Disk Utility starting from your CD or DVD that came with your Mac and run "Repair Disk". I wouldn't use that [I]"Erase Free Space"[/I] command at all, unless it was imperative to do so. I've read this happens all the time getting the message your disk is full and it brings hassles. [/QUOTE]
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