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<blockquote data-quote="MacHeadCase" data-source="post: 292327"><p>Well that utility let's you see hidden files. I looked at the numbers of the OmniDiskSweeper screen capture and no way are you anywhere near the full hard drive or getting the whole number to fill your hard drive capacity of 80 GB (although in reality it is more around a <em>usable</em> space of about 74GB give or take a few MB) so me thinks there is a huge temp file somewhere that you cannot see because it is invisible. That little utility can list visible <em>AND</em> invisible files. Just let it run till all the file (or folder names) are in black, that means it has finished scanning.</p><p></p><p>Look at my screen capture below, the utility automatically shows you in red the over the 1GB mark with folders. If you see something that is huge, go and investigate what is in that folder. If you see a dot (« . ») before a file name, that is an invisible file)</p><p></p><p>If you see a hidden file that should be investigated, post back here. As soon as I'm around, I'll tell you how to navigate to that file, and if it is warranted, make it visible so you can drag it to the trash.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]4464[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacHeadCase, post: 292327"] Well that utility let's you see hidden files. I looked at the numbers of the OmniDiskSweeper screen capture and no way are you anywhere near the full hard drive or getting the whole number to fill your hard drive capacity of 80 GB (although in reality it is more around a [I]usable[/I] space of about 74GB give or take a few MB) so me thinks there is a huge temp file somewhere that you cannot see because it is invisible. That little utility can list visible [I]AND[/I] invisible files. Just let it run till all the file (or folder names) are in black, that means it has finished scanning. Look at my screen capture below, the utility automatically shows you in red the over the 1GB mark with folders. If you see something that is huge, go and investigate what is in that folder. If you see a dot (« . ») before a file name, that is an invisible file) If you see a hidden file that should be investigated, post back here. As soon as I'm around, I'll tell you how to navigate to that file, and if it is warranted, make it visible so you can drag it to the trash. [ATTACH=full]4464[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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