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Macbook Air rapidly changing free space available?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1637088" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Exactly how much storage do you have, total? I ask because you say you had 30 Gb of free space. If say you had only 128 Gb total storage to start with (not uncommon for the MBA) and the recommended free space for your processor to work with is 20% ie 25.6 Gb then you were already hovering close to the minimum.</p><p>As to why that would change after deleting files and restarting, well my explanation is that initially you were short of storage, then you deleted/removed files, I assume you then emptied your trash.</p><p>The operating system then needs to index all the items on your HD before it recognises that it has more storage than before but initially it didn't have enough spare storage to register this. So in this case restarting was the key. This forces the OS to reindex the drive.</p><p>So if your storage is close to full don't trust the Get Info summary of spare storage until after a restart.</p><p>Get in the habit of using Command + Tab to show you what Apps are running every now and then, let go of Tab continue to hold Command key and while hovering your cursor over each app press Q. This is the quickest easiest way I know to find what apps are running and quite them without leaving the window you're in.</p><p>P.S. Go to About this mac under the Apple Menu and select the Storage tab. That will give you a linear graph of how much storage you have how much is free and what is using most of it. Please don't ask what "Other" is. Just kidding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1637088, member: 204485"] Exactly how much storage do you have, total? I ask because you say you had 30 Gb of free space. If say you had only 128 Gb total storage to start with (not uncommon for the MBA) and the recommended free space for your processor to work with is 20% ie 25.6 Gb then you were already hovering close to the minimum. As to why that would change after deleting files and restarting, well my explanation is that initially you were short of storage, then you deleted/removed files, I assume you then emptied your trash. The operating system then needs to index all the items on your HD before it recognises that it has more storage than before but initially it didn't have enough spare storage to register this. So in this case restarting was the key. This forces the OS to reindex the drive. So if your storage is close to full don't trust the Get Info summary of spare storage until after a restart. Get in the habit of using Command + Tab to show you what Apps are running every now and then, let go of Tab continue to hold Command key and while hovering your cursor over each app press Q. This is the quickest easiest way I know to find what apps are running and quite them without leaving the window you're in. P.S. Go to About this mac under the Apple Menu and select the Storage tab. That will give you a linear graph of how much storage you have how much is free and what is using most of it. Please don't ask what "Other" is. Just kidding. [/QUOTE]
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