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Macbook Air rapidly changing free space available?
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1637228" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>If Time Machine is turned on and your backup drive is not attached, then Time Machine is writing "ghost" backups to your hard drive and that is what is consuming the space. Time Machine calls that "local backups". You need to turn that off. Here's how:</p><p></p><p>1. Attache your Time Machine drive and make a full backup.</p><p></p><p>2. Launch Terminal from /Applications/Utilities and Enter the following command:</p><p></p><p><strong>sudo tmutil disablelocal</strong></p><p></p><p>Enter your admin password when requested. (It will be invisible) Exit terminal.</p><p></p><p>Reboot your MBA and check hard drive available space.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1637228, member: 46727"] If Time Machine is turned on and your backup drive is not attached, then Time Machine is writing "ghost" backups to your hard drive and that is what is consuming the space. Time Machine calls that "local backups". You need to turn that off. Here's how: 1. Attache your Time Machine drive and make a full backup. 2. Launch Terminal from /Applications/Utilities and Enter the following command: [B]sudo tmutil disablelocal[/B] Enter your admin password when requested. (It will be invisible) Exit terminal. Reboot your MBA and check hard drive available space. [/QUOTE]
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