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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1306679" data-attributes="member: 24160">Sorry, but there is no &quot;clear&quot; explanation without technical terms.You need to re-read my first post.&nbsp; You need to clear that 15% of space - or 15 to 17 GB I noted there if you do not want to continue experiencing ongoing issues with your computer.&nbsp; Once you've done that and you're not going to get another drive, then I'd also highly recommend you get a defragging app such as iDefrag and defrag that drive - after you have the minimum amount of space free.You've been provided with the answer to what is eating up your drive space at least a couple of times - that would be Virtual Memory and the Sleep Image file.&nbsp; Both of which are deleted when you turn off the machine and once again begin recreating themselves when you turn it back on.&nbsp; If you really want to know and understand what's happening instead of just getting your machine functioning properly, then you have to understand what these two files are and what they're doing.<a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/11/sleepimage-mac/" target="_blank">Sleep Image</a><a href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/virtual-memory.htm" target="_blank">Virtual Memory</a> - this one while very old (well over 10 yrs old) is written in common language easy to understand - just change out the 32 and 64 MB he has there to 1 and 2 GB. For a more in depth overview of VM, see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory" target="_blank">wiki</a>.You can google for more.&nbsp; Both of these have been written about extensively over the years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1306679, member: 24160"] Sorry, but there is no "clear" explanation without technical terms. You need to re-read my first post. You need to clear that 15% of space - or 15 to 17 GB I noted there if you do not want to continue experiencing ongoing issues with your computer. Once you've done that and you're not going to get another drive, then I'd also highly recommend you get a defragging app such as iDefrag and defrag that drive - after you have the minimum amount of space free. You've been provided with the answer to what is eating up your drive space at least a couple of times - that would be Virtual Memory and the Sleep Image file. Both of which are deleted when you turn off the machine and once again begin recreating themselves when you turn it back on. If you really want to know and understand what's happening instead of just getting your machine functioning properly, then you have to understand what these two files are and what they're doing. [URL="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/11/sleepimage-mac/"]Sleep Image[/URL] [URL="http://www.howstuffworks.com/virtual-memory.htm"]Virtual Memory[/URL] - this one while very old (well over 10 yrs old) is written in common language easy to understand - just change out the 32 and 64 MB he has there to 1 and 2 GB. For a more in depth overview of VM, see the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory"]wiki[/URL]. You can google for more. Both of these have been written about extensively over the years. [/QUOTE]

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