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Hello,
I am new to the forum and I apologize in advance if this is a relatively easy problem. Here we go:
I searched on the internet on how to create a locked .dmg file. I created one with a total capacity of 1000 MB. It is a read/write disk image, not a sparse disk image. I have since deleted a bunch of files off of the mounted image by dragging them into the trash, but the total file size has not updated itself. When I look under disk utility, it says there are 22 files (there are really only 13) and the space used is 938.9 MB with 61 MB remaining (it should be a lot more -- or so I thought-- because I deleted files).
Is there something else I have to do, so the image file updates its capacity? I have read a lot of about doing 'hdiutil compact' but that seems to be only for spare images, which this isn't. Do normal read/write .dmg files not update their capacity automatically when you delete files from them? Any help you could provide would be great.
Cheers
I am new to the forum and I apologize in advance if this is a relatively easy problem. Here we go:
I searched on the internet on how to create a locked .dmg file. I created one with a total capacity of 1000 MB. It is a read/write disk image, not a sparse disk image. I have since deleted a bunch of files off of the mounted image by dragging them into the trash, but the total file size has not updated itself. When I look under disk utility, it says there are 22 files (there are really only 13) and the space used is 938.9 MB with 61 MB remaining (it should be a lot more -- or so I thought-- because I deleted files).
Is there something else I have to do, so the image file updates its capacity? I have read a lot of about doing 'hdiutil compact' but that seems to be only for spare images, which this isn't. Do normal read/write .dmg files not update their capacity automatically when you delete files from them? Any help you could provide would be great.
Cheers