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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1830190" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>You are misreading the numbers. The 264.44GB bytes written is NOT storage used. It is simply bytes written. It could be the SAME byte written 264.44 Giga times, or 264.44 Gigabytes all written at once. That is not a measure of storage consumed, but activity. So when you get file A and then another copy of file A and overwrite the original, the counter ticks up twice for the two writes. Given how intensive operations like blockchain work, with a ton of steps, that activity can create a lot of temporary storage use, with each one clicking up the "bytes written" counter. </p><p></p><p>When you right-click on the drive icon and then select "Get Info" how much space is free? Not having sufficient free space on the boot drive can cause a real hit in performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1830190, member: 396914"] You are misreading the numbers. The 264.44GB bytes written is NOT storage used. It is simply bytes written. It could be the SAME byte written 264.44 Giga times, or 264.44 Gigabytes all written at once. That is not a measure of storage consumed, but activity. So when you get file A and then another copy of file A and overwrite the original, the counter ticks up twice for the two writes. Given how intensive operations like blockchain work, with a ton of steps, that activity can create a lot of temporary storage use, with each one clicking up the "bytes written" counter. When you right-click on the drive icon and then select "Get Info" how much space is free? Not having sufficient free space on the boot drive can cause a real hit in performance. [/QUOTE]
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