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Secure Erase Free Space Error Message
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<blockquote data-quote="nyc00nyc" data-source="post: 1652254" data-attributes="member: 348811"><p>I cannot complete a Erase Free Space in Disk Utility on my Mac desktop (Mavericks 10.9.5). I have never had an issue. I get the response on all drives “mac secure erase free space failed error message couldn’t create temporary file.” My drive has plenty of room to create the temporary file, so its not a question of inadequate drive space.</p><p></p><p>Steps taken so far:</p><p>1. Under Disk Utility, did full repairs and verifications and repairs on all drives</p><p>2. Made sure all my permissions were open to “Read & Write”</p><p>3. Went into /private/tmp folder, deleted any temporary files, and rebooted in case there was an issue of not enough space on the drive</p><p>4. Did full system cleaning with Onyx</p><p>5. Pram Reset</p><p>6. Safe Boot Restart, then regular startup</p><p>7. SMC Reset</p><p></p><p>A little leery of going into Terminal and playing around. I’m not clueless when it comes to computers, but not a techie either. Also, I don’t have a Time Machine version to go back to (my Time Machine disk was full, so I had to delete it, then re-backup, but this was after I couldn’t erase free space in Disk Utility) and I don’t have the original software disk. I wouldn’t want to re-install my system for this problem anyway since it is not a major issue that effects the usage of my computer. But I do want to be able to Erase Free Space and always have been able to up until this point. Any ideas?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nyc00nyc, post: 1652254, member: 348811"] I cannot complete a Erase Free Space in Disk Utility on my Mac desktop (Mavericks 10.9.5). I have never had an issue. I get the response on all drives “mac secure erase free space failed error message couldn’t create temporary file.” My drive has plenty of room to create the temporary file, so its not a question of inadequate drive space. Steps taken so far: 1. Under Disk Utility, did full repairs and verifications and repairs on all drives 2. Made sure all my permissions were open to “Read & Write” 3. Went into /private/tmp folder, deleted any temporary files, and rebooted in case there was an issue of not enough space on the drive 4. Did full system cleaning with Onyx 5. Pram Reset 6. Safe Boot Restart, then regular startup 7. SMC Reset A little leery of going into Terminal and playing around. I’m not clueless when it comes to computers, but not a techie either. Also, I don’t have a Time Machine version to go back to (my Time Machine disk was full, so I had to delete it, then re-backup, but this was after I couldn’t erase free space in Disk Utility) and I don’t have the original software disk. I wouldn’t want to re-install my system for this problem anyway since it is not a major issue that effects the usage of my computer. But I do want to be able to Erase Free Space and always have been able to up until this point. Any ideas? [/QUOTE]
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