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Snapshots.db is huge
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1653946"><p>Ok, this seemed to work. I found it at Apple. Instead of the mkdir and mv commands, I just mv'd the file to an external drive. I didn't want it on my internal SSD at all. The "sudo reboot" isn't needed, either, just reboot normally. My MBP is now much faster than it was, the huge file is gone and my SSD recovered 12GB. The daemons have restarted, so I'll probably have to repeat this process in a while, but for now, it seems sorted. I can see the snapshots.db recreated and already at 721 KB after 10 minutes, so it's an ongoing problem. I'm still looking for a permanent solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1653946"] Ok, this seemed to work. I found it at Apple. Instead of the mkdir and mv commands, I just mv'd the file to an external drive. I didn't want it on my internal SSD at all. The "sudo reboot" isn't needed, either, just reboot normally. My MBP is now much faster than it was, the huge file is gone and my SSD recovered 12GB. The daemons have restarted, so I'll probably have to repeat this process in a while, but for now, it seems sorted. I can see the snapshots.db recreated and already at 721 KB after 10 minutes, so it's an ongoing problem. I'm still looking for a permanent solution. [/QUOTE]
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