Q: brand new imac hard drive says its full and need to delete for space
Hi, I recently converted to Apple and purchased the new MacBook and iMac 27" - the desktop is fully maxed out (32gb ram, 3tb drive, etc.) - there was not another option i could have selected when purchasing. Anyway, I've had it for about two weeks now and out of the blue I had a message that said the disk space was full and to free up space (from Messages while running an AIM account). I've only loaded this cpu with a few programs - mainly adobe related (photoshop, lightroom, bridge, and creative cloud) and office (excel, word, etc.). I am running OS X Yosemite (version 10.10.4). After seeing this message I went to Finder and realized there is less than 3GB available from 3TB!!!! I searched for files larger than 1GB - and came across some folders: one was from Outlook and my email account was over 20GB - no biggie but i deleted it anyway. Another was from a few folders that showed up in the 'Pictures" which were labeled certain dates (dates the pictures were taken) although i never setup any backup or to copy photos to my hard drive so no idea how those got there... no biggie, deleted those.... i deleted over 30GB of random files and my available space went from 3GB to 7GB.... then within minutes, it showed back under 3GB again and i didn't do anything at all, literally. The computer is lagging hardcore - if i goto the apple and select 'about this mac' it literally takes over a minute for it to pop up. This machine is brand spankin' new and decked out with all the bells and whistles. It was running like a champ when i first got it. I am typing from my macbook since there is no issues with it. Anyway, i also downloaded OmniDiskSweeper to scan the HD and show me where large files are.... so i can account for about 50-60gb or so worth of files but where is the rest of the memory? lol. My friend had a similar issue and said it was his Adobe suite so i uninstalled all adobe related software and same thing - nothing happens and i'm under 3GB of available space. i am not running time machine or anything to backup files etc. This makes no sense - i can't find any files through the finder or the omni software. When i look at 'about this mac' and click storage it says most of all of the space is labeled as 'other'. I really don't want to wipe the computer and start from scratch from a factory reset but i may have to do so before throwing this off my balcony which is 14 stories up i spent $4k and want a working computer. This makes no sense!!! Please someone help!!!!!!!! I can barely use any programs... and now that i am typing this it dropped to 1.44GB available and haven't touched it - it changes as i leave it alone just to watch. please apple, make this work! i don't want to go back to a windows machine and i was loving the products..
iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)
Posted on Sep 14, 2015 8:45 PM