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Jun 9, 2015 2:40 PM in response to Eric Rootby DougPod,Thanks Eric! I'll give the BugReporter a shot.
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Jun 12, 2015 5:45 AM in response to DougPodby guapagirl,hmmm... weird... it's the error message I got and then I did seem to have more space afterwards. Which is a bit confusing because in my impatience I didn't read the whole of the post. It later says the function isn't available for SSDs anyway (I'm using an MBA), though it ~did~ seem to do something in terms of space, error message and all.
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Jun 14, 2015 9:16 PM in response to guapagirlby Gorilaman44,That is strange because the erase free space function is not supposed to erase any data, it simply writes over your free space to ensure someone cannot read the data that has been previously deleted. Also as for the SSD issue I can assure you that it did work for SSD's before I switched my OS to Yosemite so I can only assume that the function does not work because of the OS, not because of an SSD issue.
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Jun 19, 2015 9:20 PM in response to rdkhalsa45by papadonkey,This was happening to me also when trying to "erase free space" while logged into the operating system. You need to shut your computer down, then hold/press command + r while the computer is loading before it gets to the desktop. This will take you to the recovery console. From there you run the disk utility and choose erase free space and it will work without the error.
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Jul 12, 2015 5:23 PM in response to Eric Rootby can-do,I tried bug reporter for the same problem but it says BR is only for developers!!!
I still have the same error message when using clear free space. There is plenty of room to make a temp. file.
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Sep 19, 2015 10:45 AM in response to rdkhalsa45by create@username,KappyApr 22, 2015 7:18 PM Re: disk repair
Re: disk repairin response to macculloch10Where are these files now? Did you put them in the Trash and Empty the Trash? Did you use Secure Erase at that time? Or, if you didn't is that why you are trying to use Disk Utility to securely erase free space? If this be the case, then try booting to your Recovery HD first:
Boot Using Command+R keys:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the
"COMMAND" and the "R" keys together.
3. Release the keys when the Utilities Menu appears.
Now, you can select Disk Utility from the list and click on the Continue button. Try the secure erase of free space, again.
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Oct 10, 2015 6:41 PM in response to rdkhalsa45by augurae,This is driving me crazy. I have the exact same problem with an external hard drive. It's those kind of regression that seem to be made to screw you so you can buy one of their partners hard drives.
I can't seem to erase free space, I get this message too:
Secure Erase Free Space failed with the error:
Couldn’t create temporary file.
I can't believe there's still no fix to this screw-up, OSX is really becoming the same crap as Windows with all unresolved bugs, more and more problems, bugs, instabilities that are unfixable.
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Oct 10, 2015 11:20 PM in response to auguraeby nobleun,There is a new disk utility in El Capitan. It is possible that Apple are not supporting the "old" and much loved version. It would be polite to let us know particularly as the new one has not been welcomed because of its many deficiencies!
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Oct 11, 2015 10:24 PM in response to rdkhalsa45by augurae,Okay I managed to find an answer that worked for me. Unfortunately I had to transfert all my files to a newly purchased drive to do this, but you might be able to do it only for Erase Free Space.
Go to Safe Mode (reboot, then hold cmd + R)
Select Partition (as many as you want), choose a Mac compatible format, then go in Option (in the Partition tab) and select GUID Formatting.Apparently it comes down having a disk or partition that was created with Master Boot Volume for windows, which Disk Utility was unable to play with.
It worked for me, for whatever compatibility reason. But it also means saving all your files and wiping the whole drive.