where is my disk space going
i cant seem to account for almost 40 gigs of my disk space. i have added up all of my programs and files ect... any ideas?
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Try OmniDiskSweeper to determine the size and nature of files.
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If that doesn't clear it up, see Where did my Disk Space go?
A stuck email that keeps trying to send can eat so many GB so fast you won't believe it. There is a thread on how to get that email unstuck. Don't know if that could be your issue.
A couple of things, one is virtual memory as the Mac portables saves the RAM contents on sleep, although that should only be 4GB. The other often overlooked files are iPhone/iPad backups, as they contains all the data files which can grow to a surprising amount.
My preference is to use Daisy Disk as it gives a graphical representation of the state of your hard drive.
You can download a trial version.
I found that when I got my MacBook Pro the system took 2 copies of the RAM automatically for the sleep file used if the system loses power. On a 256GB machine I was certainly concerned about the system using 32GB of it essentially unnecessarily. You can google how to change your hibernate mode in order to avoid this.
where is my disk space going