I've deleted all the movies from my mac and when I open my system profile it shows I have 42GB of movies somewhere hidden on my macbook. I've tried searching .mov in my spotlight (which yields nothing) and manually searching through the iTunes folder and movies folder (which are empty). Any other ideas as to where I can find these hidden movie files -- 42gb is pretty hefty.
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
GrandPerspective or Disk Inventory X can assist in location.
If you are using Time Machine, it keeps a "local snapshot" - backups kept on your hard drive, not the backup drive, to protect you from certain kinds of data loss while you are away from your backup drive. These snapshots are kept for a week, and one consequence of this is that you don't immediately recover space when you delete files, since they will be added to the local backup.
For more info, see:
http://www.reedcorner.net/news.php/missing-disk-space-in-lion/
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where can i find hidden movie files on a macbook
