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Startup Disk: Deleted files but space dwindled from 2G to 300MB.

Hi guys,


My Mac Air's Startup Disk space is full. So I have deleted 6G worth of files, applications etc. yesterday. Oddly, my available disk space dwindled from the original 2G to 500MB. In 30 mins, it went down to 300MB even though I did not install anything new. Searching for an answer, I ran disk utility to verify the disk - hoping it will fix any errors. There were no errors - HD was ok. BUT, the available space now dwinded to 86MB - after Disk Utility.
It is puzzling and I hope to find out why and how to regain my disk space to use my mac air 😉

thanks in advance for taking the time to read and respond to this question.

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Apr 12, 2014 10:24 PM

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Apr 13, 2014 6:01 AM in response to estherspeaks

OS X 10. 7 Lion / 10.8 Mountain Lion / 10.9 Mavericks


About “Other”:


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6047


Try these tips.


1. Start up in Safe Mode.


http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212



2. Empty Trash.

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10677




3. Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.


Hold the option key down and click "Go" menu in the Finder menu bar.


Select "Library" from the dropdown.


Library > Mail > V2 > Mailboxes

Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.

Empty Trash. Restart.


4. Disk space / Time Machine ?/ Local Snapshots

Local backups


http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4878



5. Delete old iOS Devices Backup.


iTunes > Preferences > Devices

Highlight the old Backups , press “Delete Backup” and then “OK”.


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US



6. Re-index Macintosh HD


System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy


http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409


7. For more on this and very helpful tips:


http://pondini.org/OSX/LionStorage.html

Startup Disk: Deleted files but space dwindled from 2G to 300MB.

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