Not enough free disk space, even though there is!

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Not enough free disk space, even though there is!

I have the late 2013 Macbook Pro, 15in high end model.

I have an application refusing to update as it is not seeing enough free disk space on the HD. The is currently 160GB used and 340GB free space.

I have disabled Time Machine local snapshots via Terminal to clear the 'fake' free space. I have also repaired disk permissons.

Can anyone shed some light on this issue?

Let me just be clear that this is on a recently re-installed OS which was restored from a backup. There is definitely ONLY 160GB being used. Ihave also run the system through Omnidisk to be sure.

I am still having issues getting this particular application to update as it refuses to see that there is plenty of space on the HD. I am not having this issue with any other program.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Apr 15, 2014 11:33 PM

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Answer 1

Melophage

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Apr 16, 2014 12:58 PM in response to jovanotti8173

jovanotti8173,

how old is this application which you’re trying to install? If it’s old enough, it might not have been coded to recognize the possibility of having a few hundred gigabytes of free space.

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Answer 2

Apr 16, 2014 10:51 PM in response to Melophage

Published in February 2014.

I managed to resolve the issue. The application was definitely not recognising space correctly. It uses a java-based launcher. Rather than redownloading the whole 28GB I was able to re-install the launcher and abort the complete download then reinsert the content files.

Then let it patch the rest (5GB).

Just an extremely poorly put together launcher package.

Although I have no way of knowing whether turning off local backups assisted this.

Thanks for your response.

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