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Lost storage space on my mac

Today, I tried to install Windows 10 through Boot Camp on my MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.1 with 250 GB SSD. I had around 80 GB free and I gave 40 GB for Windows and 40 GB for the mac. I got to the step within Bootcamp where it was partitioning my SSD, and I went away for a few minutes. When I came back my Macbook had restarted. I opened Disk Utility and saw that under APPLE SSD SM256E Media it says 251 GB but under Macintosh HD only 209.79 GB capacity with 47.91 GB free. It appeared to have partitioned but it hasn't and therefore I have lost some storage space.User uploaded file

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If it hasn't partitioned, where are the missing GBs? Why is the capacity only 209.79 GB? Please, help me. Thank you!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 30, 2015 10:02 AM

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Nov 30, 2015 10:15 AM in response to aga207

Can you post the output of the following Terminal commands?


diskutil list

diskutil cs list

sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0


The "sudo" commands will prompt for your password, and it will not be echoed back. You may also see a warning about improper use of "sudo" and potential data loss due to "abuse" of the command.

Nov 30, 2015 11:42 AM in response to aga207

You have 40GB stuck in Free Space.


1. Resize the CS volume "Macintosh HD" to it's full size. Please enter the full UUID, I will just enter the first part of the string - diskutil cs resizeVolume 8FF06E55-... 0g

2. Boot into Internet Recovery.

3. Run Utilities -> Disk Utility and repair the outermost disk.

4. Run diskutil cs list and verify that there is no significant disk space in the Free Space line.

Nov 30, 2015 12:36 PM in response to Loner T

Ok, I did step 2 and 3.

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Checking prerequisites

Checking the partition list

Checking the partition map size

Checking for an EFI system partition

Checking the EFI system partition's size

Checking the EFI system partition's file system

Checking the EFI system partition's folder content

Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces

Checking booter partitions

Checking booter partition disk0s3

Verifying file system.

Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.

Checking extents overflow file.

Checking catalog file.

Checking multi-linked files.

Checking catalog hierarchy.

Checking extended attributes file.

Checking volume bitmap.

Checking volume information.

The volume Recovery HD appears to be OK.

File system check exit code is 0.

Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions

Verifying storage system

Checking volume

disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers

disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels

Logical Volume Group

BDA0E341-8F8A-450D-972E-171A448869DA on 1 device

disk0s2: Scan for Metadata Volume

Logical Volume Group has 24 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy

Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint

Load and verify Segment Headers

Load and verify Checkpoint Payload

Load and verify Transaction Segment

Incorporate 0 newer non-checkpoint transactions

Load and verify Virtual Address Table

Load and verify Segment Usage Table

Load and verify Metadata Superblock

Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees

Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volume

Load and verify 97BCA211-EAF3-49C8-BA01-223C60584337

Load and verify 8FF06E55-0BD9-4A36-878F-FF40186D737A

Load and verify Freespace Summary

Load and verify Block Accounting

Load and verify Live Virtual Addresses

Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid

Load and verify Segment Cleaning

The volume BDA0E341-8F8A-450D-972E-171A448869DA appears to be OK

Storage system check exit code us 0.

The partition map appears to be OK

Operation successful

Nov 30, 2015 3:18 PM in response to Loner T

Sorry, how do you boot into Internet Recovery? I restarted the mac and held cmd + r, then I connected to my WiFi and entered the password. Then I opened Terminal and ran diskutil repairDisk disk0, typed y and enter. Then I typed diskutil cs list. Still says 40 GB on free space. Am I doing something wrong?

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Nov 30, 2015 3:50 PM in response to aga207

Internet Recovery is started using Command+Opt+R. Command+R starts local recovery,


From disk utility error code 3 when creating windows image for bootcamp - you can see Screen+Shot+2015-11-26+at+22.32.15.png which has a line about Growing Logical volume.


Run the diskutil cs resizeVolume in Internet Recovery and then run the repairDisk. I assume your have only one hard disk in your Mac.

Nov 30, 2015 5:10 PM in response to aga207

Since you are in Internet Recovery, run diskutil repairDisk and check the output of diskutil cs list. If that does not work, then you may want to consider the following steps...


1. Backup OSX and all your files - Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support .

2. Boot into Internet Recovery (Command+Opt+R) - OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support .

3. Click on Utilties -> Disk Utility and Erase your internal whole disk.

4. Restore OSX and your files - Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support .


This requires a separate external disk which can accommodate TM backup - Backup disks you can use with Time Machine - Apple Support .

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