Stop receiving "Your disk is almost full" notification

I have the same problem, except I have 22 GB available on a 250 GB drive. Seeing the message every 10 seconds and blocking other content is insanely annoying. So like the original post says, there has to be away to turn this off.

I'm getting this message constantly, like every few minutes. I have freed up over 129 gb on a 512 SSD. Yet, I still get the message. When I use Disk Utility I am told that I have only 680 mb free.

The full message I get on the pop up is:

Your disk is almost full

Save space by optimizing storage

There are two choices given, Close and Manage. When I click on Manage it shows my 129 gb fee.

This is driving me nuts.

I felt exactly like the OP. The commentary here made me face the truth, especially the words of one poster: “ Eventually you can lose data or get into an unbootable state” 😳

okay! Im convinvinced. But still annoyed. Im doing my best to make room, seems impossible now. My external harddrives keep breaking on me, ugh. I so need a desk top.

I will say this: hey Apple, make it possible for me to send things up to the cloud/recompress them once ive downloaded them from the cloud/opened them. I DO NOT WANT/NEED STUFF STORED LOCALLY; this is a large part of why I’m payimg for extra cloud storag— to store stuff “up there”, but still these local copies seem to exist and i dont know when or how apple decides to recompress them, but i wish we could just do it and/or not have local copies of certain things at all (There are things I’d like to keep and access but could risk losing and/or wouldn’t mind not having instant access to if that were the price (and others which are important enough that I need extra security). Sigh. Just a constant hassle.

PS: is it bad to “bump” this old thread (if so, why? This had the info on it I needed and I haven’t found anything better)? Sorry if so 🏻♀

Still a problem years later. Apple's preferred answer is infuriating in part because they are not purely worried, they are also trying to upsell cloud storage. The constant notification is more like a ransom note

Thanks ngartke for asking this very important question. It's been so frustrating with MacOS Sierra's notification. I mean for someone who has been managing his hard disk drive for over 2 years between 3GB to 5GB. I can see the implication of running low on disk drive and very fine with mine but gosh how to turn this off so I stop getting the notifications. I can't believe it's so hard to find how to. Please if you've found a way, let me know. And I had the warning intuition not to turn on iCloud storage optimization for since being with apple from 2008, they have never been the best with anything connected with internet services. Anyway paying the price :-D. Next time will just leave it alone. I've turned off "store in the cloud, and reduce clutter" recommendations but don't know how to turn off optimize storage and empty trash automatically. You know, these are the areas I see why people are so mad with apple but hey i'll take these caveats over the so many other problems I get when running Windows.

Anyway I hope there's a way to turn this off or maybe in a new update.

Thanks mate.

SS drives show (in SMART) how much bytes you have written. And you can check this by using ssd-z in Windows. In macos I can't remember one but I think it is not a problem to find one. For that moment I can't give my own ssds data as it has been used very few for writing. But you can find a lot of disks with unfinished resource and about 10-20 TB written. For example

Trim work in Samsung and Toshiba drives (last ssds I've seen in Mac computers were based on those controllers) very well and in Sandforce Intel's drives also.

I've been managing for the past 3 years with 1-5 GB of free space and I have no performance issues.

Have you ever run with 10-15 GB of free space to see if performance improves? With the advent of Yosemite, Sierra and High Sierra free space seems to have become more important.

The fact that you have run for the past 3 years with that amount of free space is like saying you've been driving for 3 years without using the seat belt. But what happens when you need it.

You could get into a situation where you copy a large enough file to your hard drive that will essentially fill up the available space and you will be unable to run or reboot. We're here to tell you of the consequences of your actions. If you prefer to ignore the advice it's on you.

BobSaggy wrote:

Lets hope a future updates gives us the option to turn it off.

I have to agree with babowa, OS X always had this notification – that's about 16 years of progress and Apple still see it as important.

Notify Apple, if enough people complain maybe a developer will look into it & decide if an option to disable it is a good idea (considering how modern SSD storage behaves) but I doubt that will happen as it can lead to data loss in some circumstances.

https://ssl.apple.com/feedback/

Has anybody had any success with malkowski's earlier 'plist hack' suggestion? klopyrev did it ever work for you? Hacking system files is ill-advised but you guys appear to like living on the edge anyway…

Wrong John. This warning can be safely ignored when it's coming up and you have over 10GB of free space. That is more than enough free space for OSX.

I may try that, but I’ve already removed over 120 gb in files. When I do a properties inquiry on my SSD I show 129.93 gb available and 129.88 purgeable.

How to stop receiving "Your disk is almost full" notifications

1. Boot to Recovery OS by restarting your machine and holding down the Command and R keys at startup.
2. Launch Terminal from the Utilities menu.
3. Enter the following command:

   $ csrutil disable

4. After enabling or disabling System Integrity Protection on a machine, a reboot is required.
5. Boot into your account.
6. Launch Terminal from the Utilities menu.
7. Enter the following command: launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist
8. Reboot to Recovery OS by restarting your machine and holding down the Command and R keys at startup.
9. Launch Terminal from the Utilities menu.
10. Enter the following command:

    $ csrutil enable

11. After enabling System Integrity Protection on a machine, a reboot is required.
12. Boot into your account.
13. Done. Disk space warning has now been disabled and System Integrity Protection is still functional.

ngartke, i think just wait for answers that points to your question and ignore all the rest. I read answers like these especially forums related to  products and services all the time and there is just not much you can do. Once we realize how so different we all are, maybe some understanding will come to see we all use our machines differently, even if the machines are all the same. I've been running between 2GB to 3GB for over 4 years now and have managed this very fine. It's something i praise  for because i also use windows on an HP laptop and man that chap is slower than a snail. Sometimes actually can't work on it but they are other windows machines that manage. My MBA runs optimally, so  have done a very good job. It's just the nagging notification that's the headache :-D. Lets hope a future updates gives us the option to turn it off.

Your question is very specific and glad some here in the forum get what you want an answer to.

I'm with you, Rockstar, the condescension here is mind-blowing. I have 600 gigs free on a Terabyte disk - that's 60% free - and I just got the message. I'm doing Mac IT work for 25 years and know what I'm doing. Does somebody here want to lecture me on the importance of freeing up disk space? Maybe you should rail at Apple's heavy-handedness in treating us all like morons who cannot manage our machines.

Additionally, we do not get paid and most of us volunteer because we want to help; however, we are not obliged nor do we get paid to be the recipients of some posters' attitude. The advice directed at the OP was spot on.

Your case would be odd - definitely - and if you had asked providing necessary technical and relevant details, I would have genuinely tried to help. As it is - good luck.

It is clear your case is an error - please re-read the original post & you should see that the situation is not the same as yours. I suggest you create a new topic for help with this as it is pointless trying to troubleshoot an unrelated issue, especially as this one is confounded by people looking for a solution that does not exist.

nomadcat wrote:

Maybe you should rail at Apple's heavy-handedness in treating us all like morons who cannot manage our machines.

Being a Mac user for so long you really should be used to it by now, it's not like Apple has suddenly started doing this is it? It's probably one of the most consistent principles of the company 🙂.