After updating to macOS High Sierra 10.13.1,
I am having an issue with APFS file system.
Now when I erase files, I don't get back the space.
I am on a MacBook Pro 2015 Retina 15" w/ SSD.
Anyone else having this issue?
What should I do in the meantime?
HELP!
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1), i7 2.5GHz,16GB RAM, Radeon M370X
I found the solution, someone else posted on Apple Community forum and Macrumors forum and it worked for me and I got back all my free space :
"I eventually use this command to find all the local timemachine snapshottmutil listlocalsnapshots /
And then delete them one by one using
tmutil deletelocalsnapshots <snapshot_date>
This 'feature' with APFS + TimeMachine local snapshot is very annoying as time machine will cache whatever you dump into your computer locally on your machine. If you dump 300GB files on your desktop, it WILL cache it in the local snapshot. And it will stay on your computer even after you delete the original file. Yes, you just lost 300GB space even you have already delete the original file.
You will have to manually delete the local snapshot in TimeMachine to get back your space."
What files are you erasing and from where are you checking on the available space on the hard drive.
I was checking About This Mac>Storage and then Disk Utility,
In Disk Utility the Free space was way way different than Available space, like 34GB Difference and the difference was purgeable.
After updating to macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, when I erase files, I don't get back the space
