![]() ![]() So my question is: Why do I get back 8 to 10 gigs of storage space after a reboot when my hard drive runs low on space?Īs suggested, the most likely cause of this is that the system's swap space is growing until it fills the HD. My assumption is that somehow it's related to temporary cache files, but I don't know which or why, or how to clear those caches without a reboot. The amount of space I get back is suspiciously close to the amount of RAM I have in my machine (8 gigs). However, after spotlight appears to finish indexing (as reported in the spotlight menu), the available disk space is still over 10 gigs. What I don't understand is where this storage is coming from.Īt first I thought it might be related to Spotlight indices, since I've often noticed that spotlight has to re-index after a reboot. After a reboot just now, iStat is now reporting 10.83GB free, and the Finder confirms it (reporting 10.96). The weird thing I have discovered is that if I reboot my mac, I get another 8-10 gigs of storage back for free. I can empty my trash, which buys me a little more time, but eventually I will run out of space and won't have any more to empty in my trash. ![]() When I'm down to my last gig or so on my 256MB SSD (as reported by iStat Menu), I'll get various warnings from the OS and apps saying that I'm running out of space. I frequently run low on disk space on my laptop. ![]()
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