#Disk inventory x cnet mac os x#

If helpful, I could try to send an image of the Disk Inventory picture, but I don't have a site to post it to to get that image in this forum. I have not used the 'Search Folder' function at all. It was indeed the whole disk that I checked ('Macintosh HD'). Posted: Thu 25 Aug, 2005 17:45 Post subject: It was indeed the whole disk To show a complete drive just double click the drive in the drive list (the list is shown when you start DIX). The view option 'Show other space' shouldn't be avaiable when showing a complete drive. Posted: Thu 25 Aug, 2005 9:53 Post subject:ĭid you open your whole hard drive in Disk Inventory X or a specific folder in it? When I click on that, the yellow outline encompasses the gray space, and a comment on the bottom of the box states, 'space occupied by other files and folders, 25.7GB.'Īll this to say, that your advice turned up different and interesting results, but I'm not sure where to go from here. This time, the image shows all the colorful files as constituting only about a quarter of the space (the title bar at the top reads 10.9GB), and NOW there is a HUGE GRAY SPACE. I ask Disk Inventory to create an image for me, and when it comes out it is VERY different from the original. Capacity stills reads 37.3GB, but now Disk Inventory recognizes that 36.6GB is used (I guess I've filled up more since my first posting).Ģ. I followed your advice and got these results:ġ. Posted: Wed 24 Aug, 2005 19:39 Post subject: Some findings, but still confused! let Disk Inventory X scan your hard driveĭoes Disk Inventory X still says that only 9.4 GB is used? drag Disk Inventory X's icon onto the terminal window (it's path is appended to the command) in Terminal.app type 'sudo open ' (with a space after 'open') Please try to run Disk Inventory X with administrator's privileges: You seem to have some really big files which are invisible for Disk Inventory X (or they reside in some folders in which the app can't look into). Posted: Mon 22 Aug, 2005 21:53 Post subject: For example, the largest files listed are:Īll the rest of the categories are 3.7MB or less. I recently found Disk Inventory X and ran it, and it shows that I'm only using 9.4 GB. Get Info for the main HD folder shows that I am using 35.23GB and only have 2.02 GB left. Recently, I have been running out of disk space.

#Disk inventory x cnet mac os x#

I have a PowerBook G4 Titanium running Mac OS X 10.3.9, 1 Ghz, 1GB Ram, on a 37.25 GB capacity hard disk. Posted: Mon 22 Aug, 2005 17:00 Post subject: Help with file sizes, please Disk Inventory X Support Forum : Forum Index » General Chat