

- #Grandperspective miscellaneous used space mac osx#
- #Grandperspective miscellaneous used space mods#
- #Grandperspective miscellaneous used space free#
OmniDiskSweeper just counts what is there, but GrandPerspective shows 191GB of 'Miscellaneous used space' (big grey box on the side) and System Profiler lists it as 'Other'. Apple Certified: Current or former Apple employees who have a certain level of certifications are given this title. I have OS X 10.15.7 running on a 500GB SSD and OmniDiskSweeper, GrandPerspective and System Information show that I have used about 270GB but only have about 30GB free.Apple Trained: Current or former Apple employees who do not possess a higher level of certification.It is granted solely at the moderator's discretion.) Apple Helper: These fine individuals are hand-picked by the moderators as a badge of their expertise, despite not having any formal Apple training.
#Grandperspective miscellaneous used space mods#
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#Grandperspective miscellaneous used space mac osx#
So Googling for more info, one of the posts I stumbled on lead me to a page about Mac OSX Tiger Problems which introduced me to the BSD disk usage command du. People come here for help, so please don't shove them right back out the door. Run du to show what GrandPerspective cant see A this point I realized that GrandPerspective was reporting 104GB of 'miscellaneous used space'. Rudeness will not be tolerated! Suggesting someone "Google it" is a good example of this. Fixing problems over the internet is incredibly difficult! Guidelines for Readers We're here to help, and this is the easiest way for us to do that. If posting the same question in multiple places, include links to the other threads.If posting a log or crash report, upload it to Gist.Photos or screenshots of the issue Mac or iOS device.Your model of Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod, etcetera.Please make sure to include the following: Bypassing an Activation Lock or firmware password.Ĭertain information may be crucial for solving issues.
#Grandperspective miscellaneous used space free#
It only knows that there is some additional used space because the total size of the files it has scanned does not account for all the disk usage (given the volume capacity and the free space as reported by the OS). If you are running a beta or developer preview, head over to /r/AppleHelp_Betas. When files are classified as 'misc used space', GrandPerspective has not scanned them.

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