Hard drive filled up after High Sierra upgrade on MacPro

[Weaselboy]

What should I do?

You can just run this command to empty that folder and that will fix the space issue for now. But I think you have an Adobe app that is misbehaving and causing this, so you may want to keep an eye on that folder.

rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/Adobe

 

[Omoakin]

You can just run this command to empty that folder and that will fix the space issue for now. But I think you have an Adobe app that is misbehaving and causing this, so you may want to keep an eye on that folder.

rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/Adobe

Can the Adobe app be permanently fixed?
[doublepost=1568039057][/doublepost]You're indeed a Weaselboy, it worked
[doublepost=1568039146][/doublepost]Than

Can the Adobe app be permanently fixed?
[doublepost=1568039057][/doublepost]You're indeed a Weaselboy, it worked

Thanks a bunch!!

 

[Omoakin]

Can the Adobe app be permanently fixed?
[doublepost=1568039057][/doublepost]You're indeed a Weaselboy, it worked
[doublepost=1568039146][/doublepost]Than
Thanks a bunch!!

@Weaselboy is there a way to permanently fixed the malfunctioning Adobe app please? Because I can't bear the thought of going through this whole process again.

 

[Weaselboy]

@Weaselboy is there a way to permanently fixed the malfunctioning Adobe app please? Because I can't bear the thought of going through this whole process again.

I don't really know. You might try searching around Adobe support forums to see if anybody has seen this before and knows of a fix.

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1037536

I did find this that might help you.

 

[Omoakin]

I don't really know. You might try searching around Adobe support forums to see if anybody has seen this before and knows of a fix.

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1037536

I did find this that might help you.

Thank you!
Just in case, I run into the same space issue in the nearest future, can I input those same commands to fix it?

 

[Weaselboy]

Thank you!
Just in case, I run into the same space issue in the nearest future, can I input those same commands to fix it?

Yep... you can just run the du command to confirm where the space is being used, then the rm command to remove it. Be very careful you type everything exactly correct with that rm command, because it can really wreck things if you delete the wrong folders.

You are quite welcome.

 

[Omoakin]

Yep... you can just run the du command to confirm where the space is being used, then the rm command to remove it. Be very careful you type everything exactly correct with that rm command, because it can really wreck things if you delete the wrong folders.

You are quite welcome.

Good morning Weaselboy, I think that I need some help this time again. I observed for some couple of days back that my same MacBook Pro has been experiencing some serious battery drainage issue even when being put in sleep mode. Please how can I resolve this issue? Thanks!

 

[Weaselboy]

Good morning Weaselboy, I think that I need some help this time again. I observed for some couple of days back that my same MacBook Pro has been experiencing some serious battery drainage issue even when being put in sleep mode. Please how can I resolve this issue? Thanks!

If you look in Activity Monitor in the Energy tab does it show anything there using a lot of power? Also check the same spot for any apps that might be keeping it awake.

 

[Omoakin]

If you look in Activity Monitor in the Energy tab does it show anything there using a lot of power? Also check the same spot for any apps that might be keeping it awake.

This is what I saw.

 

[Weaselboy]

Find out what’s keeping your Mac awake

Sometimes selecting Sleep from the Apple menu doesn't do anything. In that case, there's a Terminal command that'll tell you which processes are keeping your Mac awake.

www.macworld.com

pmset -g assertions

Try this command in Terminal to show any processes that might be keeping it from sleeping.

 

[Omoakin]

Find out what’s keeping your Mac awake

Sometimes selecting Sleep from the Apple menu doesn't do anything. In that case, there's a Terminal command that'll tell you which processes are keeping your Mac awake.

www.macworld.com

pmset -g assertions

Try this command in Terminal to show any processes that might be keeping it from sleeping.

 

[stayupforever909]

Something that may help these situations if you don’t mind using terminal and homebrew

Terminal command ncdu

I've seen the terminal command ncdu is available in various flavors of UNIX. Does anyone know if the same terminal command is available in OS X? Thanks for any help. It is greatly appreciated.

apple.stackexchange.com

 

[alienmacau]

Hi Weaselboy, I have a strange problem with my Mac too. I have a 250gb drive, but the omni sweeper only shows 88 and when i run (sudo du -d 1 -x -c -g ~/), it shows I only have 63gb in total. I tried finding if there are any other untitled drives etc but there is only one drive shown in terminal. I have been deleting big files in my drive, but everytime I delete them, it would be added on to the "system", leaving almost the same amount of Free Space. I have checked and time machine is not turned on and there is no image of any time machine backup in terminal as well. The "system" now currently sits at 214GB. Possible to assist pls? Thanks.

I am running the spotlight reg rebuild at the moment.

 

[Weaselboy]

I am running the spotlight reg rebuild at the moment.

Let me know how that goes, because that is likely the issue. If du is showing you are using 63GB, then the Spotlight index being corrupt is usually what causes that graphic readout to be so wrong.

 

[alienmacau]

Let me know how that goes, because that is likely the issue. If du is showing you are using 63GB, then the Spotlight index being corrupt is usually what causes that graphic readout to be so wrong.

Thanks for the reply, still shows 64GB after the reg rebuild

 

[Weaselboy]

Thanks for the reply, still shows 64GB after the reg rebuild

I'm confused. The DU command shows you are using 64GB or you have 64GB left?

 

[alienmacau]

I'm confused. The DU command shows you are using 64GB or you have 64GB left?

It shows 64GB in total. Instead of 251GB

 

[Weaselboy]

Run it without the ~ to show the whole drive. With ~ it just shows the users folders.

sudo du -d 1 -x -c -g /

 

[alienmacau]

Run it without the ~ to show the whole drive. With ~ it just shows the users folders.

sudo du -d 1 -x -c -g /

Thanks. Here is the screenshot. 84GB total.

 

[Weaselboy]

Hmm... okay that looks fine so we just have the wrong storage readout issue.

Try this... command-r boot to recovery then do a Disk Utility first aid run on the disk and see if that fixes anything then reboot.

 

[alienmacau]

Hmm... okay that looks fine so we just have the wrong storage readout issue.

Try this... command-r boot to recovery then do a Disk Utility first aid run on the disk and see if that fixes anything then reboot.

Ok, will try it now. Thanks!

 

[alienmacau]

Hmm... okay that looks fine so we just have the wrong storage readout issue.

Try this... command-r boot to recovery then do a Disk Utility first aid run on the disk and see if that fixes anything then reboot.

Hi, tried the steps but still looks like 84GB in total still

 

[Weaselboy]

What OS version are you on?

Have you emptied the trash after deleting those files?

 

[alienmacau]

What OS version are you on?

Have you emptied the trash after deleting those files?

Yes, recycling bin emptied before these runs.

I'm on 10.13.4. Can't upgrade cos of not enough space... :X

 

[Weaselboy]

I know you said Time Machine is off, but try running this in Terminal to make sure there are none left behind.

tmutil listlocalsnapshots /Volumes/