hidden disk usage outside of user folder

[vexorg]

I've got something hidden on the mac that seems to be growing. The disk usage is about 100Gb more than the user folder.

What would yosemite by hiding, and can it be purged as the drive usage was never that high before for the non-user folder space.

Is there an easy way to list the folder size in terminal for the hidden stuff, du lists all files, I only want the current folder sizes to see where the usage is.

 

[thats all folks]

consider,
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204015

 

[dsemf]

I've got something hidden on the mac that seems to be growing. The disk usage is about 100Gb more than the user folder.

What would yosemite by hiding, and can it be purged as the drive usage was never that high before for the non-user folder space.

Is there an easy way to list the folder size in terminal for the hidden stuff, du lists all files, I only want the current folder sizes to see where the usage is.

Run the following in terminal as an admin:

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

Adjust the "/" to drill down directories to get sub-directory sizes.

DS

 

[mildocjr]

This could be one of your third party applications if any are installed, Parallels had an issue where the vm log file would get out of hand, saw sizes of up to ~20GB for just that file. You might try running Disk Inventory X to see what is taking up all the space, figure out what the associated program is and adjust the preferences for that application to see if you can stop it. If not you have 2 options:

1) Go in once in a while and delete the file(s), or write a script to do this. (bonus points for you if you make it a daemon that runs automatically)
2) Delete the offending program and find an alternative.

 

[JohnDS]

Download the free Disk Inventory X: disk inventory x

It will show you what is taking up space on your drive.

 

[vexorg]

Run the following in terminal as an admin:

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

Adjust the "/" to drill down directories to get sub-directory sizes.

Thanks, will dig a bit deeper

 

[vexorg]

Mail, old iPhone backups seem to be the cause, along with parallels has jumped up significantly.