Macbook Pro Harddisk issue

[xchiazyx]

Hi All,

Good Day.

I am currently having issues regarding my Macbook Pro hard disk. It keeps prompting me that the hard disk is full when there’s pretty much empty when I first turn on my macbook. It usually starts prompting after 2-3hours of usage.

We did a hardware test and shows that there aren’t any issue with the macbook. I did tried calling into apple help desk and they asked me to delete a couple of items and did a ram reboot but none of those actually help in a long run. The disk full is usually due to system files and nothing related to my personal files.

The macbook is less than a year old, it jams sometimes when it comes to full hard disk.

My files are just 50GB and my harddisk is 250gb.

It will be great if any expert could be of some help on this issue. Much appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[dsemf]

Hi All,

Good Day.

I am currently having issues regarding my Macbook Pro hard disk. It keeps prompting me that the hard disk is full when there’s pretty much empty when I first turn on my macbook. It usually starts prompting after 2-3hours of usage.

We did a hardware test and shows that there aren’t any issue with the macbook. I did tried calling into apple help desk and they asked me to delete a couple of items and did a ram reboot but none of those actually help in a long run. The disk full is usually due to system files and nothing related to my personal files.

The macbook is less than a year old, it jams sometimes when it comes to full hard disk.

My files are just 50GB and my harddisk is 250gb.

It will be great if any expert could be of some help on this issue. Much appreciated.

Thanks!

As an admin user, run the following command in a terminal window:

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

When you find an entry of interest, extend the path at the end. For example, to get a disk usage by user, enter /Users

DS

 

[gsahli]

Is it possible you have Time Machine "on" but don't have an external backup drive connected?
Read:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204015

 

[Fishrrman]

gsahli's tip in post 3 above is a good one.

Download DiskWave (a small free utility) here:
https://diskwave.barthe.ph

Then, open it.
You'll see what to do next.
It will show you what is eating up your hard drive space.

TIP: Go to the preferences and set normally-invisible files to be visible.