Not downloading dmg files of Browsers

[levmc]

I have 40 gb of free space but it says "failed - disk full." when I try to download Edge. Same thing happened with Brave (failed - download error).

 

[wilberforce]

When you select the data volume in disk utility, check what it says for:
a) Free
b) Available
c) Purgeable

 

[levmc]

I noticed that since it had only 8gb before I purged some things to get it to 40gb, it was still reflecting the old number, so I had to restart it and now it works.

 

[Fishrrman]

Download DiskWave from here:

DiskWave Homepage

It's small in size and free.

Open DiskWave and go to the preferences.
Put a checkmark in "show invisible files".
Close preferences.

The DiskWave window shows you all your drives in plain English (no ridiculous graphical formats).
Click on any drive.
Now, you'll see what's ON the drive, listed in order of "largest to smallest".
You can easily locate what's eating up your space.

 

[HDFan]

I noticed that since it had only 8gb before I purged some things to get it to 40gb,

You didn't mention the size of the iMac hard drive. You need to keep 20-30% free for best performance.

 

[levmc]

Download DiskWave from here:

DiskWave Homepage

It's small in size and free.

Open DiskWave and go to the preferences.
Put a checkmark in "show invisible files".
Close preferences.

The DiskWave window shows you all your drives in plain English (no ridiculous graphical formats).
Click on any drive.
Now, you'll see what's ON the drive, listed in order of "largest to smallest".
You can easily locate what's eating up your space.

Is that better than Disk Inventory X?