Help needed: my user home uses 12GB of space.

[al3x@hachyderm.io]

Help needed: my user home uses 12GB of space. Still #macOS Tahoe reports that my Mac Mini 256GB is out of space.

Obviously #macOS Tahoe shits its pants and doesn't work when low on space.

Space Gremlin Pro reports 200GB Restricted Files. No idea what that' is but that's pretty close to the vanished space.

[ghalldev@mastodon.social]

@al3x Annoyingly, macOS shitting its pants when low on storage is not new to Tahoe.

From what I can see, you should be able to activate “Admin mode” in Space Gremlin Pro (assuming its not the App Store version)

Edit Sorry I was wrong, it looks like you have to start the app as root https://www.spacegremlinapp.com/mac/faq.html#:~:text=in%20any%20mode.-,How%20do%20I%20scan%20Restricted%20Space%3F,-Scanning%20Restricted%20Space

[al3x@hachyderm.io]

@ghalldev I did that and it still couldn't report on that space.

It's #macOS unreportable . I don't have words to express how frustrated I feel. It is not my fault in any way that Apple sells Mac Minis with 265GB hard drives and with only 20GB user homes they stop working.

[ghalldev@mastodon.social]

@al3x Very odd…

Might be worth trying out DaisyDisk. I’ve used it for years and never had any issue with it not being able to see restricted files. Might be worth checkout out the trial just to see if it works for you.

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Other than that, I am at a loss. I’ve never seen those files take up 200GB before.

[westfox35@wcgw.cafe]

@al3x @ghalldev Grab a thunderbolt NVME chassis, attach a cheap NVME drive.

Install MacOS externally on the drive.

Your problem is solved.

[al3x@hachyderm.io]

@ghalldev GrandPerspective was able to show what stole the space.

Some #Apple : some shared-clipboard files with sizes between 2GB and 30GB. Stored on disk. And not removed even if the OS was not able to work.

#macOS has become a joke. A very bad joke.

[al3x@hachyderm.io]

@WestFox35 @ghalldev Have any specific recommendation? I'm not familiar with what might be good options

[westfox35@wcgw.cafe]

@al3x @ghalldev I use the original KONYEAD enclosure and WD Black 850x. But, really, any NVME should work with this enclosure. Fingers crossed?

You can’t find the original konyead enclosure anymore on amazon, and I don’t know if the recent versions are good.