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Finding lost disk space in OS X?
LoneIgadzra
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The free space on my MacBook Pro's hard drive seems to have mysteriously dropped from 12 GB to 7, and I can't remember installing anything to cause this*. Is there some way I can spot potentially runaway files?
* The only large thing I've installed in recent memory was Xcode, and that was a reinstall that I only did that to fix nasm and had it install a couple more tools while I was at it. By rights that should only have added 100 MB or so. The image is only 900MB, which still doesn't explain several gigs.
* The only large thing I've installed in recent memory was Xcode, and that was a reinstall that I only did that to fix nasm and had it install a couple more tools while I was at it. By rights that should only have added 100 MB or so. The image is only 900MB, which still doesn't explain several gigs.
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OS X, not XP.
It'll show you the folder sizes of all the folders on your HD. My guess is that it's something in your ~/home/Library folder.
It's probably print drivers and language packs (delete them if you like, but don't delete drivers / languages you use. Duh)