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  Something is guzzling disk space "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-28 14:01 +0100
    Something is guzzling disk space "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-28 21:44 +0100
    Re: Something is guzzling disk space nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2025-08-29 20:41 +0200

#181773 — Something is guzzling disk space

On 28/08/2025 09:44, D.M. Procida wrote:
> I've always been a bit tight on storage on my MacBook, at 500GB.
>
> Lately though something has guzzled an extra ~40GB, and it's hard to know
> what.
>
> OmniDiskSweeper, which has always been useful, isn't able to peer into 
> /var,
> and I suspect it's there (36 GB for Multipasss!), or in logs 
> somewhere, that
> the storage is being consumed.
>
> A restart can claw back a few GB, but they disappear again soon.
>
> It's a bit rubbish to have to go on a file hunt in 2025, but what do you
> recommend?
>
> Daniele


💾 Warning: Your Mac Is Secretly Hoarding Gigabytes!

Hey Daniele,

Before you dive into the steps below, know this: your Mac has been
quietly stockpiling 36 GB of Multipass VMs, logs, and caches, like a
digital squirrel hoarding nuts. 🐿️

Read on carefully — these tips will help you rescue all that lost space
and stop your Mac from silently guzzling storage like it’s a 
never-ending buffet.

https://chatgpt.com/share/68b035ba-2778-8013-a88c-626d8761688f

🎉 Mission Accomplished (Hopefully!)

Congrats, Daniele! If your disk space starts looking healthy again, you
can pat yourself on the back. If not… well, at least your Mac isn’t
secretly hoarding any more “digital snacks” without your permission. 😎

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#181776

On 28/08/2025 14:01, David B. tried helping Daniele!

> On 28/08/2025 09:44, D.M. Procida wrote:
>> I've always been a bit tight on storage on my MacBook, at 500GB.
>>
>> Lately though something has guzzled an extra ~40GB, and it's hard to know
>> what.
>>
>> OmniDiskSweeper, which has always been useful, isn't able to peer 
>> into /var,
>> and I suspect it's there (36 GB for Multipasss!), or in logs 
>> somewhere, that
>> the storage is being consumed.
>>
>> A restart can claw back a few GB, but they disappear again soon.
>>
>> It's a bit rubbish to have to go on a file hunt in 2025, but what do you
>> recommend?
>>
>> Daniele
> 
> 
> 💾 Warning: Your Mac Is Secretly Hoarding Gigabytes!
> 
> Hey Daniele,
> 
> Before you dive into the steps below, know this: your Mac has been
> quietly stockpiling 36 GB of Multipass VMs, logs, and caches, like a
> digital squirrel hoarding nuts. 🐿️
> 
> Read on carefully — these tips will help you rescue all that lost space
> and stop your Mac from silently guzzling storage like it’s a never- 
> ending buffet.
> 
> https://chatgpt.com/share/68b035ba-2778-8013-a88c-626d8761688f
> 
> 🎉 Mission Accomplished (Hopefully!)
> 
> Congrats, Daniele! If your disk space starts looking healthy again, you
> can pat yourself on the back. If not… well, at least your Mac isn’t
> secretly hoarding any more “digital snacks” without your permission. 😎

ChatGPT was VERY helpful.

See for yourself by following the link.

-- 
David

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#181781

David B. <BD@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> On 28/08/2025 09:44, D.M. Procida wrote:
> > I've always been a bit tight on storage on my MacBook, at 500GB.
> >
> > Lately though something has guzzled an extra ~40GB, and it's hard to know
> > what.
> >
> > OmniDiskSweeper, which has always been useful, isn't able to peer into
> > /var,
> > and I suspect it's there (36 GB for Multipasss!), or in logs 
> > somewhere, that
> > the storage is being consumed.
> >
> > A restart can claw back a few GB, but they disappear again soon.
> >
> > It's a bit rubbish to have to go on a file hunt in 2025, but what do you
> > recommend?
> >
> > Daniele

May be Spotlight building its index files,
if you have -lots- of text files.
If you have an external volume those index files will be stored there,
but while they are being built they grow on your systems disk.

You can see in Activity Monitor if it is busy.
(it will also slow your Mac down, while doing its thing)

Jan

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