hard drive space questions?

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  1. bhoyetjumpay

    bhoyetjumpay Well-Known Member

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    i just restart my macbook right now after 15 days without shutting down or restart, i've noticed that before i restart, my used hardisk is 121 gb and my free is 111 gb, after restart, my used harddisk is 120 gb and my free is 112 gb, if you will noticed, i gained 1 gb on my free and lost 1 gig on my used, what happened or it is just a temporary files because i didnt shut down or restart my macbook for a long time?
     
  2. RC

    RC Active Member

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    Yup temp files cache files scratch disk file are deleted/cleared out upon restart...
    Pretty sure you should've performed a defrag or zap pram as well.... just to speed things a bit more...

    That is if you've copied and deleted a bunch of stuff...
     
  3. ijingo

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    is there a defrag counterpart for mac? what is zap pram?
     
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    yeah, how do you defrag?
     
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    Drive Genius 2 for Mac - maintain, manage and optimize your hard drive...not free though.
     

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