Bigtwin
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ianf said:
Right cheers. I'm pushing my tech envelope now, but here goes...
Right cheers. I'm pushing my tech envelope now, but here goes...
Bigtwin
Guest
Bigtwin said:
Only ones in there that aren't mine (me beign "anyone") are two admin ones:-
total 88
drwx------ 24 anyone anyone 918 May 20 15:56 .
drwxrwxr-t 6 root admin 204 May 20 14:45 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 anyone anyone 3 Jan 15 00:05 .CFUserTextEncoding
-rw-r--r-- 1 anyone anyone 15364 May 20 15:59 .DS_Store
drw------- 8 root anyone 272 Apr 3 15:22 .Spotlight-V100
drwxrwxrwt 4 anyone anyone 136 May 20 15:10 .TemporaryItems
d-wx-wx-wt 2 root admin 68 Feb 3 01:10 .Trashes
-rw------- 1 anyone anyone 325 May 20 15:58 .bash_history
drwxr-xr-x 2 anyone anyone 68 Jan 14 23:10 .hpimageprint
drwx------ 32 anyone anyone 1088 May 19 21:42 Desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root anyone 2048 May 19 13:44 Desktop DB
-rw-r--r-- 1 root anyone 2 Feb 3 01:20 Desktop DF
drwx------ 15 anyone anyone 510 Apr 10 12:49 Documents
-rw-r--r-- 1 anyone anyone 5240 Jan 11 16:42 Home Letterhead.sxw
drwxr-xr-x 6 anyone anyone 204 May 19 22:47 Incomplete
drwx------ 40 anyone anyone 1360 Apr 3 12:26 Library
drwx------ 4 anyone anyone 136 May 20 14:28 Movies
drwx------ 5 anyone anyone 170 May 19 01:01 Music
-rw-r--r-- 1 anyone anyone 0 Mar 29 14:12 Opera 7 Preferences.new
drwx------ 7 anyone anyone 238 May 19 00:25 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x 5 anyone anyone 170 Mar 30 17:59 Public
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root anyone 56 Feb 3 01:36 Send Registration -> /Users/anyone/Library/Assistants/Send Registration.setup
drwxr-xr-x 487 anyone anyone 16558 May 20 15:13 Shared
drwxr-xr-x 6 anyone anyone 204 Jan 11 11:33 Sites
o.k.... try this:
cd /
sudo find . -name *YYZ* -print
That should locate the files on your disk as a starting point.
cd /
sudo find . -name *YYZ* -print
That should locate the files on your disk as a starting point.
Bigtwin
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ianf said:
For some reason, that does...nothing at all.
robD
Guest
Let's gather alittle more info....
When you double click on the hard drive icon on the desktop, at the bottom middle of the window frame of the window that opens, how much disk space does it say you have available?
-Rob
When you double click on the hard drive icon on the desktop, at the bottom middle of the window frame of the window that opens, how much disk space does it say you have available?
-Rob
Bigtwin
Guest
Guys! Success! Thanks for all the help, but have sussed it (by blundering around).
I had the filevault turned on - always have had. Just ran an update where it organises the storage space - and it's re-set the memory settings!
Dunno why etc etc, but now works and have 25GB spare.
Thanks again all!
I had the filevault turned on - always have had. Just ran an update where it organises the storage space - and it's re-set the memory settings!
Dunno why etc etc, but now works and have 25GB spare.
Thanks again all!
It takes a while to seach the whole volume but if you waited for the next prompt, then it completed.
You sure there's nothing of interest in
ian-farquharsons-mac-mini:~ ian$ cd /.Trashes
ian-farquharsons-mac-mini:/.Trashes ian$ sudo ls -al
total 0
d-wx-wx-wt 2 root admin 68 Apr 28 2005 .
drwxrwxr-t 30 root admin 1122 May 15 23:38 ..
or (same place really)
ian-farquharsons-mac-mini: ian$ cd /Volumes/Mac*/.Trashes
ian-farquharsons-mac-mini:/Volumes/Macintosh HD/.Trashes ian$ pwd
/Volumes/Macintosh HD/.Trashes
ian-farquharsons-mac-mini:/Volumes/Macintosh HD/.Trashes ian$ sudo ls -al
total 0
d-wx-wx-wt 2 root admin 68 Apr 28 2005 .
drwxrwxr-t 30 root admin 1122 May 15 23:38 ..
In which case ... assuming that YYZ was in the title of one of the files, they're no longer linked into the filesystem, might want to repeat it with a key piece of text from a filename you know was deleted.
If not...
There may be allocated inodes or bitmap entries orphaned somewhere. Not sure how to detect that in os-x but playing with disk verification tools here.
You sure there's nothing of interest in
ian-farquharsons-mac-mini:~ ian$ cd /.Trashes
ian-farquharsons-mac-mini:/.Trashes ian$ sudo ls -al
total 0
d-wx-wx-wt 2 root admin 68 Apr 28 2005 .
drwxrwxr-t 30 root admin 1122 May 15 23:38 ..
or (same place really)
ian-farquharsons-mac-mini: ian$ cd /Volumes/Mac*/.Trashes
ian-farquharsons-mac-mini:/Volumes/Macintosh HD/.Trashes ian$ pwd
/Volumes/Macintosh HD/.Trashes
ian-farquharsons-mac-mini:/Volumes/Macintosh HD/.Trashes ian$ sudo ls -al
total 0
d-wx-wx-wt 2 root admin 68 Apr 28 2005 .
drwxrwxr-t 30 root admin 1122 May 15 23:38 ..
In which case ... assuming that YYZ was in the title of one of the files, they're no longer linked into the filesystem, might want to repeat it with a key piece of text from a filename you know was deleted.
If not...
There may be allocated inodes or bitmap entries orphaned somewhere. Not sure how to detect that in os-x but playing with disk verification tools here.
Phew. Which is a good reason why fannying around in the shell didn't find it all then.
Got an external disk for it all yet?
Got an external disk for it all yet?
Bigtwin
Guest
ianf said:
It is - though I don't understand why deleting the files and the folders showing the amended memory didn't transalte to the overall memory tally, just coz filevault was on? Still...
I think now would be a good time to do that, wouldn't it?
Just need to order that 300MB seagate from fleabay to do the storage on and I'm sorted.
One last Q - is there any danger opened up via internet no having the filevault on?
Cheers for the help - G.
PS - also discovered Hindu Love Gods whilst clipping the hedge in the drizzle this morning - every cloud and all that.
robD
Guest
Bigtwin said:
It's a balance of risk....
But......
My thoughts are, that your files are far more at risk from 'file vault' going titsup.com, than any risk from having your 'puter on the 'net without 'file vault' switched on.
-Rob
If you're on broadband via a router, it's likely got network address translation turned on, no inbound requests are going to come across it. Unless you've got some extraordinarily sensitive data on it, I wouldn't bother. As Robin says it's more likely to cause you grief than help you.
Bigtwin
Guest
ianf said:
I'm BB over the phone via a ADSL modem. Save for the ton of letters to the Idiots at Homecall who fail to provide any shread of decent BB service, there's not a lot on there, save for all my rare Nolans session tracks.
I'll leave it off - the little picture of the house looks so much nicer without the safe dial where the ikle door is supposed to be.
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