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Large amounts of hidden disk space may also indicate errors in the file system. You can use the Disk Utility to verify and repair your disk’s integrity. In some cases, you may need to boot your Mac in Recovery mode and run the Disk Utility from there. Hidden disk space DaisyDisk - Analyze disk usage and free up disk space on Mac. Notes for macOS High Sierra. If you are reading this, you must be wondering why there is still many GBs of hidden space on your disk, even after you scan as administrator? The short answer and the good news is that this is by macOS design. Contrary to information on other forums, you can use DaisyDisk to delete hidden files, if you wish. Bottom line, if you don't 'see' a file, or files, that are obviously taking up space, I strongly suggest you try 'DaisyDisk' to see if you have some hidden files that are hogging space. LifeHacker: “DaisyDisk is a beautiful disk space analyzer. It’s the preference of many Mac users. DaisyDisk is very fast and very pretty.” Gizmodo: “Deleting files and sorting out disk-space is one of those tasks most people dread, so I can definitely appreciate that DaisyDisk has tried making it as fun (and beautiful) as possible.”.
- DaisyDisk will automatically refresh (without rescanning) the numbers or hidden and purgeable space after the system updates them globally. Also, just after you delete the purgeable space, you may temporarily see the hidden space being “borrowed” by the corresponding amount.
- DaisyDisk found a hidden folder called.cleverfiles using over 230 GB in my SSD root directory. The Mojave Finder labeled the.cleverfiles folder size as 2.8 GB. Somehow.cleverfiles isn't listed at all when booted from my internal SSD (even with hidden files shown). A web search for CleverFiles led me straight to Disk Drill.
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In the most obstinate cases with APFS disks, you may need to use the lower-level fsck_apfs command-line utility to verify and repair the APFS volume from the Recovery mode.
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Similarly, for HFS+ disks, you may need to use fsck_hfs. Beside verifying, you can use it to repair the HFS+ catalog file. WARNING: this operation may not be safe for your data! You should make a full backup of your disk before trying. Please seek professional help on the matter.