The drive is used for Time Machine. If I get a bigger drive won’t it eventually fill up and the same problems occur?
> On Jun 30, 2016, at 5:27 PM, Lee Larson <leelar...@me.com> wrote: > > On Jun 30, 2016, at 2:21 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <harr...@me.com> wondered: > >> Do I want to install TechTool Protection in system preferences? > > I have it installed. It keeps an eye on the hard drives in a pretty benign > manner. You can set it to periodically run SMART checks and watch for free > space. Mine is set to do a SMART check every four hours and to make sure the > drive is less than 85% full. It will automatically email me when either check > has a problem. > > It also keeps a backup of the volume directory, which can make it easier to > restore a nuked volume. > >> I also learned >> I have used 488.56 GB >> 11.2 GB Free Space >> Largest Contiguous Free Space is 523.07 MB >> Free Space Fragmentation 95.33% >> 0 fragmented files. > > > I’d say you are walking on the edge with that drive. There’s only about 2% of > free space, so I’m not surprised there are problems optimizing it. If you > can’t throw out a bunch of stuff, I think you ought to splurge on a bigger > drive. > > L^2 > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
