What’s the modification date on the swapfile0 file within the /vm folder? If it’s very old then should be safe to delete, if recent then something’s creating a virtual memory file there which would be very odd. In that case I’d just make the folder invisible with the following terminal command:
chflags hidden /vm Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 [email protected] www.macambulance.co.uk MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. On 2 Nov 2017, at 08:07, [email protected] wrote: Sam, Did a reinstall and nothing changed. Ran Disk Utility and nothing changed the vm (lower case) file is still there. I had a long ‘chat’ with a senior Apple adviser. After 40 minutes I suggested maybe a Genius appointment would be a better approach she agreed (with gusto!) so I have a Genius appointment for lunchtime. Fingers crossed. Thanks again. Nick > On 1 Nov 2017, at 21:46, [email protected] wrote: > > Thanks for yr help Sam. > This is new territory for me…….eek. > Nick > >> On 1 Nov 2017, at 21:31, [email protected] wrote: >> >> This is what’s in there and the swapfile0 seems to be similar. Shall I >> delete the other one (just being extra cautious) >> Nick >> >> <Screen Shot 2017-11-01 at 21.29.53.png> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
