fyncie
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I had exactly the same problem. I left it there for three days, worried I would loose all my stuff or corrupt flles, but I had enough yesterday. I stopped CC and decided to find out how to do it on my Mac myself....!
If you click on your "Finder" and go to "Applications".
In there I found a folder called "Utilities" and in there you will find "Disk Utility". (Or you could search your Mac for "Disk Utilities" and save yourself the hassle..)
It will open and on the left hand side you click on your Mackintosh HD. On the right hand side there are four different tabs, "First Aid" "Erase" "RAID" and "Restore".
Click "Erase" and it will give you the option to erase free space.
It took an hour or two and kept me updated the whole time. No need for CC. Job done!
Hope this helps!
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I started running CC Erase Free Space on my Mac three days ago now... I expected several hours, but not several days!? It does not show any progress and says I cannot close it down until it has finished.... I don't want to keep my Mac on for this long and want to know how far along the process it is. I cannot force quit on the application so looks like I will have to restart my computer..? I am worried that if I force it to shut down I won't be able to find this temporary folder and my Mac will be rammed, or will loose some data. Can any one suggest anything, or do I just have to risk it for a biscuit??
CCleaner Issue with wiping free space
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Thank you very much for your reply and your help DennisD. I greatly appreciate it.
I stopped CC and decided to find out how to do it on my Mac myself....! Luckily with result. I thought I'd share it with all the Mac users who are lost looking for some answers....
If you click on your "Finder" and go to "Applications".
In there I found a folder called "Utility" and in there you will find the programme/application "Disk Utility". (Or you could search your Mac for "Disk Utility" and save yourself the hassle.... -Bring up "Finder" and in the top right corner you can type in "Disk Utility" in the search bar.)
Open Disk Utility.
On the left hand side you click on your Mackintosh HD.
On the right hand side there are four different tabs, "First Aid" "Erase" "RAID" and "Restore".
Click "Erase" and it will give you the option to erase free space.
It took an hour or two and kept me updated the whole time. Job done!
Hope this helps!