HELP PLEASE!

CCleaner for Mac
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Hi guys,

would some one so kind as to help me with this desperate question i have...

i have just downloaded the program and in interested in making my mac better i clicked on the erase free space option which apparently makes up a folder so delete things wont appear, but since doing this i have tryed downloading, updating and syncing stuff and as the is no memory left on the computer i cant do anything,

how can i reverse what i have just done and free up some space?

Please any help

thank you

Nick

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There should be a gigantic folder in the root of your Mac HD filled with files. CCleaner makes this to fill up the free space. Simply delete it :)

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thanks but what would the folder be called?

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Moved to the MAC forum

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Some info from the devs for you guys to peruse, copied and pasted from the reply I received.

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For erasing free space CCMac uses Mac OS tool named diskutil. It is invoked with user specified parameters and its output is displayed in “Details” text field.

E.g invoking in terminal diskutil secureErase freespace 0 “/Volumes/Macintosh HD” gives exactly the same result as selecting Macintosh HD volume, Zero Out method and clicking Erase Free Space button in CCMac

See manual http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/diskutil.8

Not being a Mac user, I couldn't have put it any better. :)

Hope that helps.

This may aid in the quest to find the folder or file used

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How can i find the massive folder, anyone have any ideas where in the HD it will be stored? I clicked cancel towards the end of the process and i now only have about 9MB of space available.

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How can i find the massive folder, anyone have any ideas where in the HD it will be stored? I clicked cancel towards the end of the process and i now only have about 9MB of space available.

I know you are worried and probably panicking a bit (I would be too :))

but please don't double post.

I have posted a reply in the other thread you posted in

http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=35239&pid=213712&st=0entry213712