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robisconfusedd · Dec 18, 2005, 10:37 PM

ok so i had 13gb free, and deleted a couple of clips (~50 gb worth) and then emptied the trash and it still says i only have 13gb free

what uhh happened?? did it like fake delete it or something?

mindwaves · Dec 19, 2005, 10:19 PM

Probably refresh your Finder by logging out and back again. Moving to the OS X forum.

Helmling · Dec 19, 2005, 10:27 PM

Ok, I'm having the same problem. In fact, my disk space is so low--because iMovie won't really empty the trash--that I can't encode my iDVD.

robisconfusedd · Dec 19, 2005, 11:13 PM

alright i logged out and logged back in, and restarted my computer and still no free space..

any other advice??

thanks,
rob

Helmling · Dec 19, 2005, 11:49 PM

Yeah, that did nothing for me either.

I'm trying disk utility now.

robisconfusedd · Dec 19, 2005, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by Helmling

Yeah, that did nothing for me either.

I'm trying disk utility now.

ooo good idea, hmm i can't think of anything else to try but this is starting to bug me too

Helmling · Dec 20, 2005, 12:09 AM

Well, disk utility's repair permissions seems to have helped. I've gotten back SOME space, but not all that I should. I think I have enough to burn now. Once I've burned this DVD, I'm going to try deleting in iMovie and see if it's working correctly now.

My theory is that the volume had a glitch, which disk utility has fixed, but it was too late for the iMovie projects that already had their trash files incorrectly emptied.

I will let you know what happens, but as I'll be burning at 1X, it might not be til morning.

Helmling · 01:56 AM

oops, duplicate post...still encoding the video. Damn I need a G5.

Helmling · Dec 20, 2005, 10:58 AM

Ok, my hypothesis seems to have been correct. Though I can't reclaim the dozen or so Gigs that I should have back by now until I delete the several iMovie projects that are going on our end-of-year compilation DVD for the grandparents, the trash is working normally now.

So I would recommend repairint permissions in disk utility. It seems to have worked for me.

tooki · Dec 20, 2005, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by mindwaves

Probably refresh your Finder by logging out and back again. Moving to the OS X forum.

Ahem, he said iMovie. iMovie maintains its own trash.

tooki

mindwaves · Dec 20, 2005, 04:22 PM

Yeah, I forgot about that. My mistake.

robisconfusedd · Dec 20, 2005, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Helmling

Ok, my hypothesis seems to have been correct. Though I can't reclaim the dozen or so Gigs that I should have back by now until I delete the several iMovie projects that are going on our end-of-year compilation DVD for the grandparents, the trash is working normally now.

So I would recommend repairint permissions in disk utility. It seems to have worked for me.

ah thank you! that makes sense, im glad it somewhat worked for you, at least you can burn the dvd now..