I also tried opening the file in Text Edit, deleting its contents and re-saving it. And when you re-launch any of the above apps, the file is back where it started.įinally I tried the rm command in the Terminal window. In every case above, you can drag to the Trash, or delete, and the trash makes its usual sound but nothing appears in the basket. I also tried WhatSize and OmniDiskSweeper. It found the file, but will not let me delete it. SymAVppcFile so obviously wanted to delete it.įirst I tried searching for the file through the Finder, with Invisible Items turned on.
#Mac log files console fill up drive mac#
I have traced this to an invisible file stored on the Mac HD called. I have checked through the Mac Console and every time I am connected to the internet, a file is constantly accessing and downloading.Ĭom.symantec.symdaemon Fri Feb 19 06:45:58 Macintosh.local Symantec Daemon : An error occured loading component SymConfidentialData.bundle (loadPlugIn failed)
This problem can be traced back to that time. I used Symantecs own uninstall application downloaded from their website. Several months ago I un-installed Norton Anti-Virus (cant think why I installed it in the first place!). I think I have finally found out what is causing this disk filling up issue at least in my case. Like I said - a novice here - so please excuse me if I don't get some of the more technical references right away. Your space taken up by VM is MUCH smaller than mine, which leads me to believe you have a lot of RAM. So I didn't know what (if anything) I should be deleting? Delete NOTHING else in the private folder!! Leave it alone. Hard to tell, but if the ASL starts causing a fillup again, I'd look into that. So, were the ASL logs taking all your space? Since it says something about PS, you might have to uninstall and reinstall. I have not used Photoshop in some time, but all the files have today's or yesterday's date on them. The asl files within it all seem to be Photoshop related and there is one file called StoreData. So, you should be able to delete them, since the article didn't mention them further. I now have the temp folder on my desktop - which I presume I can delete? Yes, I think that was just in case the Terminal commands messed up something. I was just asking to make sure, if you were irritated, since you didn't refer to anything about it. So I didn't know what (if anything) I should be deleting? The log folder shows on 6.0 MB - and the only asl file in there is asl.db My private folder shows 823.5 MB, and within it (see Thumbnail). I also ran Disk Inventory X - and although I found the 'private' folder, it did not seem to contain all the files within 'log' as referenced by littlemcbeast at the start of the thread. Since doing this I have kept an eye on the available disk space and it seems to have solved the problem - it's not going up on it's own anymore!
I now have the temp folder on my desktop - which I presume I can delete? Aggie - well I did read it, but you are not dealing with a techie here - but someone relatively inexperienced in solving these kind of problems - and there were a couple of things that confused me.įirstly, I ran the Terminal commands below as referenced from a link in the thread you referred in post 7:
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