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Is it safe to delete /private/var/sleepimage on OS X?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202614982 views
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So I have an OS X machine running desperately low on hard drive space. I ran DiskInventory X and found that is taking up 2GB of space. I understand that this file is used to hold the contents of RAM or some such thing, so in the event of sudden battery or power loss, no data will be lost. If I star…

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/private/var/sleepimage

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You can safely delete it without going into Target Disk Mode. Note that this will be recreated when you sleep your computer again. To disable safe sleep altogether (something I don't recommend), Doing this may cause you to lose data if your computer…

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