Reclaiming deleted disk space from file vault
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Mar 15, 202614152 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have my main user account encrypted with file vault. After deleting some data (like 20 GB) my free space on the hard drive hasn't change (yes I emptied the trash, confirmed that the files are actually gone, etc,etc). I also tried "erasing free space" in the disk utility app. I logged off, and reb…
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Fix for: Reclaiming deleted disk space from file vault
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This worked for me: Log out of your filevault account Log in as the Administrator (any other user account works, but it is always a good idea to have a separate admin account) in the Terminal: will ask for you password Make sure your computer is plu…
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