Every once in a while, I'll attempt to save a document in MS Word (2011) and I'll get the error message below: I've been having a very similar issue since I 'upgraded' to Mountain Lion but I'm not sure it has exactly the same cause. I believe your culprit will be in your library folder, then mail folder, and In here we need to find and delete the recovered messages and an offlinecache fileĭelete OfflineCache' at: '~/Library/Mail/(your email address here)/.OfflineCacheĪnd delete 'Recovered Files' Mailbox folder at '~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/Recovered Messages (your email address here).mbox Verify it is the mail issue I think it is by using get info to find the source of the taken up space. Most likely your 'library' folder is taking up the significant chunk.

This window will show you the size each folder is taking up on your hard drive. Once inside the home folder start right clicking the folders and choosing 'get info'. The best way to find out where all the taken up space is to use finder and click the word 'go' on the top of the screen. I've seen this issue before, it has to do with your mail program incorrectly trying to save a file over and over again which eventually fills the drive.

<- View that for a better look on my storage Version 10.7.4 (It won't let me update due to the full disk) I'm not the best with computers either (I'm fourteen) so please break it down for me I'm pretty much desperate for help at this point, so any links/tips would be greatly appreciated. Am I doing something wrong, or is my computer really infected? the bar also says I have 0kb for every other category.Īfter, I downloaded a virus scanner off of the app store to check if it's caused by a virus, but it hasn't had any results. Which is strange because I used to have an awful lot of photos/videos up until I deleted them earlier because of this issue. It says I have about 81 MB left (I believe that's the number, last time I checked) but the bar is completely filled with yellow. For the past couple of days, I've been getting the message that I'm unable to save/download something because the startup disk is full.

Startup disc full on macbook air