Photoshop use of HD space

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weil91
Mar 3, 2004
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Hi,

Perhaps it’s my tiny Mac Powerbook HD (10 Gig; partitioned into two 4.7 GB halves) — but it seems when I use PS CS for awhile — the main partition ‘bloats’ badly and loses storage space.

Eventually, I have to do a restart to clean up and obtain more storage space on my hard drive. I have tried resetting the scratch disk space — but to no avail.

Is there a way to ‘clean-out’ PS space use on my hard drive without having to restart?

Thanks,

Conrad
Conrad Weiler
Camp Sherman, Oregon

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notouchy
Mar 3, 2004
On 2004-03-03 05:38:49 -0700, (Conrad Weiler) said:

Hi,

Perhaps it’s my tiny Mac Powerbook HD (10 Gig; partitioned into two 4.7 GB halves) — but it seems when I use PS CS for awhile — the main partition ‘bloats’ badly and loses storage space.

Eventually, I have to do a restart to clean up and obtain more storage space on my hard drive. I have tried resetting the scratch disk space — but to no avail.

Is there a way to ‘clean-out’ PS space use on my hard drive without having to restart?

Thanks,

Conrad
Conrad Weiler
Camp Sherman, Oregon

What Mac OS are you running?
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tacitr
Mar 3, 2004
Perhaps it’s my tiny Mac Powerbook HD (10 Gig; partitioned into two 4.7 GB
halves) — but it seems when I use PS CS for awhile — the main partition ‘bloats’ badly and loses storage space.

Correct. Photoshop uses its own virtual memory.

Eventually, I have to do a restart to clean up and obtain more storage space on
my hard drive. I have tried resetting the scratch disk space — but to no avail.

Explain what you mean by "resetting the scratch disk space." The phrase makes no sense–you can’t ‘reset’ space.

Is there a way to ‘clean-out’ PS space use on my hard drive without having to restart?

Quit Photoshop. That should be all you need to do.


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weil91
Mar 4, 2004
<< but it seems when I use PS CS for awhile — the main partition
‘bloats’ badly and loses storage space. >>

<< What Mac OS are you running? >>

Jaguar (10.2.8)

Best,

Conrad
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weil91
Mar 4, 2004
Hi Tacit,

<< Quit Photoshop. That should be all you need to do. >>

Yes, I agree but when I do this it appears that the space on my hard disk is still ‘occupied’ by what PS CS has needed.

A restart will clear the ‘bloated’ space and restore more working area on my hard drive.

I’m using Jaguar 10.2.8 on my Mac Powerbook.

Best,

Conrad
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notouchy
Mar 4, 2004
On 2004-03-04 06:39:58 -0700, (Conrad Weiler) said:

<< but it seems when I use PS CS for awhile — the main partition
‘bloats’ badly and loses storage space. >>

<< What Mac OS are you running? >>

Jaguar (10.2.8)

Best,

Conrad

Hmmm…And even after quiting the HD space isn’t returned to normal? I don’t have CS so I can’t verify what you are seeing but a possible band-aid (as it’s not really going to solve the whole issue, rather it’s going to make it less noticeable) is to invest in a external firewire HD and use that as Photoshop’s scratch disk. You can get a 40 gig for around 120-130 dollars US. I really don’t know why Photoshop is having trouble releasing it’s scratch disk allocation after quitting…although this could also relate to Mac OS’ 10.2 "Finder slow to refresh information" issue. The Finder may not be refreshing information fast enough and so it appears that you’re loosing HD space when in reality it’s just the Finder reporting older information. It’s nothing to worry about in that case and there’s a freeware app out there called Nudge, I think, which prompts the Finder to refresh and update information. HTH.
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tacitr
Mar 4, 2004
A restart will clear the ‘bloated’ space and restore more working area on my hard drive.

That suggests the space on your hard drive is being occupied by OS X’s virtual memory files, not by Photoshop’s files; if that is the case, more RAM is the solution.

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weil91
Mar 5, 2004
Hi,

<< The Finder may not be refreshing
information fast enough and so it appears that you’re loosing HD space when in reality it’s just the Finder reporting older information. >>

Thanks for your input help.

It seems to only be with PS CS and it drains HD space to the point that I get a message window that Preference settings cannot be saved. I don’t get this with PSE 2 or PS 5.5 on my Mac Powerbook.

However, it may be the age of my G3 Powerbook (Wall Street upgraded to a G4 processor) and 10 Gig HD (2 x 4.7 partitions).

I use a PC card unit with two USB 2 slots and an 80 Gig Fantum external HD to try and get more storage and sc ratch disk space. There are no USB or Firewire ports on the old G3. However, this often (always?) causes lock up problems with my G3 Powerbook. So, I’m relegated to using the small 10 Gig HD that’s installed.

Thanks,

Conrad

Conrad Weiler
Camp Sherman, Oregon
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notouchy
Mar 5, 2004
On 2004-03-05 06:24:33 -0700, (Conrad Weiler) said:

Hi,

<< The Finder may not be refreshing information fast enough and so it appears that you’re loosing HD space when in reality it’s just the Finder reporting older information. >>

Thanks for your input help.

It seems to only be with PS CS and it drains HD space to the point that I get a message window that Preference settings cannot be saved. I don’t get this with PSE 2 or PS 5.5 on my Mac Powerbook.
However, it may be the age of my G3 Powerbook (Wall Street upgraded to a G4 processor) and 10 Gig HD (2 x 4.7 partitions).

I use a PC card unit with two USB 2 slots and an 80 Gig Fantum external HD to try and get more storage and sc ratch disk space. There are no USB or Firewire ports on the old G3. However, this often (always?) causes lock up problems with my G3 Powerbook. So, I’m relegated to using the small 10 Gig HD that’s installed.

Thanks,

Conrad

Conrad Weiler
Camp Sherman, Oregon

I’m sorry I wasn’t able to help solve your problem. Upgrading the internal HD on the machine would probably be the best solution based on your statements…assuming you don’t want to outright buy a new machine. Best of luck.
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ramones
Jul 3, 2004
On 04 Mar 2004 17:48:14 GMT, (Tacit) wrote:

A restart will clear the ‘bloated’ space and restore more working area on my hard drive.

That suggests the space on your hard drive is being occupied by OS X’s virtual memory files, not by Photoshop’s files; if that is the case, more RAM is the solution.
i had similar problem,if you don’t need it anymore, just clear history and it should be fine.
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