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Dave at 00:38, 3 December 2013

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	If you are having problems with losing disk space on OSX due to swap file space growing out of control, you can solve the issue by rebooting		If you are having problems with losing disk space on OSX due to swap file space growing out of control, you can solve the issue by rebooting.

	Alternately, if you are not afraid of venturing into Terminal land, you can use this tiny little app I wrote, which will purge unused RAM cache and collapse and remove unused swap space, potentially dramatically restarting "missing" disk space and restoring system performance.		Alternately, if you are not afraid of venturing into Terminal land, you can use this tiny little app I wrote, which will purge unused RAM cache and collapse and remove unused swap space, potentially dramatically restarting "missing" disk space and restoring system performance.

Deusexmachina at 00:31, 3 December 2013

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	To add your standard account to sudoers, log in to an admin account, type "sudo visudo" and type in your admin password. Find the following line:		To add your standard account to sudoers, log in to an admin account, type "sudo visudo" and type in your admin password. Find the following line:
			<pre>
	# User privilege specification		# User privilege specification
	root ALL=(ALL) ALL		root ALL=(ALL) ALL
	%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL		%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
			</pre>
	and add your standard user account info like this:		and add your standard user account info like this:

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	sudo launchctl load -wF /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist		sudo launchctl load -wF /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
	" with administrator privileges		" with administrator privileges
	<pre>		</pre>
	Save as an application by selecting "Save…" from the File menu then selecting "Application" from the "File format" pop up menu.		Save as an application by selecting "Save…" from the File menu then selecting "Application" from the "File format" pop up menu.

	Now you can just double click and run like any normal OSX app.		Now you can just double click and run like any normal OSX app.

Deusexmachina at 00:30, 3 December 2013

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	(If what I am writing seems unintelligible to you, it might be best for you not to attempt it!)		(If what I am writing seems unintelligible to you, it might be best for you not to attempt it!)

	<pre?		<pre>
	sudo purge		sudo purge
	sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist		sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
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	and add your standard user account info like this:		and add your standard user account info like this:

			<pre>
	# User privilege specification		# User privilege specification
	root ALL=(ALL) ALL		root ALL=(ALL) ALL
	%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL		%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
	yourshortusername All=(ALL) ALL		yourshortusername All=(ALL) ALL
			</pre>
	Alternately, you can run AppleScript Editor, and paste the following code into a new script:		Alternately, you can run AppleScript Editor, and paste the following code into a new script:
			<pre>
	do shell script "sudo purge		do shell script "sudo purge
	sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist		sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
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	sudo launchctl load -wF /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist		sudo launchctl load -wF /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
	" with administrator privileges		" with administrator privileges
			<pre>
	Save as an application by selecting "Save…" from the File menu then selecting "Application" from the "File format" pop up menu.		Save as an application by selecting "Save…" from the File menu then selecting "Application" from the "File format" pop up menu.

	Now you can just double click and run like any normal OSX app.		Now you can just double click and run like any normal OSX app.

Deusexmachina at 00:28, 3 December 2013

2013-12-03T00:28:54Z

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	(If what I am writing seems unintelligible to you, it might be best for you not to attempt it!)		(If what I am writing seems unintelligible to you, it might be best for you not to attempt it!)

	~~[code]~~		<pre?
	sudo purge		sudo purge
	sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist		sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
	sudo rm /private/var/vm/swapfile*		sudo rm /private/var/vm/swapfile*
	sudo launchctl load -wF /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist		sudo launchctl load -wF /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
	[/~~code]~~		</pre>

	Open a text editor and paste in the code. Save somewhere. Then go to Terminal. Log in to an administrator account and type "chmod 755 path/to/the/file". Now you can double click on it, and it will open Terminal, run the code, and exit. You need to make sure you are either running this from an admin account, or add your standard user account to sudoers for this to work.		Open a text editor and paste in the code. Save somewhere. Then go to Terminal. Log in to an administrator account and type "chmod 755 path/to/the/file". Now you can double click on it, and it will open Terminal, run the code, and exit. You need to make sure you are either running this from an admin account, or add your standard user account to sudoers for this to work.

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2013-12-03T00:27:47Z

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If you are having problems with losing disk space on OSX due to swap file space growing out of control, you can solve the issue by rebooting
Alternately, if you are not afraid of venturing into Terminal land, you can use this tiny little app I wrote, which will purge unused RAM cache and collapse and remove unused swap space, potentially dramatically restarting "missing" disk space and restoring system performance.

Be VERY careful, however, as setting it up involves doing things that could potentially render your system unbootable.
(If what I am writing seems unintelligible to you, it might be best for you not to attempt it!)

[code]
sudo purge
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
sudo rm /private/var/vm/swapfile*
sudo launchctl load -wF /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
[/code]

Open a text editor and paste in the code. Save somewhere. Then go to Terminal. Log in to an administrator account and type "chmod 755 path/to/the/file". Now you can double click on it, and it will open Terminal, run the code, and exit. You need to make sure you are either running this from an admin account, or add your standard user account to sudoers for this to work.

To add your standard account to sudoers, log in to an admin account, type "sudo visudo" and type in your admin password. Find the following line:

# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

and add your standard user account info like this:

# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
yourshortusername All=(ALL) ALL

Alternately, you can run AppleScript Editor, and paste the following code into a new script:

do shell script "sudo purge
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
sudo rm /private/var/vm/swapfile*
sudo launchctl load -wF /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
" with administrator privileges

Save as an application by selecting "Save…" from the File menu then selecting "Application" from the "File format" pop up menu.

Now you can just double click and run like any normal OSX app.