Syncing from XServe to MacBook Pro

[a_frayn]

First off, it’s our head of school’s computer, making it more of an issue.

The computer is a MacBook Pro, there’s a mobile home directory on our OD server, both running 10.5 client/server.

I got a call saying he’s out of memory.

I check the computer, and there’s 0K available on Macintosh HD.

I clear up some space… a few minutes later, I see that it starts trying to sync again, and I watch the available space fall.

Get Info tells me that Macintosh HD is using 238GB/238GB.

If I do a Get Info on Applications, Library, System, Users, bin, sbin, private, usr folders, it maybe comes out to be a total of 50GB. Definitely no more than 100GB.

Does any one know where temporary files from a sync might sit?

[a_frayn]

[url=http://www.anklewicz.com/images/headofschool.png]Click for screenshot[/url]

Notice the two different file size reports. One in the title bar, one in the drive selection toolbar?

[a_frayn]

Turns out there were tons of folders found in the Desktop folder, with names similar to…

.fstemp.+PHD-L-hDjzWLUASp4 … 3Z1.noindex

I deleted those.

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