I used 'Show icon preview' as a default option which was reset by the reinstallation. Choosing some folder and opening it in Finder, then going to 'View' -> 'Show View Options' there's an option called 'Show icon preview' and a button 'Use as Defaults'. However, after it was a done I noticed a change in the Finder view options: Finder was no longer generating preview icons for every folder in my disk. I solved this problem by reinstalling Mac OS X without removing any definitions, simply reinstalling the OS. Too bad there isn't some sort of manual to explain all the capabilities of this utility as I feel like I have just scratched the surface of its capabilities. temp file to the HD.īy the way I found Grand Perspective invaluable in trouble shooting this. I believe that other back up programs (Time Capsule perhaps) could do the same thing perhaps, by writing a large. Several calls to Cabornite tech support (who by the way were the most knowledgeable and helpful tech folks I have ever worked with) and we identified what was going on, disabled backing up the 28 GB vmware file and things seem stable for the moment. In my case, and this may occur with any program that creates temp files, it was Carbonite program backing up the 28 GB vmware Fusion file on my fusion disk partition and writing temp files to the HD ins the process.

I found GrandPerspecitve helpful and saw that two hugh. I have a similar vintage Mac Book Pro (2008) running OS 10.7.5, and one day I watched in horror as 24 GB of hard disk free space disappeared in about 10 minutes.

sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports dist-upgrade (installs kernel 4.I found your thread useful in trouble shooting my own problem in this regard.

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -t jessie-backports open-vm-tools-dkms open-vm-tools-desktop.

Add Debian jessie-backports repository to /etc/apt/sources.list.This is based on the guest additions from open-vm-tools. Basically, pulling in packages from jessie-backports appears to have solved the problem. In the meantime, I have what appears to be a workaround for anyone else who is affected. I opened support request 15709682007 and the representative said they will fix the issue in a future release. Run smem -wtk and see ~3Gb of memory under kernel dynamic memory, Noncache.Perform some IO intensive operation like simply cat /dev/zero | head -c 1000000000 > /tmp/test.txt.Install open-vm-tools or bundled VMware Tools.Install Debian Jessie in a new VMware Fusion VM.If I followed these steps then I would soon lose about 3Gb of kernel area memory.

At some point during my upgrades of OS X to Yosemite, VMware Fusion to 7.x and my Debian guest to 8.0 'Jessie' on my 2012 Mackbook Pro, a leak of Linux kernel memory developed.

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