05-14-2008, 02:15 PM
Can anyone quote any documentation from Apple that states that you need to leave 10-15% of the space on a drive free, and the reason why.
With a 20 GB Drive you're saying that it's OK to get down to 2 GB, but if you took that same data and copied it onto a 1 TB Drive you're saying that now the exact same system needs 100 GB - 150 GB free. Where is 100 GB of data going to come from that will suddenly fill up the drive?
I agree that running it down to zero can be bad on any OS, but I'd like to know where Apple says 10% to 15% free that is so widely quoted on this forum as a requirement.
With a 20 GB Drive you're saying that it's OK to get down to 2 GB, but if you took that same data and copied it onto a 1 TB Drive you're saying that now the exact same system needs 100 GB - 150 GB free. Where is 100 GB of data going to come from that will suddenly fill up the drive?
I agree that running it down to zero can be bad on any OS, but I'd like to know where Apple says 10% to 15% free that is so widely quoted on this forum as a requirement.