10.12 filling up with swap files...killing disk

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Created Jun ’16

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Anyone else experiencing this issue? Total of 42 gigs of swap files does not make a happy 128gb SSD 😢

Tims-MBP:vm tmburke$ cd /private/var/vm
Tims-MBP:vm tmburke$ du -ah
1.0G ./sleepimage
1.0G ./swapfile0
1.0G ./swapfile1
1.0G ./swapfile10
1.0G ./swapfile11
1.0G ./swapfile12
1.0G ./swapfile13
1.0G ./swapfile14
1.0G ./swapfile15
1.0G ./swapfile16
1.0G ./swapfile17
1.0G ./swapfile18
1.0G ./swapfile19
1.0G ./swapfile2
1.0G ./swapfile20
1.0G ./swapfile21
1.0G ./swapfile22
1.0G ./swapfile23
1.0G ./swapfile24
1.0G ./swapfile25
1.0G ./swapfile26
1.0G ./swapfile27
1.0G ./swapfile28
1.0G ./swapfile29
1.0G ./swapfile3
1.0G ./swapfile30
1.0G ./swapfile31
1.0G ./swapfile32
1.0G ./swapfile33
1.0G ./swapfile34
1.0G ./swapfile35
1.0G ./swapfile36
1.0G ./swapfile37
1.0G ./swapfile38
1.0G ./swapfile39
1.0G ./swapfile4
1.0G ./swapfile40
1.0G ./swapfile5
1.0G ./swapfile6
1.0G ./swapfile7
1.0G ./swapfile8
1.0G ./swapfile9
42G .

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Answer 1

grahamperrin OP

Jun ’16

Whilst the Mac is in that state, use the key chord for sysdiagnose. The resulting file will complement a bug report.

Additionally, Activity Monitor may offer a visual indication of which processes use more memory than expected. Consider the columns shown in this shot –

– of El Capitan.

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Answer 2

KMT OP

Jun ’16

>Consider the columns shown in this shot from El Capitan:

Consider we're not allowed to see inline images/screenshots here.

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