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Where's my sleep image? #48949 05/29/18 06:24 AM
Joined: Aug 2009 Likes: 15 artie505 OP
OP artie505 Joined: Aug 2009 Likes: 15	The 8 GB sleep image located at /var/vm disappeared from my GrandPerspective graphic representation of macOS 10.13.4 after being there through 10.13.3 because it's been transformed into a (literal) volume. Hmmm... Now that /var/vm is a volume, I wonder if swap files are also stored within it along with the sleep image? I haven't seen mention of it in a looong time, but I remember people wanting to keep their swap files on a separate volume, and I wonder if Apple has finally caught up? The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button. In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire

Re: Where's my sleep image? artie505 #49065 06/12/18 07:52 AM
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OP artie505 Joined: Aug 2009 Likes: 15	I just managed to grow a swap file, and it is, indeed, stored in the /var/VM volume. I can envision how the sleep image gains by being stored in its own volume rather than within the macOS volume that generated it, but what's gained by storing swap files in a different volume? The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button. In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire

Re: Where's my sleep image? artie505 #49066 06/12/18 12:38 PM
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Virtual1 Joined: Aug 2009 Iowa	Originally Posted By: artie505 The 8 GB sleep image located at /var/vm disappeared from my GrandPerspective graphic representation of macOS 10.13.4 after being there through 10.13.3 because it's been transformed into a (literal) volume. Hmmm... Now that /var/vm is a volume, I wonder if swap files are also stored within it along with the sleep image? I haven't seen mention of it in a looong time, but I remember people wanting to keep their swap files on a separate volume, and I wonder if Apple has finally caught up? Interesting, I will have to look into that. Placing your /var/vm on a separate drive was for performance issues, so that memory swapping didn't interfere with data io on your documents and apps. Now with SSDs, that makes very little (no?) difference. Code: $ stat -f %d / 16777220 $ stat -f %d /var/vm 16777222 Indeed /var/vm is on a different device than the boot drive. Code: $ diskutil list /dev/disk1 /dev/disk1 (synthesized): #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: APFS Container Scheme - +500.0 GB disk1 Physical Store disk0s2 1: APFS Volume Macintosh HD 352.6 GB disk1s1 2: APFS Volume Preboot 18.4 MB disk1s2 3: APFS Volume Recovery 517.8 MB disk1s3 4: APFS Volume VM 4.3 GB disk1s4 yup, there it is I work for the Department of Redundancy Department

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