Following your correction of the command, I got
total 0
6400350 0 d-wx-wx-wt@ 2 root admin 68 Dec 4 07:46 .
2 0 drwxrwxr-t 34 root admin 1224 Nov 27 06:45 ..
May I assume that "total 0" means that .Trashes is empty?
Yep, nothing there.
[technically, the 0 means that: whatever is in there is using zero bytes blocks of disk space. If you had a bunch of uninhabited folders and/or completely blank files in there, then the trash wouldn't really be "empty"... but the total would still read 0.]This thread from the arkhives looks tailor-made for you:
> "Directory Backup" Files Eating Storage Space <
EDIT: what sorta numbers does this command get you?
[prefix with sudo if need be]
du -sch {,~}/Library/Application\ Support/TechTool*
After turning off TechTool Protection, hard drive space does not seem to be increasing. Another observation: I changed the names of two hard drives when I upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard.
Backup HD became SnowLeopard HD (and I upgraded my backup after making a fresh clone) while Leopard HD became the new Backup HD. Yet, the TTP preference pane showed Leopard HD and Backup HD. I assume that TTP's interpretation of those names refers to the old drives, which have been renamed.
Hmm, best to wait and see what MMT3 says about all that.
