Yes, do not have it allocated to certain size. But not sure what you meant by You can request a shrink inside Windows with the guest tools, Any clarification appreciated. Thanks. Bill
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sabahattin Gucukoglu Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 1:38 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A VM snapshot question Ah, I see, you mean reclaim unused blocks in the VM image itself, not deleting actual data. Yes, you’re right, you must have no snapshots before you can do that. Just select a snapshot with QuickNav off and hit Backspace, and you’ll delete the snapshot. Then reboot the VM, perform any internal housekeeping and defragmenting, and use the shrink process to squeeze the VM down to approximately the used space of the filesystem. This only works if you aren’t using a pre-allocated disk, of course, as in the VM settings for the internal disk. You can request a shrink inside Windows with the guest tools, and then use the General settings in the VM to “Clean up” and you will have some space back on the host Mac. Let me know if you need further help. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
