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Reclaim free space in a Mac OS X sparse disk image (sparseimage).
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Reclaim space on a Mac sparse bundle
#Original source: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=789978
hdiutil compact /path/to/xxxxx.sparseimage
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Useful for reusing an Apple .sparseimage files for encrypted file storage or for reusing as an optical-disc burn template.

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