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title: "About macOS integration pre-built alerts | Grafana Labs"
description: "Learn about the macOS integration pre-built alerts and how to use them to troubleshoot your environment"
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# About macOS integration pre-built alerts

The macOS integration provides a variety of pre-built alerts that you can use right away to begin identifying and troubleshooting issues. In this step of the journey, you’ll become familiar with these pre-built alerts and learn how to use them to address various problems.

> **Did you know?** If your machine is functioning properly, you won’t receive any alerts. No news is good news!

## Darwin alerts

### NodeNetworkReceiveErrs

**Description:** Network interface is reporting many receive errors

**What this means:** Network connectivity issues have been detected.

**What to do:** These could be caused by hardware malfunctions or malicious attacks.

### NodeNetworkTransmitErrs

**Description:** Network interface is reporting many transmit errors

**What this means:** Network connectivity issues have been detected.

**What to do:** These could be caused by hardware malfunctions or incorrect network settings.

### NodeTextFileCollectorScrapeError

**Description:** Node Exporter text file collector failed to scrape

**What this means:** A log file or status indicator that is typically used to gather data for a particular metric is currently unavailable. This is preventing the system from collecting and reporting the necessary data.

**What to do:** Consult the Grafana Alloy and system logs to determine which specific file is inaccessible.

## Darwin filesystem alerts

### NodeFilesystemAlmostOutOfSpace 5%

**Description:** Filesystem has less than 5% space left

**What this means:** The disk is almost full, indicating limited storage space.

**What to do:** Add storage capacity or remove unnecessary files to free up space.

### NodeFilesystemAlmostOutOfSpace 3%

**Description:** Filesystem has less than 3% space left

**What this means:** The disk is almost full, indicating limited storage space.

**What to do:** Add storage capacity or remove unnecessary files to free up space.

### NodeFilesystemFilesFillingUp 24 hrs

**Description:** Filesystem is predicted to run out of inodes within the next 24 hours

**What this means:** While there may be some free space remaining on the device, the maximum number of files that can be stored is almost reached.

**What to do:** This is often caused by numerous small files, which can be a symptom of a process that’s creating files without proper cleanup, particularly in the `/tmp` directory.

### NodeFilesystemFilesFillingUp 4 hrs

**Description:** Filesystem is predicted to run out of inodes within the next 4 hours

**What this means:** While there may be some free space remaining on the device, the maximum number of files that can be stored is almost reached.

**What to do:** This is often caused by numerous small files, which can be a symptom of a process that’s creating files without proper cleanup, particularly in the `/tmp` directory.

### NodeFilesystemAlmostOutOfFiles 5% inodes left

**Description:** Filesystem has less than 5% inodes left

**What this means:** While there may be some free space remaining on the device, the maximum number of files that can be stored is almost reached.

**What to do:** This is often caused by numerous small files, which can be a symptom of a process that’s creating files without proper cleanup, particularly in the `/tmp` directory.

### NodeFilesystemAlmostOutOfFiles 3% inodes left

**Description:** Filesystem has less than 3% inodes left

**What this means:** While there may be some free space remaining on the device, the maximum number of files that can be stored is almost reached.

**What to do:** This is often caused by numerous small files, which can be a symptom of a process that’s creating files without proper cleanup, particularly in the `/tmp` directory.