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'Get Info' on HD not correctly displaying available space
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1513709" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Are you by chance running Time Machine? If so, it sounds like the discrepancy may be due to Time Machine storing backups on the drive when you are not connected to your normal Time Machine drive. <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4878" target="_blank">OS X Lion: About Time Machine's "local snapshots" on portable Macs</a></p><p></p><p>You can temporarily stop this behavior by turning off Time Machine when away from your backup drive. It is also possible to turn this feature off so that Time Machine behaves as it did before Lion. <a href="http://pondini.org/TM/30.html" target="_blank">Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions 30. What are Local Snapshots?</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1513709, member: 131855"] Are you by chance running Time Machine? If so, it sounds like the discrepancy may be due to Time Machine storing backups on the drive when you are not connected to your normal Time Machine drive. [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4878]OS X Lion: About Time Machine's "local snapshots" on portable Macs[/url] You can temporarily stop this behavior by turning off Time Machine when away from your backup drive. It is also possible to turn this feature off so that Time Machine behaves as it did before Lion. [url=http://pondini.org/TM/30.html]Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions 30. What are Local Snapshots?[/url] [/QUOTE]
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