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How many GB does my Macbook Pro have?
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<blockquote data-quote="skoberlink" data-source="post: 767138" data-attributes="member: 76408"><p>well you always lose a little of your capacity from data needed to run the hard drive. Leopard is only like a 10GB install I think so yes this is out of the ordinary. To find out what the hard drive is actually (assuming there's a problem that's losing space) you probably have to open it.</p><p></p><p>However more likely is that you didn't actually erase the drive. If you're sure you did, are you sure you haven't added any files, that this is a completely fresh, clean install? Your available space is what is free. So if you added your music files after the install (just an example) your free space goes down. Your total space does not. That's what you need to check. You should be able to right-click your hard drive and click "Get Info" (or ctrl click if you just have one button) and both those numbers are there. You probably already know that since you found available space.</p><p></p><p>So what does total space say?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skoberlink, post: 767138, member: 76408"] well you always lose a little of your capacity from data needed to run the hard drive. Leopard is only like a 10GB install I think so yes this is out of the ordinary. To find out what the hard drive is actually (assuming there's a problem that's losing space) you probably have to open it. However more likely is that you didn't actually erase the drive. If you're sure you did, are you sure you haven't added any files, that this is a completely fresh, clean install? Your available space is what is free. So if you added your music files after the install (just an example) your free space goes down. Your total space does not. That's what you need to check. You should be able to right-click your hard drive and click "Get Info" (or ctrl click if you just have one button) and both those numbers are there. You probably already know that since you found available space. So what does total space say? [/QUOTE]
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