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<blockquote data-quote="slapple" data-source="post: 1360698" data-attributes="member: 234578"><p>Yes I got that to happen too with the GarageBand.app. So far I've only seen this file size discrepancy happen with duplicated apps - every other actual file I've duplicated shows the same size as the original.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>du also has problems. Here is some du output where it shows different sizes for the original and duplicate:</p><p>[code]</p><p>Slapples-MacBook-Pro:~ Administrator$ du -k /Applications/Install\ Xcode.app/</p><p>0 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/_CodeSignature</p><p>8 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/_MASReceipt</p><p>16 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Library/LaunchServices</p><p>16 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Library</p><p>68 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/MacOS</p><p>16 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/ASIInstallStepsView.nib</p><p>8 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/ASIServiceLevelAgreementView.nib</p><p>0 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/ASIWindow.nib</p><p>12 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/en.lproj/MainMenu.nib</p><p>32 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/en.lproj</p><p>1769088 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/Packages</p><p>0 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents/Plugins</p><p>36 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents/Resources/English.lproj</p><p>384 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents/Resources</p><p>384 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents</p><p>384 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg</p><p>1771768 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources</p><p>1771864 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents</p><p>1771864 /Applications/Install Xcode.app/</p><p>Slapples-MacBook-Pro:~ Administrator$ du -k /Applications/Install\ Xcode\ copy.app/</p><p>8 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/_CodeSignature</p><p>8 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/_MASReceipt</p><p>60 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Library/LaunchServices</p><p>60 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Library</p><p>188 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/MacOS</p><p>20 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/ASIInstallStepsView.nib</p><p>12 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/ASIServiceLevelAgreementView.nib</p><p>4 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/ASIWindow.nib</p><p>16 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/en.lproj/MainMenu.nib</p><p>80 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/en.lproj</p><p>1769088 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/Packages</p><p>4 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents/Plugins</p><p>120 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents/Resources/English.lproj</p><p>472 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents/Resources</p><p>504 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents</p><p>504 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg</p><p>1771948 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources</p><p>1772228 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents</p><p>1772228 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app/</p><p>[/code]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slapple, post: 1360698, member: 234578"] Yes I got that to happen too with the GarageBand.app. So far I've only seen this file size discrepancy happen with duplicated apps - every other actual file I've duplicated shows the same size as the original. du also has problems. Here is some du output where it shows different sizes for the original and duplicate: [code] Slapples-MacBook-Pro:~ Administrator$ du -k /Applications/Install\ Xcode.app/ 0 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/_CodeSignature 8 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/_MASReceipt 16 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Library/LaunchServices 16 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Library 68 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/MacOS 16 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/ASIInstallStepsView.nib 8 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/ASIServiceLevelAgreementView.nib 0 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/ASIWindow.nib 12 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/en.lproj/MainMenu.nib 32 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/en.lproj 1769088 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/Packages 0 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents/Plugins 36 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents/Resources/English.lproj 384 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents/Resources 384 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents 384 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg 1771768 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents/Resources 1771864 /Applications/Install Xcode.app//Contents 1771864 /Applications/Install Xcode.app/ Slapples-MacBook-Pro:~ Administrator$ du -k /Applications/Install\ Xcode\ copy.app/ 8 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/_CodeSignature 8 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/_MASReceipt 60 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Library/LaunchServices 60 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Library 188 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/MacOS 20 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/ASIInstallStepsView.nib 12 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/ASIServiceLevelAgreementView.nib 4 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/ASIWindow.nib 16 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/en.lproj/MainMenu.nib 80 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/en.lproj 1769088 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/Packages 4 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents/Plugins 120 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents/Resources/English.lproj 472 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents/Resources 504 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg/Contents 504 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources/Xcode.mpkg 1771948 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents/Resources 1772228 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app//Contents 1772228 /Applications/Install Xcode copy.app/ [/code] [/QUOTE]
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