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Inconsistent storage information
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1758777" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>I can think o9f at least two possible sources of confusion right off the top of my head:</p><p></p><p>1. When you use the Get Info command to find storage information about a drive it acually shows three statistics: Total Space, Space Used and Space Available. It is very easy to accidentally glance at the wrong value. The text in that window is rather small. </p><p></p><p>2. are you by chance using Time Machine to back up your Mac? If so Time Machine may be storing some backups on your internal drive if a backup was due and the regular backup drive wasn't available. these "<a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204015" target="_blank">local snapshots</a>" take up space that is reported in some utilities and not others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1758777, member: 131855"] I can think o9f at least two possible sources of confusion right off the top of my head: 1. When you use the Get Info command to find storage information about a drive it acually shows three statistics: Total Space, Space Used and Space Available. It is very easy to accidentally glance at the wrong value. The text in that window is rather small. 2. are you by chance using Time Machine to back up your Mac? If so Time Machine may be storing some backups on your internal drive if a backup was due and the regular backup drive wasn't available. these "[URL="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204015"]local snapshots[/URL]" take up space that is reported in some utilities and not others. [/QUOTE]
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