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Mystery of full Mac HD
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<blockquote data-quote="rjmc" data-source="post: 1735712" data-attributes="member: 141401"><p><strong>Problem solved. I'll keep the post in case it may help others.</strong></p><p></p><p>Perhaps someone can offer some insight on why a large mass of hidden files has occupied my hard drive. Keeping in mind that I'm far from being knowledgeable of Mac, here's the mystery. </p><p></p><p>Clicking on "finder" reveals groups of files and their sizes:</p><p>- Document 145 MB</p><p>- Desktop 200 MB</p><p>- Applications (doesn't give total size but adding the separate apps is an estimated 15 GB)</p><p>- Downloads 48.7 GB</p><p>- Music 4.63 GB</p><p>- Pictures 45.13 GB</p><p>- Movies 236.07 GB</p><p> </p><p>Total is 375 GB. But clicking on the "get info" option on the Macintosh HD desktop icon shows that the 1 Terabyte drive is populated with 835.91 GB. That's a whopping 460 GB of hidden files. </p><p></p><p>As background, I recently updated the OS from El Capitan to Sierra and then installed the latest version of FCPX. Deciding that I needed some additional training before diving into the new version of Final Cut, I restored the entire hard drive using Time Machine. It's suspected that restoration is the reason why the hard drive contains more than twice as many files that were on the drive previously.</p><p></p><p>What steps should I take to further unravel the mystery and ultimately remove the unnecessary files on the hard drive? Any advice would be appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Bob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rjmc, post: 1735712, member: 141401"] [B]Problem solved. I'll keep the post in case it may help others.[/B] Perhaps someone can offer some insight on why a large mass of hidden files has occupied my hard drive. Keeping in mind that I'm far from being knowledgeable of Mac, here's the mystery. Clicking on "finder" reveals groups of files and their sizes: - Document 145 MB - Desktop 200 MB - Applications (doesn't give total size but adding the separate apps is an estimated 15 GB) - Downloads 48.7 GB - Music 4.63 GB - Pictures 45.13 GB - Movies 236.07 GB Total is 375 GB. But clicking on the "get info" option on the Macintosh HD desktop icon shows that the 1 Terabyte drive is populated with 835.91 GB. That's a whopping 460 GB of hidden files. As background, I recently updated the OS from El Capitan to Sierra and then installed the latest version of FCPX. Deciding that I needed some additional training before diving into the new version of Final Cut, I restored the entire hard drive using Time Machine. It's suspected that restoration is the reason why the hard drive contains more than twice as many files that were on the drive previously. What steps should I take to further unravel the mystery and ultimately remove the unnecessary files on the hard drive? Any advice would be appreciated. Bob [/QUOTE]
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