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Q: Phantom uninstalled program?

So, here's my dilemma.  I have a 128 GB SSD MacBook Pro 13" retina display.  As of Monday, I had 37 GB free space.  Most of my memory is taken up by photos and music.  I got a wild hair and tried to install a program - namely WoW - and immediately regretted it.  That program normally takes up 25 GB of hard drive space; I uninstalled it halfway through the 16-hour installation process.

 

After performing the uninstall, I went and did a drag-and-trash for all of the Battle.net and WoW files and applications I could find.  Just out of curiosity, I tried to check my memory using Disk Utility, and it says I now have 12 GB of memory.  I've tried everything I can think of besides a system restore - verify disk, restart, shut down, restart into safe mode, repair disk permissions, disk doctor, daisy disk.  Nothing.  Daisy Disk reports I have only 85 GB of "Stuff", but only 12.6 GB free.  So where'd the rest go?

 

How do I get my missing memory back?  Is this just a problem with how my memory is being reported?  Please help!

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012), iOS 7.1.2

Posted on Sep 10, 2014 6:25 PM

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