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How do I reveal the total amount of storage space that is taken up by Trash?
I've logged in, and I see a huge total of 598 images in my Trash. All of which were recently deleted using my iPhone (iCloud synchronization did all of this).
Moving all of these into a new folder to get the info would do the job, but it would take a while to transfer all 598 of these, without a doubt.
Please let me know.
MacBook Pro 15”, macOS 10.14
So, I showed Apple.
Turned out to be none other than RECENTLY DELETED ITEMS all of which were revealed in iCloud Storage! (1.85GB in total storage capacity, which makes sense, being that an image is typically between 3 to 4 MB in size, inclusively).
The 29MB, of which mentioned above, were items in my currently-used Mac's Trash. The rest were in iCloud from whenever. Why 500? Got Me! Got Apple! Perhaps I duplicated them all. Who knows? However they got there, all items have been removed, and no longer show.
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So, I showed Apple.
Turned out to be none other than RECENTLY DELETED ITEMS all of which were revealed in iCloud Storage! (1.85GB in total storage capacity, which makes sense, being that an image is typically between 3 to 4 MB in size, inclusively).
The 29MB, of which mentioned above, were items in my currently-used Mac's Trash. The rest were in iCloud from whenever. Why 500? Got Me! Got Apple! Perhaps I duplicated them all. Who knows? However they got there, all items have been removed, and no longer show.
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Take a Look:. There's lots more than what's provided on the Mac itself. Strange...
Image 1. Doing what You Instructed Reveals.. 29.9 MB
Image 2. What is Shown Directly in Trash is ... Zero KB
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IMAGE 1:
IMAGE 2:
TheLittles wrote:
How do I reveal to total amount of storage space that taken up by Trash?
Click the Apple logo on the left side of the menu bar. Then:
About This Mac > Storage > Manage ...
... and you will see "Trash" on the left sidebar, and the space it takes will be shown there.
You could copy and paste the following into Script Editor (Dock : Launchpad : Other : Script Editor), click the Compile button, and then run it. It will show the total storage consumed by all of the files in the Trash folder.
tell application "System Events"
set trash_size to (do shell script "du -sh " & (POSIX path of trash))
end tell
display dialog trash_size as text
return
Sorry for a couple of modifications...
Love the App --- It's Nifty...
This has 29 MB Shown...
So,
Image 2:
Interesting.
Note Image 2 shows repeated "JPEG Image" notations on the right side. So there must be something you're not being allowed to view. I would believe the 29.9MB number from Image 1.
I'll contact Apple Support, then find out. Expect a reply in a bit.
Reveal How Much Storage Space is Taken Up by Trash