I setup a new MBP (Catalina) for my wife. She downloaded her iCloud Photo Library. I noticed the Photos Library file in Finder says 146GB but in the cloud it says 320GB being used by Photos. So I went into the Photos Library package and the folder called "originals" is 319GB.
Why is Finder's size column reporting 146GB when there is definitely over 300GB inside that package?
vukodlak75 wrote:
I think I’ll try to copy it to an external drive, delete original and copy back. See what happens.
That worked.
Try reindexing the drive for Spotlight and check the size again: How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support
Next, if needed, boot into Safe Mode (Use Safe Mode to isolate issues with your Mac) and check the size from there. Reboot normally and check again.
NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing.
Rebuilding spotlight did not work and booting into safe mode showed same discrepancy.
when returning to normal desktop same discrepancy.
I think I’ll try to copy it to an external drive, delete original and copy back. See what happens.
Photo Library Size Discrepency
