Disk space not freed after deleting 200 GB of files AND emptying the trash.
First off, I DO NOT NEED advice on how to find big or unnecessary files, or how to delete them, so please save your boilerplate answers. Thank you.
Problem: I DELETED a bit over 200 GB worth of files on my iMac's 1 TB Fusion Drive. I then EMPTIED the TRASH and expected the amount of free space in Finder's "Get Info" screen to go up by 200 GB as usual, as it has been for the past 15 years I've been a Mac user.
Not so, it remained exactly as before, at 475 GB. This makes zero sense.
Disk Utility and About This Mac / Storage both indicate that a mysterious "Other" volume holds about 290 GB of something and give the wrong amount of free space.
Running 'du -hsx' tells me 302 GB is used, which is about right.
iMac Line (2012 and Later)