Poor design of System Settings -> General -> Storage UI
Hi,
On Ventura 13.3.1 (a) when I view System Settings -> General -> Storage there are some usage amounts that appear immediately and others that say "Calculating" with a spinner. So far so good. However...some of the usage amounts that have already been displayed then jump to a higher number. This is terrible for a number of reasons. First, I no longer trust the value, because it can change. Is it going to change again? How do I know if it is done? How long should I wait for it to stabilize? I recommend that the UI present "Calculating" with the spinner for every entry until it displays the final value, and once it displays the final value, *never* change the value again. If the UI is receiving input from the OS about changes in the value while the UI is open, an indicator that the data has been refreshed since the UI opened might be an alternative to a stale number. But *never* just change the number and expect someone to trust the value.
Forgive me if this is the wrong place for someone on the Mac team to receive feedback, please route it to the appropriate folks.
Thank you for listening, Apple-folk!
Craig Glendenning
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.3