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finder shows incorrect hard disk size in status bar

hey there,


i just realised that my finder shows in the staus bar that i have 272gb available. the thing is my mac is only 199gb big?


and if i go the apple symbol and than about this mac etc... it show me that i only have 117gb free space and that apparently i have 154 gb on back ups on my mac


any help please

mac book pro 4,1, Mac OS X (10.7.1), 2.4 ghz intel core 2duo,4 GB memory

Posted on Nov 6, 2011 4:00 AM

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Dec 28, 2011 9:15 AM in response to deepmaster1

Had the same thing on my MacBook Air with a 256gb SSD.


Finder was showing 177gb available. Disk Utility said 54gb.


I ran the Terminal command suggested by others. And a MIRACLE happened! 😮


Now Disk Utility says I have 155gb available. But Finder reports an incredible 709gb of free space... on my 256gb drive!


It must be a blessing from Steve Jobs. 😉

finder shows incorrect hard disk size in status bar

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