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Free Space Reported in Get Info

Get Info overstates the free space on my boot drive. Disk Utility reports ~295 GB; Get Info reports ~467 GB out of 500. Any idea why?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jun 6, 2012 3:55 PM

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Jun 6, 2012 5:56 PM in response to Allan Leedy

You may notice a difference in available space statistics between Disk Utility, Finder, and Get Info inspectors. This is expected and can be safely ignored. The Finder displays the available space on the disk without accounting for the local snapshots, because local snapshots will surrender their disk space if needed."


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Free Space Reported in Get Info

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