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Finder reports wrong disk usage

Get Info reports that I am using 127GB of disk space while Finder shows 199GB in use. I've tried permissions repair, emptying trash, restarting, etc. The change occured after I removed a virtual machine from Parallels and emptied the trash.


Any ideas how to get Finder to report the correct size?


Thanks

MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Jul 19, 2012 8:02 PM

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Jul 19, 2012 8:05 PM in response to JettaRed

Have a look at how space is being used:
OmniDiskSweeper (free) - http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/download/


OS X Lion: About Time Machine's "local snapshots" on portable Macs - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4878 - “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."


Hidden local backups with Mac OS X Lion filling up your MacBook hard disk! - http://blog.valerio.de/post/19238158977/hidden-local-backups-with-mac-os-x-lion- filling-up-your - Time Machine using local drive to store backups when external drive is not available.

Finder reports wrong disk usage

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