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What is my free disk space ?

The question seems very dumb, but please be patient:

I have a Macbook with BootCamp installed. On the Mac side, when I clicked on the Mac HD and select "Get Info", it said


Volume Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

Capacity": 159 GB

Avaialble: 102.47 GB

Used: 56.53 GB.


But when I used DiskUtility from Application folder, it reported:

Capacity 159 GB

Available: 29.78 GB

Used: 129.22 GB


The Disk Doctor apps reported similar:

Free Space: 29.8 GB

Used Space: 129.2 GB

Total Capacity: 159 GB


The OmniDiskSweeper tool also show my Mac HD only has 29 GB free


I carefully looked at all my files in the system did a rough sumation, I believed I only used 56 GB as reported in the first method (Get Info).


I've done many backups, then I draged the old ones to the trask, empty trash ... is it possible the deleted files still hidden somewhere ?


Which one (free space) is real ?


Thanks

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Jul 31, 2013 12:08 PM

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Posted on Jul 31, 2013 2:00 PM

“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."


About Time Machine's "local snapshots" on portable Macs

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Jul 31, 2013 2:00 PM in response to Tlmlvr

“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."


About Time Machine's "local snapshots" on portable Macs

What is my free disk space ?

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