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discrepancy between "about this mac" and omnidisksweeper

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That math doesn't add up.... does anyone have any idea what is taking up so much space and how I can make more of it? Thanks!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Aug 7, 2014 6:44 AM

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Aug 7, 2014 6:55 AM in response to inuse217

I would first reindex spotlight:


http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409


That might have an impact on the OTHER category.


Also OmniDiskSweeper may not be picking up the BACKUPS (SNAPSHOTS) which are the following:


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4878


Also open the USERS category on OmniDiskSweeper and compare the individual files. It is too boaod a category by it self for an effective comparison.


Ciao.

discrepancy between "about this mac" and omnidisksweeper

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