Hey all,
I don't have any issues with the functionality of the drive, only that the free space shows up as used by apps.
Any ideas why this could happen? If it's an app causing this I can let it go. Or is it 'System Information' who's misbehaving?
Tried a disk repair in osx recovery, tried deleting large files, nothing changes it 🙂
Thank you!
Eddy
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
Re-index Macintosh HD.
Spotlight reindexing will take a while to finish.
System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
You will see a new category “Other” in the Storage Display.
About “Other”:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867
Note:
If you don’t have Macintosh HD icon on the desktop,
Finder > Preferences > General > Show these items on the desktop:
Enable “Hard disks”.
Re-index Macintosh HD.
Spotlight reindexing will take a while to finish.
System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
You will see a new category “Other” in the Storage Display.
About “Other”:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867
Note:
If you don’t have Macintosh HD icon on the desktop,
Finder > Preferences > General > Show these items on the desktop:
Enable “Hard disks”.
Okay, that worked and now the free space appears as normal. Thank you!
One more thing- on that link on 'Other', it only has tips for reducing the size of 'other'. How can I make it split into music, apps, etc ? Will it come in time?
Thanks and sorry for the trouble 🙂
Try OmniDiskSweeper. This will show the storage size details of the items.
https://www.omnigroup.com/more
Select Macintosh HD and click “Sweep Selected Drive” at the bottom.
Be careful. Delete only the files that can be safely deleted. If you are not sure about any file, don’t touch it.
Thanks, but it did split in time, just like you said, it would take longer to index the drive. It's fine now
Cheers
System information shows free space as taken up by apps
