Q: Home folder size larger than hard drive?

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OS X 10.10.5

The mac's home folder (located on the HD not on an an external HD) is 320+ GB but the computer is only 250 GB large and all of the space is being taken up by Movies folder. In About this mac it shows there is 2 GB available. What's the deal?

MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Feb 13, 2016 5:14 PM

I have this question too

Klaus1

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Hard drive space and ‘Other’:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202867

Also, try to rebuild the Spotlight index: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716

Posted on Feb 15, 2016 6:15 AM

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Klaus1 Feb 15, 2016 6:15 AM in response to saxman81
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Feb 15, 2016 6:15 AM in response to saxman81

Hard drive space and ‘Other’:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202867

Also, try to rebuild the Spotlight index: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716
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rccharles Feb 15, 2016 3:49 PM in response to saxman81
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Classic Mac OS

Feb 15, 2016 3:49 PM in response to saxman81

to figure out how much space is being used.

Click startup drive "macintosh hd"

press command + i

I'd believe these numbers.

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Run
OmniDiskSweeper
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