Harry 1887
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Q: Why does the Disk Utility show different amount's of space used?

Hey everyone,

 

I have a 2014 Macbook Air with 120GB of space and OS X El Capitan. Disk Utility say's i have used 27.96GB but the divided bar graph above say's i have used around 44GB of space. Why is this?

Screen Shot 2016-03-09 at 2.27.03 PM.png

As you can see Disk Utility state's i have used 27.96 but above that in the divided bar graph it say's i have used over 40GB of apps. How is this possible? I certainly don't have 40GB worth of apps!

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), 120GB space

Posted on Mar 8, 2016 7:33 PM

by Kappy,Solvedanswer
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A:

The display that is shown in About This Mac which you pasted in your post is generated through Spotlight.

 

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Posted on Mar 8, 2016 9:17 PM

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