andy0040
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Q: Bug in Storage??

Screen Shot 2016-04-10 at 14.07.18.jpg

 

93.22 + 10.48 + 3.54 ~=  used 108 GB

 

But my actual used memory is ~= 62 GB...

 

Why would the bar shows such information?

 

Thank you all.

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Apr 9, 2016 11:13 PM

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Q: Bug in Storage??

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  • by ADITYA BANGER,

    ADITYA BANGER ADITYA BANGER Apr 10, 2016 2:49 AM in response to andy0040
    Level 1 (17 points)
    iPhone
    Apr 10, 2016 2:49 AM in response to andy0040

    hi andy0040

    my question how do you know that you have only used 62 gb?

    well

    by looking at that picture what i am seeing is your apps are taking very large space

    look its not about only the size of apps after you run that app the app produces some files of its own

    they can be 1mb or 1gb depend on apps

    my advice-

    1. delete the apps which are not useful to you

    hope i helped you

    HAVE A GREAT DAY!

    -Aditya

  • by stedman1,

    stedman1 stedman1 Apr 10, 2016 3:19 AM in response to andy0040
    Level 9 (74,253 points)
    Apple Watch
    Apr 10, 2016 3:19 AM in response to andy0040

    The Apple article below should help.

    Spotlight: How to re-index folders or volumes - Apple Support

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Apr 10, 2016 3:45 AM in response to andy0040
    Level 9 (52,776 points)
    Mac OS X
    Apr 10, 2016 3:45 AM in response to andy0040

    Yes, there is a bug.  Reindex Spotlight as stedman1 suggests which may correct the display.

     

    To get an accurate picture of what you have on your MBA, download from the Internet OmniDiskSweeper and Grand Perspective (both free) and open them. They will show all of your files and the respective sizes. Transfer to an external HDD or delete files you no longer want on your MBP.

     

    Do not forget to empty trash. Only then is space allocated for new data.

     

    Ciao.