Q: Disk utility shows conflicting free space?
I thought I had 20.46 GB free space, according to the Finder, but from the command line 'df -h' indicates 2.6Gi available. I tried following the steps to Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support, but that did not change anything.
I tried running first-aid from 'Disk Utility', but that did not help. Fixing permissions appears to have gone from El Capitan's version of 'Disk Utility', so I couldn't try that. The odd thing I notice (see screen capture) is that the bar indicates 2.34 GB free, yet the 'available' field indicated 14.76GB free!?
Can anyone suggest what free space I really have (I suspect 'df' is the one to trust) and how to get things back into sync?
This is on a MacBook Air 13" (MacBookAir6,2).
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), null
Posted on Sep 30, 2016 9:32 AM
