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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage |
| Subject | Re: How much free disk space does this MacBook Pro's HDD really have? |
| Date | 2015-08-11 09:04 +1200 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <110820150904331201%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink) |
| References | <49Wdna0ki6lMNFXInZ2dnUU7-Y-dnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
In article <49Wdna0ki6lMNFXInZ2dnUU7-Y-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote: > > Hello. > > On this 2012's 13.3" MacBook Pro with its updated Mac OS X v10.8.5 and > HDD, I am unable to get the exact free disk space to match each other. > http://i.imgur.com/KGIzE6z.jpg has a screen capture of all of them > together in action. I am confused. Which one is correct then? > > Thank you in advance. :) They're probably both "correct" ... from a certain point of view (to quote obi-Wan Kenobi). :-) It's possibly an issue caused by different methods of measuring drive space. Some places correctly use 1024K to be 1MB, while others ridiculously and stupidly use 1000K to be 1MB. (The second option was created by scum drive manufacturers to make their drives look more spacious than they really are).
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