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Re: How much free disk space does this MacBook Pro's HDD really have?

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In article <jJmdnb_tqraR-FDInZ2dnUU7-XGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
<ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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?
> >
> > 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).
> 
> Thanks, but what about that 749.3 GB free in the top right corner under 
> Mac's HD icon?

I've never seen an option to display the free space in the drive's name
(no it that I've actually looked for one and it could be some
third-party add-on), so my *guess* would be that someone simply typed
that in as the drive's name at some stage and it isn't really connected
to anything at all nor ever updated as a "live" number.

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