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

Date	2015-08-17 03:15 -0700
From	Ant <ant@zimage.comANT>
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?
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On 8/14/2015 6:43 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2015-08-14, 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?
>
> That 749.3 GB matches what the Info window shows for Available space. So
> what about it?

Uh, no it doesn't.


> If you want to turn that feature off, then:
>
> 1. Click the desktop to bring it to the front.
> 2. From the Finder menu bar, choose View > Show View Options.
> 3. Clear the "Show item info" check box.

Actually, I do want the item info. :/
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