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About This Mac 'Storage' out of whack?

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Usering

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Aug 1, 2014
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The results in the Storage tab in About This Mac are way off.

I've only used like 36% of the space used on my SSD but it's clear Apple can't calculate it correctly. Anyone else having this problem?

You can see the miscalculation in the attached image.

EDIT: Turns out other people have this issue.
 

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Well you are using an unreleased OS. Perhaps you should report the bug instead of complaining here.
 
chabig said:
Well you are using an unreleased OS. Perhaps you should report the bug instead of complaining here.
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I'm not complaining, all I'm doing is asking if other people are having this issue.

Also I have reported it.
 
Yes, same issue, reported it and this has been posted a few times already on this forum. Search is helpful for this issue
 

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Try this fix posted elsewhere. It fixed the issue for me on multiple Macs.

1. Open terminal and paste:

mdutil -s /

2. than paste:

sudo mdutil -E /

3. Give some time for spotlight to index your files...
 
Usering said:
The results in the Storage tab in About This Mac are way off.

I've only used like 36% of the space used on my SSD but it's clear Apple can't calculate it correctly. Anyone else having this problem?

You can see the miscalculation in the attached image.

EDIT: Turns out other people have this issue.
Click to expand...

Go in system prefs- Spotlight- Confidentiality (or privacy)- click on + at the bottom and select your HDD- Click Ok

After just deselect it with -

And enjoy it!

Sorry for my bad english i'm french user:)
 
Yours is way off?

:eek:
 

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