Resolved Can only account for ~50GBs of files. 160GB of space is being used on my machine.

After taking inventory and going through my main folders where I download and save stuff (Applications, Desktop, Downloads, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Documents) I can only add up that there are less than 50GBs of stuff I have on my machine, however over 160GBs of space is apparently being used on my hard drive. How do I figure out what all this extra bloat is?

Edit: I just restarted and that cleared up about 100 gigs of space.

GGJstudios said:

Wow! A flood of threads lately with this question!

Use DiskInventory X (pre-Lion), OmniDiskSweeper, JDisk Report or GrandPerspective to see how space is being used on your drive.

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Those can't find any more than 76GBs of data that I'm using.

GGJstudios said:

Then your settings are wrong. They can reveal everything taking up space on your drive. Check the preferences for the app you're using. Which one are you using?

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I just had to restart. It cleared up all of that used space.