"show item info" not showing all of info

skiz

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• May 4, 2013

• #1

I have a new Macbook Pro 13" retina. I have my ssd drive and external backup drive displayed on the desktop. I want to be able to watch the free space on the sdd, so I have "Show item info" selected. However, the entire string of information is not displayed. Currently it says: "499.2...GB free" As you can see, the information in the middle has been replaced by "...". I have tried playing around with the font size but that does not fix it. Any suggestions?

Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about - http://i.imgur.com/qhhfwH1.png

 

johnnnw

macrumors 65816

• May 4, 2013

• #2

Hmm, why not just right click and "Get Info" every once and a while?

 

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swerve147

macrumors 6502a

• May 4, 2013

• #3

Have you tried a Google search on your problem? It took me all of 10 seconds to find multiple links and possible workarounds.

For example:

http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/31/prevent-disk-space-size-info-truncation-on-the-finder-desktop/

 

justperry

macrumors G5

• May 4, 2013

• #4

In Finder, click on View>Show View Options>Adjust Grid spacing, see screenshot.

 

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skiz

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• May 4, 2013

• #5

swerve147 said:

Have you tried a Google search on your problem? It took me all of 10 seconds to find multiple links and possible workarounds.

For example:

http://osxdaily.com/2010/05/31/prevent-disk-space-size-info-truncation-on-the-finder-desktop/

Click to expand...

Yes, I did. Read quite a few topics at Apple Discussions as well. Sometimes you just can't come up with the right search words/criteria. Thankfully some folks here are a bit more patient.

Thanks justperry. Worked like a charm. 🙂