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93 GB available on brand new 128 GB SSD Normal?
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I would try Monolingual first. Gets rid of languages you don't need and it's free.
And it does free up a lot of space. Had to use it on my 80G Air.
And it does free up a lot of space. Had to use it on my 80G Air.
Please search on hard drive size discrepancies. You'll see that it's a MFG related 'issue'.
To get a realistic hard drive size you can take your labeled drive size in GB, ie 128 * .9765 to get the formatted capacity of 124.992GB. Add operating system and whatnot and there you have it.
To get a realistic hard drive size you can take your labeled drive size in GB, ie 128 * .9765 to get the formatted capacity of 124.992GB. Add operating system and whatnot and there you have it.
93 GB sounds a little small, unless SSD manufacturers have gone to doing what HD manufacturers have been doing for decades: reporting the size in 10-power units, rather than 2-power units. That is, you're getting 128x10^9 bytes rather than 128x2^30 (2^37), minus the space for the OS. That's really ******, especially since one of the benefits of (USB, at least) flash drives was that they reported a true size. 
On an interesting side note, there was one HD by Maxtor that did actually advertise a true size, a 300 GB drive, though it had a "bonus 20GB" sticker on the box.
EDIT: actually, that seems small even based on that, unless you have more than just the OS installed. Check Disk Utility.
On an interesting side note, there was one HD by Maxtor that did actually advertise a true size, a 300 GB drive, though it had a "bonus 20GB" sticker on the box.
EDIT: actually, that seems small even based on that, unless you have more than just the OS installed. Check Disk Utility.
Its all in how the manufacturers label a "Gigabyte".
For example, HDD manufacturers would treat a K as 1000 instead of 1024. Therefore, if say your HDD were 15KB in size reported by the manufacturer, it could really only hold 15000/1024=14.64KB
Now scale that up to GB and TB sizes and the lost capacity is VERY noticeable.
Disk drive makers always advertise disk size in units of 1,000,000,000 bytes. This makes the disk seem larger. The OS reports units of 2^30. So even if the disk were empty the OS would report less than advertised disk size by a factor of (2^30)/(10^9)
With that, you get 119.2 GB. I don't think the default OS install takes up 26GB, does it?
My System info says..
APPLE SSD SM128:
Capacity: 113 GB
Model: APPLE SSD SM128
Revision: VAM0BA1Q
Serial Number: DFF2Y02843EA010
Native Command Queuing: No
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 112.68 GB
Available: 92.89 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
SO, capacity is only 113 GB
False advertising by Apple?
APPLE SSD SM128:
Capacity: 113 GB
Model: APPLE SSD SM128
Revision: VAM0BA1Q
Serial Number: DFF2Y02843EA010
Native Command Queuing: No
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 112.68 GB
Available: 92.89 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
SO, capacity is only 113 GB
False advertising by Apple?
anyone can stamp or print a sticker saying 128, 256 or 1TB SSD!
I go by the actual capacity on the drive when i get 'Info' on it
Click the drive in Disk Utility and look at the bottom of the window. What does it for Total Capacity, next to Disk Description?
Also, what's the difference between that number and the number for the volume? (Macintosh HD, or whatever it's called)
Also, what's the difference between that number and the number for the volume? (Macintosh HD, or whatever it's called)
I have the 320GB HDD in my new MBP
Mine reports Capacity of 298GB (Total capacity). This is normal and ALL computers are affected like this. Its not an Apple Conspiracy.
I always start by deleting unused Applications and drivers. You would be amazed how many unneeded printer drivers are preloaded. My 250GB HD is at 214GB of free space and that includes CS2, iLife '08, Canon DSLR applications and other photo oriented applications. I try to keep as much open space to insure optimal speed when working.
Disk Description : APPLE SSD SM128 Media
Total Capacity : 113 GB (121,332,826,112 Bytes)
and when i click on Macintosh HD i get...
Capacity : 112.7 GB (120,988,852,224 Bytes)
Available : 92.9 GB (99,742,187,520 Bytes)
Used : 19.8 GB (21,246,664,704 Bytes)
Number of Files : 512,815
I have not loaded ANY of my files on this machine. Its fresh from the UPS man
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for a 320GB HDD yours sounds about right. ie. 20GB discrepancy. The larger your drive the more trade off. But in my instance its only a "128" GB SSD, I was expecting 115 GB availability
There is no evidence that a 128 SSD is inside my machine save for the "APPLE SSD SM128" labelling under profiles. It clearly shows capacity at 113GB, with 93GB Availabllity
Yeah
Bring out your calculator (or enter into spotlight):
128000000000/1024/1024/1024 = 119.2
Also read this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
So what were MBA 1ST Gen owners getting in terms of available space fresh out of the box?
I did a fresh install of OS X when I put a 7200 rpm hard drive in it. The languages take up about 2 gigs and printer drivers about 3. So you can save a little over 5 gigs by not installing those. The included apps also take a up a few gigs.
If you haven't migrated anything over to your new machine I'd recommend doing a custom install of OS X and leaving out anything you don't need.
If you haven't migrated anything over to your new machine I'd recommend doing a custom install of OS X and leaving out anything you don't need.
Do a custom install. You'll save a lot of space. The printer drivers are the biggest culprit; if you're okay with downloading them manually from the manufacturers' websites, it's an easy way to get back some space.
good advice guys. i'll install from the CD shipped in the box.
i'm still puzzled by the magnitude or lack there of, of actual available space unless this is due to SSD tech characteristics
That's the key. The install OS typically takes up 14GB. By cutting out unused printer drivers, languages and apps (I don't use Garageband) I can get it down to around 8GB for the system.