About this mac storage reading wrong after update.

[reyalP]

After I updated to 10.10.5 my storage shows some inconsistency on my RMB. I don't have near that many apps installed. According to the image below I have around 119 gb of space being used but up above it only shows about 43 GB being used. Is there a way to fix this or do I even need to worry about fixing this? The app portion grew after the update to 10.10.5.

 

[Weaselboy]

Run the command below in Terminal to reindex Spotlight and fix this. But it will probably come back. This seems to be borked in Yosemite.

sudo mdutil -E /

 

[reyalP]

Thanks for the response. I re-indexed the entire volume using the guide below and after a reboot it seemed to have fixed the problem. Is there a difference between the terminal command and the way apple instructs you in the guide?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716

 

[Weaselboy]

Thanks for the response. I re-indexed the entire volume using the guide below and after a reboot it seemed to have fixed the problem. Is there a difference between the terminal command and the way apple instructs you in the guide?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716

Nope... same end result. I just find the Terminal command easier to explain on the forums.

 

[reyalP]

Gotcha! Thanks