When I my hard drive info is shown on the desktop next to the icon, it says I have 21GB free of 148GB, but in every other program such as finder and activity monitor, it shows I have 98GB free of 148. What's going on?
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Free Hard Drive Space Showing Incorrectly
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I was getting so angry because mine was showing 92 GB free when i only have 44 GB free. I restarted, shutdown everything. finally it came to me that the 92 was .92 and it wasnt showing the whole thing i reduced the text size and sure enough 44.92 GB free. May not be same problem you are having but worth a try.
I was getting so angry because mine was showing 92 GB free when i only have 44 GB free. I restarted, shutdown everything. finally it came to me that the 92 was .92 and it wasnt showing the whole thing i reduced the text size and sure enough 44.92 GB free. May not be same problem you are having but worth a try.
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Use Disk Utility to "Erase Free Space" using the Security setting "Write Zeros to Disk".
This has never failed me.
Use Disk Utility to "Erase Free Space" using the Security setting "Write Zeros to Disk".
This has never failed me.