Free space bug?

Discussion in 'Mac OS X Lion (10.7)' started by Watabou, Oct 15, 2011.

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  1. Watabou, Oct 15, 2011

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    Hey guys,

    I'm running 10.7.2 and my Finder and "about this mac" show different free space left.

    Is this happening to other people or is it just me? What should I do? I think day before yesterday, Finder told me I had 70GB left which is I think is the right amount.

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  2. Dark Dragoon, Oct 16, 2011

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    59.47GB free + 32.17GB backups = 91.64GB available

    The space taken up by backups is used by the mobile backups (local snapshots) function of time machine, the amount of space taken up by the backups should vary. However the space is still potentially available to use, as OSX should remove the local snapshots if you start running low on space.

    For this reason the space taken up by the backups is still potentially available to use along with the free disk space.
     
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  3. Watabou, Oct 16, 2011

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    Hmm okay makes sense. I was confused because I think before 10.7.2, Finder showed 70GB of space left and I just gained back 20GB of space, which is not a small amount so I thought something got deleted. Well, I get it now anyways.

    Thanks!
     
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