How much free hard drive space do I have... Mixed messages!

[MasterHowl]

I want to know how much free hard drive space I have, but I'm getting told two different things...

So I have 296 GB or 181GB??! Or is it me making a mistake...? Help please!

 

[matwue]

I want to know how much free hard drive space I have, but I'm getting told two different things...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27585750/Lion/Screen Shot 2011-08-21 at 10.50.53.png

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27585750/Lion/Screen Shot 2011-08-21 at 10.51.06.png

So I have 296 GB or 181GB??! Or is it me making a mistake...? Help please!

The difference comes from the 115GB of "local backups" you currently have on your machine. You can read about the feature here:
http://toti.posterous.com/hidden-local-backups-with-mac-os-x-lion-filli
http://www.chrisk.de/blog/2011/07/how-to-disable-time-machines-mobilebackup/

It can be safely disabled in the terminal using the following command:

sudo tmutil disablelocal

 

[MasterHowl]

The difference comes from the 115GB of "local backups" you currently have on your machine. You can read about the feature here:
http://toti.posterous.com/hidden-local-backups-with-mac-os-x-lion-filli
http://www.chrisk.de/blog/2011/07/how-to-disable-time-machines-mobilebackup/

It can be safely disabled in the terminal using the following command:

sudo tmutil disablelocal

Thank you!