Lost SSD space after updating from 10.93 to 10.9.4

[CrusoeUK]

Hi,

I've just setup my brand new macbook air - with a 128gb SSD. After setting up it said i had about 121GB of fee space (the rest being taken up by the OS and included apps).

I then did an OS update from 10.9.3 to 10.9.4 and now my free space is only 100GB. I haven't installed any new apps or anything yet so I'm confused where approximately 20GB of space has gone.

 

[Boyd01]

Do you have Time Machine turned on? It will store backups on the SSD if no external drive is available.

 

[CrusoeUK]

Time machine is turned off... but i read that the mac still stores local snapshots anyway - which i believe you can turn off with terminal command which I've done.

 

[gstevie]

Not an advert, but I use CleanMyMac and on my 128Gb Air it freed up a nice chunk of space for me. Almost 4Gb on 1st running it when I got it last week. The language files from the OS and the other apps take up a nice chunk of space.

 

[chrfr]

Hi,

I've just setup my brand new macbook air - with a 128gb SSD. After setting up it said i had about 121GB of fee space (the rest being taken up by the OS and included apps).

You must have misread something. 121GB is almost exactly the full usable capacity of the empty "128" GB SSD.
The one I have here has a total capacity of 121.33GB.

 

[gstevie]

You must have misread something. 121GB is almost exactly the full usable capacity of the empty "128" GB SSD.
The one I have here has a total capacity of 121.33GB.

Well spotted. I never even noticed that when i 1st read the original post.

 

[saudor]

But as of snow leopard, they changed it so a 128 gb disk actually shows up as 128gb

 

[gstevie]

I have never seen a computer/device ever show the "box" or unformatted amount of storage on any type of HD or SSD.

This is mine on a brand new 2014 Air with 10.9.4 installed.

 

[chrfr]

But as of snow leopard, they changed it so a 128 gb disk actually shows up as 128gb

No, this is in Mavericks that it shows 121.33.