Macintosh HD size discrepancy

[lumineon]

New here - not sure where to post this.

There seems to be a difference in reported size of Macintosh HD.

In the finder window it reports a size of 197.34 GB
Screenshot 1.

When I select Get Info it shows the used size as 145.08 GB instead.
Screenshot 2.

I then checked with Drive Genius 3, which again disagreed with the information from 'Get Info'.
Screenshot 3.

It would be nice to know why it shows a 50GB difference and what I can do to fix it. I'm confident that the information contained in the 'Get Info' window is correct.

I've tried all the verify/repair options I could find in Drive Genius 3 and Disk Utility but nothing seems to change.

Any help would be greatly appreciated - Thanks

 

[GGJstudios]

If you're wondering what "Other" category in the Lion storage tab is about, this may help explain:

What is this "Other" in the storage tab? What is eating my space​

For space issues not explained by the above, there are a few things you can try, some of which may or may not apply:

• Begin by restarting your computer as a first step. This sometimes resolves issues.
• For Time Machine users on notebooks running Lion, space may being consumed by Time Machine local snapshots, which can be disabled.
  OS X Lion: About Time Machine's "local snapshots" on portable Macs
• Search with Finder to see if the space is being consumed by a very large file or several large files. Adjust the 50GB in the illustration to whatever size you deem appropriate.
  
  
• Use OmniDiskSweeper, JDisk Report, Disk Inventory X, DaisyDisk or GrandPerspective to see how space is being used on your drive. Some of these apps may show more detail than others, so try several.
• Check your drive with Disk Utility: Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks
• Try re-indexing your drive: Spotlight: How to re-index folders or volumes

Here are a few resolutions found by others with the same question:

• Encrypted drive
• Time Machine backup files and needed disk repair
• App filling log file
• App or file was 89GB
• Drive needed to be re-indexed
• Time Machine backup file
• Large app cache file
• Garageband files and video podcasts
• Oversized email being duplicated
• Another email issue

 

[lumineon]

Thank you!

 

[wrldwzrd89]

That looks like nothing more than a harmless outdated Finder view in your first screen shot. I suspect you are right regarding Get Info being the correct one. As for how to fix it, that's going to depend on which version of OS X you have. You can get this from the Apple menu -> About This Mac... option.