Been looking all over, and can't seem to find my specific issue. I've seen lots of threads where the Finder is showing more storage than is even available on the HD when empty. Mine seems to be the opposite. My MBA thinks there is 80GB+ on the disk, but when adding up the sub-folders it's nowhere near that. I've turned TM off and removed the snapshots, which seemed to solve a lot of other folks' problems, but not mine. Need some help here please.
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MBA shows wrong storage available?
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Notice that your screen shot does not show one of the major folders inside your home folder
The "Library" in your user folder is hidden by default.
That is likely where the bulk of your "missing" files are located.
You can easily view that folder from the Go menu in the Finder. Hold the option key while the Go menu is open. You'll see it there.
The "Library" in your user folder is hidden by default.
That is likely where the bulk of your "missing" files are located.
You can easily view that folder from the Go menu in the Finder. Hold the option key while the Go menu is open. You'll see it there.
The folder in your user Library that is easiest to trash is the Caches folder. It can sometimes accumulate several GB.