MBP HDD available space readout problem. see pic

[impirepro06]

Has anyone had a problem like this? Right click on HDD and hit "Get info" and it tells me that i have more available space than my actually hdd has. Does anyone know how to fix this?

 

[GGJstudios]

For space issues, there are a few things you can try:

• Begin by restarting your computer as a first step. This sometimes resolves issues.
• For Time Machine users on Lion, space may being consumed by Time Machine local snapshots, which can be disabled.
• 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 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.

 

[robgendreau]

No offense to the OP (well, maybe a little), but this has got to be the most frequently asked question across Mac forums. And I imagine most searched (at least by conscientious forum members).

Maybe Apple ought to redefine that "other" category and give us all a break. It truly seems a disservice to users.

And I haven't been tracking the results of these posts about mysteriously disappearing storage, but there must be some problem besides a user being unable to identify what's stored on their drives. Anyone know what's causing this so often?

Rob

 

[Bronken]

Guys, I think hes not talking about disapperaing space or the "other" problem.

His HDD says capacity 499.xGB, Available: 513.xGB Thats what he means

 

[thundersteele]

No offense to the OP (well, maybe a little), but this has got to be the most frequently asked question across Mac forums. And I imagine most searched (at least by conscientious forum members).

This is why you didn't even bother looking at the screenshots?

A 500 GB HDD with 513 GB available is certainly not one of the most common problems.


@OP

Try rebooting, as GGJstudios suggested.
After that, you could try to repair disc permissions.
[...]
If this doesn't help, let Apple check the HDD.




edit: "Other" is reported as exactly zero KB. That's also really odd.