Sequoia 15.3.1 showing incorrect free disk space

[thebart]

Noticed on 15.3. 15.3.1 did not resolve

Finder shows 300GB free space on internal SSD. df -h shows 214Gi. Disk space analyzer says 230GB. Pretty sure Finder is wrong because Finder itself showed around 220GB before and I didn't do anything to free up huge amount of disk space

BTW, AI gets re-enabled after an update so be sure to disable it again if you don't want it

 

[Flyview]

Honestly it seems like Apple is doing a lot of shady **** with AI. Just the fact that they're shoving it down our throats is shady. Of course they want you to think you have more "free" space than you actually do. There's probably tons of hidden files taking up space it considers "free" space in case you really need it. I came across a thread last night that mentioned a folder where AI stuff is kept (/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels). I found it's taking up 5GB on my disk even though I have Apple Intelligence off and I turn it off as soon as it turns itself on *facepalm*.

Sadly it's only people like us on these forums who seem to give a ****. Everyone else just gobbles up how much AI is "helping" them make ****** content while literally being mass surveilled.

 

[kagharaht]

I turned that thing off. Freed up almost 6gb of space on the internal drive. It's just not something I need anyway and why Apple enabled it automatically was kinda sneaky for Apple.

 

[Flyview]

I turned that thing off. Freed up almost 6gb of space on the internal drive. It's just not something I need anyway and why Apple enabled it automatically was kinda sneaky for Apple.

Do you still have this folder? How much space does it take up?
/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels

 

[Sciuriware]

Do you still have this folder? How much space does it take up?
/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels

Inaccessible on my Mac.
;JOOP!

 

[Sciuriware]

Noticed on 15.3. 15.3.1 did not resolve

Finder shows 300GB free space on internal SSD. df -h shows 214Gi. Disk space analyzer says 230GB. Pretty sure Finder is wrong because Finder itself showed around 220GB before and I didn't do anything to free up huge amount of disk space

BTW, AI gets re-enabled after an update so be sure to disable it again if you don't want it

1) AI was NOT enabled by updating my 3 Mac's to 15.3.1
2) If in doubt, there is a 55 year old utility that is always correct:
- go to Terminal
- practise: df -h
If you want more, practise: man df
Success.
;JOOP!

 

[diego.caraballo]

Noticed on 15.3. 15.3.1 did not resolve

Finder shows 300GB free space on internal SSD. df -h shows 214Gi. Disk space analyzer says 230GB. Pretty sure Finder is wrong because Finder itself showed around 220GB before and I didn't do anything to free up huge amount of disk space

BTW, AI gets re-enabled after an update so be sure to disable it again if you don't want it

I noticed issues since 15.1
Opening Settings > General > Storage shows way up more free space than before (about 25GB)
But Disk Utility tells another tale.

Settings:

Disk Utility:

 

[kagharaht]

Do you still have this folder? How much space does it take up?
/System/Library/AssetsV2/com_apple_MobileAsset_UAF_FM_GenerativeModels

Yeah I still have that folder. Taking up 4.79 GB. I swear when I turned off AI, it took a couple of days for the Mac to say 1.63 TB Free to 1.69TB Free. I wonder is System Data shrunk as part of turning off AI.

 

[thebart]

1) AI was NOT enabled by updating my 3 Mac's to 15.3.1
2) If in doubt, there is a 55 year old utility that is always correct:
- go to Terminal
- practise: df -h
If you want more, practise: man df
Success.
;JOOP!

1) AI was re-enabled for me. First thing I checked. 2) I did use df -h. Mentioned in original post

 

[Sciuriware]

1) AI was re-enabled for me. First thing I checked. 2) I did use df -h. Mentioned in original post

Sorry, overlooked it.
;JOOP!

 

[Flyview]

Yeah I still have that folder. Taking up 4.79 GB. I swear when I turned off AI, it took a couple of days for the Mac to say 1.63 TB Free to 1.69TB Free. I wonder is System Data shrunk as part of turning off AI.

It's funny, that's how much an entire OS would take up not that long ago. I will be looking into how to debloat all this trash when I have some time. I don't even need the space, I have 4TB, but it's the principle.

If you go to Settings -> Storage -> System (23.16GB) and click the little info button, it actually opens up a dialog and says "Apple Intelligence 5.45GB" .

To help OP, here are my free space diagnostics:

Settings: 710GB / 4 TB used = ~3.3TB free depending on how they define a TB
Finder: 3.29TB free
Disk utility: 3.21TB free
Disk Space Analyzer: 3.21TB free
Disk Inventory X: 3.2GB free

Oh I completely forgot to ask, how is your swap file usage? I wonder if Finder considers that free space and the other utilities do not. Either way, there's no way it's 70GB.