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Hey folks i need a little help. i was just checking my Storage tab and found out that i have got 136GB apps. i tried to check but i got that apps are much less than 136GB. can anyone guide me what can be done? attached is the Screenshot of Storage.
 

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Hey folks i need a little help. i was just checking my Storage tab and found out that i have got 136GB apps. i tried to check but i got that apps are much less than 136GB. can anyone guide me what can be done? attached is the Screenshot of Storage.

That info comes from the Spotlight index and your is jacked up. I can tell because it shows zero for "Other" and Other is never at zero in any system.

Run the command below in Terminal to reindex Spotlight and it should fix it.

Code:
sudo mdutil -E /
 
That info comes from the Spotlight index and your is jacked up. I can tell because it shows zero for "Other" and Other is never at zero in any system.

Run the command below in Terminal to reindex Spotlight and it should fix it.

Code:
sudo mdutil -E /

okie lets see what does the command do.
 
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