[P1] Finder doing some very WEIRD size calculations ...

Donald Farnum farnum at msu.edu
Mon Mar 1 04:04:35 PST 2004


I, too, have noticed that <command> "i" often gives incorrect folder 
sizes. It seems that once I determine the size of a folder, it is 
frequently reported as that same size after I have added one or more 
large files to it. OSX 10.3.2.
Greetings from Don's Dingey Den
On Mar 1, 2004, at 3:01 AM, Peter Nacken <caipirina at mac.com> wrote:

> Kinda missed an important word in the subject line there ... Sorry 
> about
> that
>
> on 3/1/04 11:36 AM, Peter Nacken at caipirina at mac.com wrote:
>
>> Recently I have noticed that I cannot trust the size info I get from 
>> the
>> finder window, even if I do apple+I
>>
>> E.g. I have here one folder .. Which finder shows me with 6.1 MB ... 
>> But
>> inside that folder ... I have about 10 files ... Most of them 7 MB, 
>> one even
>> 13 MB .. .
>>
>> Is there a refresh button like in windows .. F5  I guess ???
>>
>> I get similar things in the bottom bar when finder 'lies' too me 
>> about the
>> total space available ...
>>
>> Anyone else seen that ??? I think I have that since I upped to 10.3.2 
>> or
>> 10.3.3 .. Not sure ...



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