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macbook hardrive problem.
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zachieb
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Jul 7, 2006, 04:49 AM
 
i bought a new superdrive white macbook today and the ammount on the hard drive seems to be a bit off. as soon as i turned it on it said i have used 13GB and i was down from the total 60 to 38. any idea why it says this or how to fix it?
     
harrisjamieh
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Jul 7, 2006, 05:45 AM
 
Do you think that all the installed stuff (like iMovie, Garageband etc) just store themselves in thin air...???

It comes with loads of apps installed - taking up space. Also, the actual capacity of the 60 GB HD is 55 GB - you loose some space in the formatting - this is the same with _all_ HDs
iMac Core Duo 1.83 Ghz | 1.25GB RAM | 160HD, MacBook Core Duo 1.83 Ghz | 13.3" | 60HD | 1.0GB RAM
     
zachieb  (op)
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Jul 7, 2006, 01:59 PM
 
yeah i know.
i was just suprised since this didnt really happen with my imac g5 a year ago.
     
mcdicky
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Jul 11, 2006, 02:53 AM
 
hey guy you know what. it happen on me today. after i download limewire. before i download it was 5X GB. but after i installed it saids 38.55GB available. i am like what the hell.?? did i do something wrong???
     
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Jul 12, 2006, 02:39 PM
 
hmm... *shrug*
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