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136 years to erase free space !
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Thought I'd zero out my unused 120gb disk space, came back with this message after a while !
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iMac Intel Core i5, 2.5GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB 21.5" Monitor 10.7.4.
iMac 17" 2.0ghz Intel Core 2 Duo w 3gb memory (White one) 10.6.8.
Internal 500gb / 160gb plus External 500gb x 2 (2x Time Machine)
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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That usually happens at the very beginning of a task or readout. Lastnight my Macbook battery had 10 hours remaining when I booted up! Not seen it at that stage of a task though.
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Look after my manor, or I will bum you, literally, to death.
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Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2005
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Originally Posted by ajprice 
That usually happens at the very beginning of a task or readout. Lastnight my Macbook battery had 10 hours remaining when I booted up! Not seen it at that stage of a task though.
My MacBook keeps doing that, it's always exactly 10:00 hours. Nothing compared to the 236:45 hours I'd get on the iBook though.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
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I had a Mac once where it would lose count of files when you were copying, and about halfway through it would reach "0 files left to copy" and then keep going until it would wind up at "-1056 files left to copy" or so.
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"Instead of either 'multi-talented' or 'multitalented' use 'bisexual'."
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Fun Fact: 2^32 seconds = a little over 136 years. They're using an unsigned 32-bit integer to store the number of seconds remaining, and for some reason when you took that screenshot that integer was at or near its max value.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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I'd just wait it out.
It's not worth messing with 
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by Dork.
Fun Fact:
DOES NOT COMPUTE
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Netherlands
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I made a little app on April Fool's Day that made fun of the way Mac progress bars often work ( link), but it didn't get a lot of attention.
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