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Desktop HDD icon question
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: MD, USA
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The icon on my desktop that displays my harddrive and the amount of free space if very often inaccurate. Currently, mine has been stuck at 26.15 GB free for two weeks, but as you can see in the screen capture below, that isn't correct.
Is there anyway I can fix this? It's driving me crazy!
Thanks!
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-Nitz
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* iBook G3 900mhz/640mb/12.1"/40gig
* 30gig iPod 3rd Gen.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: In a gadda da vida.
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nah, it's just another one of os x's 'features', pretty damn annoying too. Not got a solution to it.
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Rockstar Games - better than reality.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
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Try turning "Show item info" off and than back on, don't know if it works for you but it sometimes works for me....
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Occasionally Useful
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Liverpool, UK
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you can fix this by logging out/in or... *gasp* rebooting!
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"Have sharp knives. Be creative. Cook to music" ~ maxelson
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Newport News, VA USA
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Originally posted by philzilla:
you can fix this by logging out/in or... *gasp* rebooting!
N0000000000000000000S!!!!!1!11
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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it i think my 10.2 os x had this 'feature'. i have gotten used to just removing show item info. i use the free space number in the finder window now, it seems to be more accurate.
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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I'm sure it worked in 10.2, the icon auto-updated itself, or if you just clicked on the icon.
Mind you, this seems to be one of the main faults with OS X, that folders, the desktop never seem to update properly, for instance, I shove over a bunch of files over the network to OS X's desktop, they don't show up, unless I browse via the finder window, same thing with folders.
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Rockstar Games - better than reality.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Originally posted by philzilla:
you can fix this by logging out/in or... *gasp* rebooting!
Neither worked. I'm the only user on my iBook, hence the only profile, so no need to log out. And I turn my iBook off after each use, so that *isn't* going to fix it.
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-Nitz
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* iBook G3 900mhz/640mb/12.1"/40gig
* 30gig iPod 3rd Gen.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally posted by NitzJaaron:
Neither worked. I'm the only user on my iBook, hence the only profile, so no need to log out. And I turn my iBook off after each use, so that *isn't* going to fix it.
well then you *should've* mentioned that in your original post.
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"Have sharp knives. Be creative. Cook to music" ~ maxelson
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Teaneck, NJ
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Let's not forget all that virtual memory and other space where Panther hides files to make things go faster. Maybe both number are correct. You can think that you have one amount of free space while it says another.
But really, it doesn't update the icons enough, even if I had to do it manually by some keystroke or menu to update everything I would be happier. Same goes for copying files from one drive to another or downloading files . . . why do I have to click on the folder for them to show up, I'm only using 10%CPU I wouldn't mind the OS using a bit more every other second to keep things up to date.
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