Space remaining glitch in 10.2

Sep 05, '02 08:36:47AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

This isn't really a hint, it's just something (a bug, dare I say?) I've noticed in Jaguar. When I empty the trash with a Finder window open, instead of adding to the amount of gigs available, Jaguar actually subtracts. So, if I've got 14.57GB free, and I delete 30MB, instead of changing to 14.60 it changes to 14.54GB.

I have yet to perform some more in depth tests - logging out and then in again, or restarting - to see if GB remains the same, or has corrected itself.

[Editor's note: I tested this to the same extent as the hint author, and it seems to be true. Put a copy of a huge file in the trash, make sure the disk or volume the item is on is selected in the Finder, and empty the trash. The space available will decrease!]

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