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Get Info reports incorrect sizes in certain List Views
I don't know that there is a fix for this but it has been a problem for as long as i can recall. I don't really think you can call it a bug either. When you select all on an expanded folder then get info, your asking the computer to give you the total physical size of all items. Since the folder is a directory and has a size relative to its contents, it is included in the calculated size. I'm not a programmer but I would think that this would be a difficult problem to overcome. You would have to send a command to ask the computer to determine the logical size of the selected items, the computer would then have to examine the hierarchial structure of the selected items and then not include the relative size of a directory if items within the directory are selected. Personally I have gotten into the habit of using tree view when I want the total size of multiple items or directories.
Get Info reports incorrect sizes in certain List Views
Actually, fixing this would be pretty easy. You could list the full path of the actually selected files or folders, sort them, and then ignore those whose paths are deeper than the one above it in the list. Multiply hard linked files nested in the selections would be more troublesome, I think. |
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