MacBook Pro :: Hard Drive Space Disappearing?

Mar 27, 2012

I have a mbp and a 500 (439)gb hard drive, i used diskwave to check my hard drive and this is what it came up with:   Mac.. HD      Capacity: 439GBUsed: 392.92GB  Users: 186.53GBApplications: 19.94GBLibrary: 7.11GBSystem: 3.89GB  

You do the math.. that should be around 210GB!! where is the rest going? THE TRASH IS EMPTY FOR CERTAIN!

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