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WacoOne

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Jul 8, 2014
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Hi, all.

I have a 2014 Macbook Pro that I just purchased about a week ago. Bought it refurbished from Mac of All Trades and got it about a week ago. I'm not even sure it's ever been used; it was pristine.

Anyway, it works great. The heavy stuff I use it for is Lightroom, Photoshop, and a little bit of Premiere Pro.

When I check my storage space it says I currently have 359 GB out of 499 available. This makes sense based on what I have loaded on the machine so far. However, the graphic shows that "Documents" are using tons of storage. Doesn't seem to make sense. I'm attaching a few screen shots.

My question is should I worry about this? Do I really have 359 GB available like it says I do?

Please keep in mind I'm not a super technical person, but I am able to follow instructions if anyone has any direction here.

Thanks, guys and gals. Stay safe out there.

Eric
Waco, TX
 

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casperes1996

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Jan 26, 2014
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if you hover your mouse over the sections it'll show numerically how much each section is taking up. But based on your images I'd wager your large Dropbox folder is confusing the picture.
 

WacoOne

macrumors newbie
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Jul 8, 2014
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if you hover your mouse over the sections it'll show numerically how much each section is taking up. But based on your images I'd wager your large Dropbox folder is confusing the picture.

Like this, Casperes1996?
 

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WacoOne

macrumors newbie
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Jul 8, 2014
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Yep; Looks to me like the Dropbox folder is playing tricks on the system, - reporting the full size of all the contents even the stuff that's not on the drive itself. That's my best guess anyway

Thank you! Sounds logical. Appreciate it. Stay safe.
 
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