how much free space on Mac? Finder inconsistent

[Crotonmark]

2009 iMac running High Sierra. Moved all media to an external drive to prepare for moving to new Mac with SSD. Finder reports 850GB of free space on Mac HD. However, my user folder shows it is 580GB used. This is inconsistent. Why would finder be reporting such difference sizes for folders ? Which is correct ? It’s critical for me before I get a new Mac to know I have the room for an SSD.

Thanks.

 

[Fishrrman]

Download the free utility called DiskWave:
https://diskwave.barthe.ph

Just launch it and check your backup drive.
It should give you an accurate representation of the drive space used, and what is using it.

TIP:
Go to preferences and set the option to make normally-invisible files "visible"...

 

[Crotonmark]

Download the free utility called DiskWave:
https://diskwave.barthe.ph

Just launch it and check your backup drive.
It should give you an accurate representation of the drive space used, and what is using it.

TIP:
Go to preferences and set the option to make normally-invisible files "visible"...

Thanks. Ended up reindexing and that fixed it. Weird