Folder sizes on exterior drive dramatically mistaken, but system exhibits right combination measurement used.
Get data exhibits 2.56Tb used on drive (out of 4Tb). But, 3 folders present about 2Tb, 2Tb, 50Gb. That will be greater than the 4Tb drive can maintain. Drive present 1.4Tb free area. At one level, the drive confirmed folders completely over 6.5Tb however I’ve since deleted folders making an attempt to weed out ‘corrupt’ information.
I’ve Google’d and skim and tried nearly each suggestion potential. This has gone on for weeks. I’ve exhausted all discovered choices.
Actions I’ve taken
- Ran Disk First Assist from restoration mode many instances.
- Booted in SafeMode.
- I’ve run Onyx routines hoping it could assist
- Copying the folders to a different drive exhibits the inaccurate measurement in folder sizes within the copied variations!
- I’ve reset all file permissions utilizing terminal instructions (sooner or later in my previous years in the past this labored, at the least I feel I keep in mind that working for related downside)
- Looked for hidden information, nothing uncommon
- Utterly rebuilt Highlight throughout all volumes (inside and exterior)
Folders comprise media information, Lightroom, Apple Images, and Aperture libraries. It is my private library of all my pictures and movies.
{Hardware} particulars:
- 4Tb Essential X9 SSD as an exterior drive. APFS Formatted, encrypted. Drive linked straight with USB-C (not through a hub).
MacBook M2 Max, Sonoma 14.3 32Gb ram
Any concepts exterior of what I’ve listed? I’d actually respect any assist.
