I have a WD My Book 4TB EHD that I connect to my iMac 5 via Firewire 800, running OSX 10.8.5. The ‘Get Info’ on the EHD tells me that I have used 2.93TB, with 1.07TB available to use. However, I know for certain that the total of all the files and folders that are visible within the EHD add up to a total of 1.2TB (have added them up correctly three times). Therefore logic says that I should have 2.8TB available to use, not 1.07TB.
As far as I’m aware I haven’t knowingly partitioned the disk, and I have (again as far as I’m aware) emptied the EHD trash. So why the discrepancy? Am I missing something? Will I just have to reformat? I’d rather not as it means copying the current content and then re-copying back once formatted, this will take hours out of my life!! Please help…