Hi Tim, Thanks for the missing link. I didn’t do that at first, but completed emptying the trash and now I have recovered all of the missing GBs. Thanks again. I’ll have to remember the last step when I need to recover lost space in the future.
Best, Eileen > On Aug 6, 2015, at 1:13 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Did you empty the trash after deleting the files? If not, then the space is > not freed up. If you deleted the items while using a different machine, you > must empty the trash or recycler on that machine first as you can't empty the > trash that was created from a different machine or user. > > Hope this makes sense. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Aug 6, 2015, at 14:05, Eileen Misrahi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Folks, > > Please forgive me if this was recently discussed, but I can’t find the emails > in the subject line in my inbox on the computer. I just deleted some files > that were on an external disk of about 90 GB. When I go to the disk utility, > it still states that the drive is minused the 90 GB. How do I go about fixing > this, so the disk utility is showing the correct amount of disk storage on > this drive? > > Thanks in advance and sorry if this is a repeat. > > Best, > eileen > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
