Get Info versus Calculate All Sizes

When I go to Finder > View Options and set Calculate All Sizes to "on" for all windows, the GB Free is posted under the hard drive icon (e.g. 94.04 GB, 24.45 GB free). If that value changes for any reason (download of files, whatever), it doesn't immediately update the values under the icon. If I do a Get Info, however, it has updated immediately.
Is there a way to force Get Info and Calculate to remain in synchronization?
PowerBook G4 17" Mac OS X (10.4.4)

leonieDF wrote:
The option to show the info has been moved to the "View Options". Open your drive in the Finder in Grid View and then select "VIew-> Show View Options". Check the Button
"Show Item Info".
That should do the trick.
Leonie
that option does not display the HD sizes so its useless when copying between drives, no way to determing how much space is left with out loking for a new window which is backwards,
i dont see anything cool about lion, maybe if i just got my first mac and into games, nice job apple, not only forgeting pro users into graphics or film but regular day to day real life situations users who are not just at apple presentations or in a store trying out a mac, to think their is no need for this feature proves who the marketing department is actually targeting for sales,, talk about a flash in the pan presintation

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