HDD size reporting

I noticed a lot of queries over the years about Finder and About This Mac reporting inaccurate files sizes and the mystery surrounding just what 'Other' meant exactly. Well, I am glad to say I have some answers for those still suffering:
1. 'Other' could be anything - swap files, hidden files - anything that doesn't come under the default headings.
2. Accurate reporting can be achieved by downloading OmniDiskSweeper [free] and typing the following command into Terminal [to reveal hidden files that it does not have permission to sweep]..........
sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
3. Enter your password and select the drive you wish to sweep in the window that opens. Once all the hidden files are evaluated, you will probably be somewhere close to the Finder/About This Mac usuage totals. You will also have the opportunity to clean house to but .........BE CAREFUL!
Hope this helps.

Linc- Thanks for the heads-up! I did some more reasearch and I see that even without having Time Machine on, Mountain Lion started making local snapshots. So I found a great article for Mac laptops and Mountain Lion. I turned off local backups (I don't use time machine at all), via Terminal command: sudo tmutil disablelocal
Then I turned off Hibernation via Terminal command: sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
Then I deleted my sleep image via Terminal command: sudo rm /var/vm/sleepimage
Then via the Cocktail app, I disabled virtual memory swapping. I'm using 8GB of RAM so that's pretty pointless to have for me.
So the good news is that I reclaimed A BOATLOAD of space. In Disk Utility, I went from 123 GB available to 186 GB available. However, Disk Utility and the Finder status bar, and Get Info still show incorrect amounts. The Finder status bar and Get Info say I have 241 GB available. That's impossible since I only have a 256 SSD and I only am only using 63GB according to Disk Utility.
So there is definitely an issue with Get Info/Finder status bar reporting. Disk Utility seems to be reporting 100% accurate. About This Mac > Storage is also reporting correctly.
But thank you for pointing me to the local snapshot issue. That should be an option I have to enable, and if Time Machine is OFF, no snapshots should have ever been saved. I'm one of those who also doesn't like the "automatic" file saving without having to save. I miss the old SAVE AS as I used to know it. I would edit a file to my liking, then save as to another file. If I do that now, I have to revert the file I just worked on. Basically, I have to reverse the process and duplicate file, then work on that file and save.
Bryan

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> The following question is mainly to be addressed to authorized Toshiba support personnel
I think you are in the wrong area if you are looking for an answer from an authorized Toshiba support.
This is a Toshiba user-to-user forum! You will meet here Toshiba notebook owner and enthusiasts who share knowledge and tries solve problems but nobody from Tosh :(
I could provide my experience with the M30 Satellite and the HDD upgrade possibilities.
In my knowledge the Sat M30 supports a 40GB, 60GB and 80GB HDD for sure.
In my opinion you could use the 100GB HDD but bigger HDDs will not run and functions correctly.
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