How to quickly assess the amount of free space on a hard drive or memory stick?

Before Mavericks there used to be a little reading in the bottom of a finder window telling you how much space was available in whatever drive you were currently viewing, now i have to click get info every time, is there a quicker way?

You may have the Status Bar hidden Peter.  With the Finder open, click on View in the menu bar and then select Show Status Bar.  You should now see the space available for a selected drive at the bottom of the Finder window.

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