My iMac shows the desktop as having used 275gb. But theres only three items, and they total 50gb!?
Can anyone explain this. It is very odd in deed. I only have 40gb (ish) spare because it's all spent on the desktop.
I use OSX 10.7.
Thanks.
This forum isn't read by anyone at apple, just your average friendly community folk, so how about doing a short hand version of what you want help with, because no one's going to read through all that.
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