Mysterious missing memory

I've just noticed about 8GB of memory appears to be missing from my Mac Mini... It has a 74.41GB capacity, but when I add up all the content of the folders in the Macintosh HD and the available memory, I only get to 66.8GB. What could be taking the rest of it up? I've only got about 5GB of available memory left and I often download large files (films from iTunes etc), so could this mean I need to think about defragging the hard drive? What would happen if I tried repairing the disc?

Hi Shofu, and a warm welcome to the forums!
OK, we're actually talking about Free Disk space, which can be used as Virtual Memory, but Memory is actually the RAM you have in your Mini.
OmniDiskSweeper is now free...
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/download/
That'll show you your files & sizes.
If you download Movies I'd consider getting an external Firewire drive to put them on, your Mini will run safer & faster if you can free up 20-30 GB.
There are many hidden files & Folders that won't show up. like Logs, etc..
At this point I think you should also get Applejack...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
After installing, reboot holding down CMD+s, (+s), then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 5 of it's things.
At least it'll eliminate some questions if it doesn't fix it.
The 5 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.

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