How many files does it take?

blackshadowwolfblackshadowwolf
Posted:
in macOS edited January 2014
Alright everyone, Ive been to AppleInsider forums for quite sometime, as I have been a switcher for over a year and loving it. One question I wondered though, was how many files do people actually have on their harddisk? Kind of stupid, but fun to brag about I hope . Som Im listing my info, and my major apps since I have no clue on how to paste images. So here I go.



(From Tech Tool Pro 4)

Volume: Macintosh HD

Mount Point: /dev/disk0s2

Format: HFS+ (Mac OS Extended)

Journaling: Disabled

Case-sensitive: No

Created: 05/16/06 02:27:54 PM

Modified: 06/20/06 02:25:15 PM

Capacity: 233.76 GB

Used: 11.82 GB

Available: 221.94 GB

Files: 50,321

Folders: 9,168



Apps:

Mac OS X 10.4.6

Adobe Photoshop CS

Civilization 3

Firefox

Halo

Microsoft Office and Messenger

Railroad Tycoon 3

Unreal Tournament 2004

Windows Media Player

Total Apps:33

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    MarvinMarvin Posts: 15,333moderator
    You've had OS X for over a year and you only have 50,321 files?? Talk about minimalism. I have 449,764 files, 87,365 folders 40GB drive with 35GB used. I need to do some cleaning though. I reckon I'll get it down below 300,000.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    mike egglestonmike eggleston Posts: 719member
    I have had my iMac for less than one year, and here is my rundown:



    Files: 975,071

    Folders: 158,729



    Capacity: (250 GB HD) 232.8GB

    Available: 31.9 GB



    Main Apps:

    Adobe CS 2 (All of them: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Version Cue, GoLive)

    BBEdit

    BOINCManager (for Seti@Home)

    Bon Echo (FireFox 2.0a3)

    Celestia

    Chicken of the VNC

    Colloquy

    Darwine

    DVD Studio Pro

    FireFox 1.5

    iLife 2006

    Google Earth

    iWork 2006

    MacCVSPro 3.0a3

    Macromedia Suite 8 (Dreamweaver, Flash 8, Fireworks, Freehand)

    Microsoft Office 2004

    Navicat (The best MySQL Client ever.)

    Virtual PC

    RBrowser

    Retrospect 6.1

    Starry Night Pro 5

    Xbox Browser



    Games:

    Sims 2

    Warcraft III

    Starcraft

    Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness

    Call of Duty

    Civ III

    Freedom Force

    Quake 4

    RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

    Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005

    Unreal Tournament 2004



    I think my post should be long enough now....
  • Reply 3 of 5
    davegeedavegee Posts: 2,765member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Mike Eggleston

    I have had my iMac for less than one year, and here is my rundown:



    Files: 975,071

    Folders: 158,729



    Capacity: (250 GB HD) 232.8GB

    Available: 31.9 GB



    Is porn the best thing ever or what!
  • Reply 4 of 5
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Capacity : \t37.1 GB (39,873,506,304 Bytes)

    \tFree Space : \t4.2 GB (4,511,866,880 Bytes)

    \tUsed : \t32.9 GB (35,361,636,352 Bytes)

    \tNumber of Files : \t390,019

    \tNumber of Folders : \t96,742



    I have to delete crap all the time because I keep addimg so much crap!!!!!!!!I need a bigger HDD!!!!



    With anyluck, by the end of fall, I will have a Macbook, to which I will add the biggest HDD availible in the formfactor at that time and 2 GB ram...woot!
  • Reply 5 of 5
    noah93noah93 Posts: 168member
    Capacity: 74.4 GB

    Used: 70.1 GB

    Available: 4.3 GB

    Files: 296 260

    Folders: 52 703



    Noah
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