Re: Finder File Size discrepancy..
Re: Finder File Size discrepancy..
- Subject: Re: Finder File Size discrepancy..
- From: Robert Monaghan <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:57:45 -0800
Wow, I wake up one morning, and the definition of Megabytes change.
Did anyone explain this to the computers? The last time I checked, they still used binary.. ;)
bob.
On Dec 27, 2011, at 8:54 AM, Mikkel Islay wrote:
>
> On 27 Dec 2011, at 17:48, Robert Monaghan wrote:
>>
>> I have a file that is 352524244 bytes in size.
>> My application calculates it to be 336.19 Megs in size.
>> Finder displays this as 352.5 MB.
>>
>> So, if I am not mistaken, Apple isn't dividing by 1024, but rather by 1000?
>>
>> Has anyone else had to work though this?
>
> Why, yes. :)
> Have a look at these pages:
> http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2419
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte#cite_note-4
>
> Mikkel
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