OS X and iOS are the weird (but correct) ones (Destiny)
by Beorn 
, <End of Failed Timeline>, Friday, February 12, 2016, 13:45 (3480 days ago) @ Cody Miller
Apple changed how file sizes and free space were reported back in OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), moving to a base-10 numbering. The actual number of bits is no different, it’s just that the OS does base-10 math instead of base-2 math. This is true for iOS as well, apparently:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201402
As far as any other “major operating systems” go, however: nope, they all use base-2.
Technically speaking, everyone using base-2 calculations should report file sizes in KiB, MiB, and GiB, while base-10 should report KB, MB, and GB. Here’s a chart from the Wikipedia page on Binary Prefixes:
![[image]](http://i.imgur.com/vuoRYez.png)
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Kermit,
2016-02-11, 19:33
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Schedonnardus,
2016-02-11, 19:51
- Cody can come back now! Your strike worked!! -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-11, 20:31
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dogcow,
2016-02-11, 20:40
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Cody Miller,
2016-02-11, 20:57
- Cody can come back now! Your strike worked!! -
dogcow,
2016-02-11, 21:04
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cheapLEY,
2016-02-11, 22:31
- Cody can come back now! Your strike worked!! - Morpheus, 2016-02-14, 07:45
- Cody can come back now! Your strike worked!! -
cheapLEY,
2016-02-11, 22:31
- Cody can come back now! Your strike worked!! -
dogcow,
2016-02-11, 21:04
- Cody can come back now! Your strike worked!! -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-11, 20:57
- Yeah, last one was too fast. -
slycrel,
2016-02-11, 20:43
- Cody can come back now! Your strike worked!! -
dogcow,
2016-02-11, 20:40
- Cody can come back now! Your strike worked!! -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-11, 20:31
- Neat! -
Leviathan,
2016-02-11, 21:25
- What I want from new Destiny content... - marmot 1333, 2016-02-11, 21:54
- What's everyone think about there being an actual sequel? -
cheapLEY,
2016-02-11, 22:37
- What's everyone think about there being an actual sequel? - Ragashingo, 2016-02-12, 01:53
- What's everyone think about there being an actual sequel? - Avateur, 2016-02-12, 01:56
- What's everyone think about there being an actual sequel? -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-12, 02:59
- Get a 2TB... -
Korny,
2016-02-12, 04:12
- Get a 2TB... -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-12, 05:11
- "All the major OS" apparently doesn't include Windows, then -
ZackDark,
2016-02-12, 11:08
- Nor the linux distros I use occasionally. -
Funkmon,
2016-02-12, 11:54
- Nor the linux distros I use occasionally.
- Cody was right.... hahahhaha wait, yeah right -
kidtsunami,
2016-02-12, 12:55
- That's really weird to see - ZackDark, 2016-02-12, 13:39
- OS X and iOS are the weird (but correct) ones -
Beorn,
2016-02-12, 13:45
- Someone should tell France. -
Funkmon,
2016-02-12, 13:57
- No, HDD makers are wrong, and now apple is too. ;) -
dogcow,
2016-02-12, 14:28
- That's my take as well -
ZackDark,
2016-02-12, 15:38
- That's my take as well
- Someone should tell France.
- "All the major OS" apparently doesn't include Windows, then -
ZackDark,
2016-02-12, 11:08
- I bought a 4TB for my XB1 -
Schedonnardus,
2016-02-12, 12:23
- What did you go with? -
unoudid,
2016-02-12, 13:45
- WD 4TB -
Schedonnardus,
2016-02-12, 13:58
- WD 4TB -
unoudid,
2016-02-12, 15:51
- WD 4TB -
Xenos,
2016-02-12, 15:57
- WD 4TB - Schedonnardus, 2016-02-12, 17:20
- WD 4TB -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-12, 17:22
- I'm not trying to be confrontational -
Funkmon,
2016-02-12, 20:54
- Enterprise, though? -
ZackDark,
2016-02-12, 21:36
- Enterprise, though?
- I'm not trying to be confrontational -
Funkmon,
2016-02-12, 20:54
- WD 4TB - Vortech, 2016-02-12, 20:11
- WD 4TB -
Xenos,
2016-02-12, 15:57
- WD 4TB -
unoudid,
2016-02-12, 15:51
- WD 4TB -
Schedonnardus,
2016-02-12, 13:58
- What did you go with?
- Get a 2TB... -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-12, 05:11
- Get a 2TB... -
Korny,
2016-02-12, 04:12
- I'm excited by it. -
Leviathan,
2016-02-12, 03:59
- I'm excited by it. - Cody Miller, 2016-02-12, 14:05
- I'm excited by it. - stabbim, 2016-02-13, 05:48
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? -
dogcow,
2016-02-12, 14:20
- So here's the interesting thing... -
CyberKN,
2016-02-12, 15:09
- So here's the interesting thing... -
dogcow,
2016-02-12, 15:41
- So here's the interesting thing... -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-02-12, 15:55
- So here's the interesting thing... - slycrel, 2016-02-12, 17:56
- So here's the interesting thing... - Cody Miller, 2016-02-12, 18:22
- So here's the interesting thing... -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-02-12, 15:55
- So here's the interesting thing... -
dogcow,
2016-02-12, 15:41
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? -
unoudid,
2016-02-12, 15:53
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? - dogcow, 2016-02-12, 16:18
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-12, 17:28
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-02-12, 17:30
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-12, 17:40
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? - Schedonnardus, 2016-02-12, 20:10
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? -
Vortech,
2016-02-12, 20:41
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? -
cheapLEY,
2016-02-12, 22:55
- Remember the accusations over a few exclusive guns? - Vortech, 2016-02-15, 00:41
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? -
cheapLEY,
2016-02-12, 22:55
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-02-15, 00:56
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-12, 17:40
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? - stabbim, 2016-02-13, 06:04
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-02-12, 17:30
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? New Races? - dogcow, 2016-02-12, 20:08
- I think chances are slim. -
Vortech,
2016-02-12, 20:47
- I think chances are slim. - cheapLEY, 2016-02-12, 22:57
- What does Destiny 2 really mean anyway? - stabbim, 2016-02-13, 05:41
- So here's the interesting thing... -
CyberKN,
2016-02-12, 15:09
- I hope it is a raid. -
ProbablyLast,
2016-02-12, 10:35
- Possibly nerfed old raid guns so they can update them. -
Funkmon,
2016-02-12, 10:36
- Didn't that already happen? The nerfing, obv -
ProbablyLast,
2016-02-12, 18:52
- Didn't that already happen? The nerfing, obv
- Possibly nerfed old raid guns so they can update them.