Snow Leopard Filesize Issue

[ozmosis82]

Is it possible for Toast to calculate file size the same way that Snow Leopard does (since Apple made the switch to Base-10 counting instead of the typical Base-2 for file sizes)? When burning discs I try to fill them to the absolute brim. The discrepancy between Toast's Base-2 calculations and the Finder's Base-10 calculations kinda makes it a huge pain in the &%$.

[Grammys8]

Is it possible for Toast to calculate file size the same way that Snow Leopard does (since Apple made the switch to Base-10 counting instead of the typical Base-2 for file sizes)? When burning discs I try to fill them to the absolute brim. The discrepancy between Toast's Base-2 calculations and the Finder's Base-10 calculations kinda makes it a huge pain in the &%$.

 

I'm glad you brought this up. I am relieved to know there is a difference in the type of calculations. I have noticed a 1 to 2 GB difference in the size and feared some kind of compression. I am archiving video and try to avoid as much compression as possible. Where can I find more about Base-2 vs Base-10 calculations?

 

Thanks,

Grammy

 

[ozmosis82]

I'm glad you brought this up. I am relieved to know there is a difference in the type of calculations. I have noticed a 1 to 2 GB difference in the size and feared some kind of compression. I am archiving video and try to avoid as much compression as possible. Where can I find more about Base-2 vs Base-10 calculations?

 

Thanks,

Grammy

Base-10 calculations mean that 1 KB = 1,000 bytes, 1 MB = 1,000 KB and 1 GB = 1,000 MB

Base-2 calculations mean that 1 KB = 1,024 bytes, 1 MB = 1,024 KB and 1 GB = 1,024 MB (This is how pretty much every OS has calculated file size since... well... always, I think.)

 

Media and hard drive manufacturers advertise capacity in Base-10 calculations, which is why connecting a "500 GB" hard drive to your computer will yield a 473 GB capacity, or why "4.7 GB" DVD+Rs only show as having a capacity of ~4.37 GB in the OS.

 

You can read more about the switch here:

 

http://lifehacker.com/5349204/snow-leopard...ctly-in-base-10

(or by searching for "snow leopard base 10" on Google)