Reveal Hidden Folder Sizes in macOS Finder With These Tricks

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By Tim HardwickApr 16, 2025, 11:28 am200 pts
When using macOS Finder in List view, you'll see the sizes of individual files – but not folders. Instead, folders show a pair of dashes (--) in the Size column. macOS skips calculating folder sizes by default to keep List view performance fast, especially in directories with many nested files. But if you…

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