Really, how much space is used on my Macintosh HD partition?

Hello

Here is what I get when I want to know how much of my Macintosh HD partition is used:

Why disk utility say that GB 218,6 is used, but 695 GB for apps + 7.05 GB for photos + 16,07 GB of the 12.37 GB for video music = 730,62 GB is used?

How come there is such a difference in the used section is calculated?

I intend to create a second partition to do a dual boot, but what is the maximum size allowed for my second partition? Disk utility seems to allow 999.03 - 218, 6 = 780.43 GB, but we must rather 999.03 - 730.62 = 268,41 GB?

Thanks for the replies

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