Q: what is storage "other" and how big should it be?
Please see the image below... this has come about since I upgraded to Lion. It appears my drive is nearly full, and my Aperture 3 is running so slow it has become virtually non-functional. What do the yellow bars consist of, and why has this changed just recently? When I search help forums they all say the "other" should never be more than one-third of the rest of the information on your hard drive. I have run disk repair, and it comes back saying my drive is fine. Is this a "lion thing"?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
Posted on Aug 28, 2011 5:01 PM
Well, I went to the Apple store in Calgary today... took a picture of my hard drive screen shot with my iPhone (rather ingenious) and showed it to them there. Their conclusion is that there is something seriously amiss with my hard drive... They said there is no way that "other" should be anywhere that big. Other consists of the operating system and software, but it should be closer to 20-30GB, not 452GB. Their conclusion is that my old partition has messed up my hard drive, and I have to take the computer in for service... So, I will be making an appointment with someone at the genius bar, and will be getting my baby fixed properly. This one I will leave to the experts!
Posted on Sep 1, 2011 7:08 AM






