Q: Other is at 90GB of 256GB on hard drive

HI,

I've cleaned up my MacBook Air to get rid of files and emails etc however the amount of "Other" remains at 90 GB of my drive. My movies,photos, music, etc is only at 60GB - I've followed the steps in the support posts for "Other" but still it won't budge downwards. Any ideas appreciated. I am running El Capitan.

MAny thanks,

CAtherine

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Jan 1, 2016 3:45 PM

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OGELTHORPE Jan 1, 2016 5:24 PM in response to cwiddoes
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Jan 1, 2016 5:24 PM in response to cwiddoes

First understand what OTHER consists of:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867

Download from the Internet OmniDiskSweeper and Grand Perspective (both free) and open them. They will show all of your files and the respective sizes. This should allow you to determine what files to delete or off load to an external HDD.

Do not forget to empty trash. Only then is space allocated for new data.

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