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Q: How much storage space does a user account take up?

Hi there,

I have a MacBook Pro Retina, mid-2014 model, running OS X Yosemite 10.10.5, 2.6 GHz processor, 8GB of memory, and a 128GB hard drive.

I want to free up some space on my hard drive, and I'm wondering what this "other" category entails - as you can see in the picture, "other" accounts for 53.77GB - a significant amount of space on this hard drive. I've done a lot already to eliminate other big files, including buying a 2TB external hard drive for photos, movies, duplicate detective, etc. 

My question pertains to user accounts. I have two user accounts on my computer, so I'm wondering if the setting up and running another user account is taking up a lot of the storage space, specifically in the "other" category? I can't seem to find much on any forums about this topic anywhere. Can anyone shed light on this issue?

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

- Jamieson

 

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MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Sep 8, 2015 2:35 PM

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