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Q: how to clear app usage on flash storage??

i have a macbook pro with retina display early 2015 251GB

 

does anyone have tips to clear the app usage on my storage? i deleted apps such as keynote, garageband, and more that i don't use. below is the exact gigs used and the apps i have left thats easily accessible. i would appreciate the help!!!!!

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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on May 8, 2016 4:58 PM

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  • by theratter,

    theratter theratter May 8, 2016 5:01 PM in response to 708.mm
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    May 8, 2016 5:01 PM in response to 708.mm

    That display only changes when the Spotlight index is updated: Spotlight- How to re-index folders or volumes - Apple Support. To find out the true information use the Get Info data from the disk itself: Press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. At the top you will find the disk's stats: Capacity, Used, and Available.

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    708.mm 708.mm May 8, 2016 5:26 PM in response to theratter
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    May 8, 2016 5:26 PM in response to theratter

    so this is what it says. i still have the intention to save more of my gigs, like making it to 160 or 150GB like it was the past....is that possible? and if so, how can i do that?

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    theratter theratter May 8, 2016 6:49 PM in response to 708.mm
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    May 8, 2016 6:49 PM in response to 708.mm

    You have a 256 GB flash drive for storage of which just under 250 GBs can be used for storage. Of that you should allow about 40 GBs for OS X and your third-party applications if you aren't using too many large consumers of storage. I have a fully functional system on 45 GBs of disk space, but I have an external drive that holds most all of my other files, documents, downloads, pictures, movies, etc. If i try to put everything on a single disk I need a 512 GB disk. It appears to me that you are doing just fine since you still have almost 137 GBs of free space.

     

    How to Free Up Space on The Hard Drive

     

    1. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
    2. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
    3. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
    4. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
    5. Be sure to Empty the Trash to recover the space.
    6. Replace the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
    7. Use OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.