Lydia sabrina
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Q: How do i know what's under 'Other' in Macbook Pro storage and how to remove in order to get more free space?

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MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), iOS 9.3.2

Posted on Jul 14, 2016 10:33 PM

by Ptaxey,Apple recommended
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Please check this article: OS X: What is "other" space in About This Mac? - Apple Support

Posted on Jul 14, 2016 11:52 PM

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Q: How do i know what's under 'Other' in Macbook Pro storage and how to remove in order to get more free space?

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  • by Ptaxey,Apple recommended

    Ptaxey Ptaxey Jul 14, 2016 11:52 PM in response to Lydia sabrina
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    Jul 14, 2016 11:52 PM in response to Lydia sabrina

    Please check this article: OS X: What is "other" space in About This Mac? - Apple Support

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jul 16, 2016 11:54 AM in response to Lydia sabrina
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    Jul 16, 2016 11:54 AM in response to Lydia sabrina

    Everything that is not in Photos, Apps, Movies and Audio is in Other

  • by dean@26,

    dean@26 dean@26 Jul 21, 2016 8:32 PM in response to Lydia sabrina
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    Jul 21, 2016 8:32 PM in response to Lydia sabrina

    ‘Other’ space in Mac is one of the most common problems faced by Mac users and resolve this issue helps in improving the Mac performance. Other space is occupied by audio, video, photo apps and some other data.

    To get rid of this problem, you need to follow the below steps.

    1.Try to Clean your desktop, download folder by removing unwanted files and folder

     

    2.Empty Trash folder. It will help you get some quick spaces. At times, you will never know when Trash & Download folders have reached up to few size

     

    3.If you are not in favour for deleting some files forever, then move your data to an external drive. This way you create backup of data and also free up disk spaces

     

    4.Use compressing of least important files or least used files. Compressing saves disk spaces by squeezing the size of files and folders

     

    5.You may also choose to remove Log reports of your Mac system. Though, it is not recommending Still some unwanted logs can be deleted to get free spaces.

     

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