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Very large "Others' in MacBook Pro storage is taking up 85% of used space!

Hi, I have a two year old MacBook Pro with 512GB storage running latest OS. I noticed that half of this space has been used already (I am only a business user, no great creative activity) so I looked at the breakdown of the storage used; 177GB of the 214GB used is under 'Other'. I have tried the various online suggestions to reduce this but none seem to have much impact.


Can anyone help me?


Philip

Posted on Jun 11, 2020 3:29 AM

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Posted on Jun 11, 2020 4:44 AM

I have solved the problem: It is the email logs. It took some finding and this support post gave credibility to deleting the giant files:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8391524?answerId=33402108022#33402108022

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Very large "Others' in MacBook Pro storage is taking up 85% of used space!

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