the other files
the other files take up most of my disk space on mac book. how to access and erase unwanted files
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
'Other' contains:
- Common documents and file types, such as PDF, doc, PSD and some others.
- Any type of compressed files, including disk images, zips, dmg, iso, tar and many more archive type files.
- User's personal data.
- Some files in the system folders of Mac OS, such as temporary files, swap, voices, etc.
- Files such as application support, iCloud files, screen captures, and similar.
- Cache items, including browser cache and locally-stored message media content.
- Fonts, app accessories, application plug-ins, and extensions.
- Various data and file types that are not recognized by Spotlight, such as virtual machine hard drive, Windows boot camp partition, and a number of other type files.
macOS Sierra and all later versions include a useful feature called Optimized Storage. Once this tool enabled, the Mac will automatically cleans its hard drive from old or unused files by transferring data to iCloud.
You can also remove old iOS device backups in iTunes and clear up your downloads folder
