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JAMGRAM Author

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How can I open up more space on my Mac book air?

How to clear the "other" category in About this Mac>Storage>Other? It has 44.4GB

thank you!

MacBook Air 11″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Mar 24, 2021 4:26 PM

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babowa

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Posted on Mar 24, 2021 5:31 PM

You cannot clear the other category - see here:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/system-information/syspf9b375b9/11.0/mac/11.0

However, the best approach is to delete or move space hogging files such as movies, videos, photos, etc. to an external drive. You need to maintain a minimum of 15 - 20 GB of empty space at all times so the OS and system can function efficiently and properly. And, if you fill it up completely, it will simply stop functioning altogether.

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