'Other users' but only one on my mac

kiwicloud wrote:

I'm running macOS Mojave 10.14. Catalina and newer macOS doesn't support 32bit apps, so I had to wipe my mac and restore it with my last backup that had Mojave.

This must be a rMBP 2012 ( the retina model.)

A 121 GB SSD is about the tiniest SSD they ever made.

You can think about a user upgrade:

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2012-2013

I see no major issue with the structure.

The <APFS Volume SSHD?   5.6 MB   disk1s5> must be an artifact from downgrading.... non-the-less it is so small I do not see that as a problem. Not clean, but not an issue.

to review—

Empty your Trash — Delete files and folders on Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/dehttps://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142

How to free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support 

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206996

See used and available storage space on your Mac

https://support.apple.com/guide/system-information/see-available-storage-space-syspf9b375b9/10.14/mac/10.15

User tip: "Other and What Can I Do About It ?"

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142

Try something like OmniDiskSweeper for a GUI to get a good look at itemized file size and location:

OmniDiskSweeper http://www.omnigroup.com/more

I will add— I have cloned to an external drive and then turned around and cloned back to the internal, and regained mysterious storage space. This may or may not work for you..

see Carbon Copy Cloner— https://bombich.com/

Likewise I would verify TRIM is enabled...

ref: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7920666

TRIM from terminal, see current status, copy and paste:

system_profiler SPSerialATADataType | grep 'TRIM'

From your running macOS—  a restart is required to enable on the fly:

sudo trimforce enable

Once enabled, do a restart at a convenient time and hold the Shift key to invoke Safe Mode. Safe Mode does a 5-15 minute Disk Repair as it starts up, and honors the setting of the trimforce command. This effectively removes all the old deleted data and lends itself to good housekeeping going forward.

Storage

Try rebuilding Spot light reindexing. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT2017

A user has no control over “Other” category of storage.

• Other: Contains files that don’t fall into the categories listed here. This category primarily includes files and data used by the system, such as log files, caches, VM files, and other runtime system resources. Also included are temporary files, fonts, app support files, and plug-ins. You can't manage the contents of this category. The contents are managed by macOS, and the category varies in size depending on the current state of your Mac.

       https://support.apple.com/guide/system-information/see-available-storage-space-syspf9b375b9/11.0/mac/11

What a user can do?

   1.  Delete files

       https://support.apple.com/guide/system-information/find-and-delete-files-syspf5a64aa6/11.0/mac/11.0       

  2.  Optimize storage

       Click the “Manage”button. Wait until Green “Completed” button appears.

       https://support.apple.com/guide/system-information/optimize-storage-space-sysp4ee93ca4/11.0/mac/11.0 

 3.  How to free up storage space on your Mac

      Try all steps posted in this article

      https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206996

kiwicloud wrote:

I rebuilt the spotlight index and nothing changed.

I don't understand what in the 'other' category could be taking up almost the same amount of storage as I am using currently.

36 gigs for the system and 46 for other users.

Lets see the out put from the command line, copy and paste into the Terminal.app:

diskutil list internal

kiwicloud wrote:

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #:            TYPE NAME          SIZE    IDENTIFIER

  0:   GUID_partition_scheme            *121.3 GB  disk0

  1:            EFI EFI           209.7 MB  disk0s1

  2:         Apple_APFS Container disk1     121.1 GB  disk0s2

/dev/disk1 (synthesized):

  #:            TYPE NAME          SIZE    IDENTIFIER

  0:   APFS Container Scheme -           +121.1 GB  disk1

                 Physical Store disk0s2

  1:        APFS Volume SSHD          111.2 GB  disk1s1

  2:        APFS Volume Preboot         56.6 MB  disk1s2

  3:        APFS Volume Recovery        1.1 GB   disk1s3

  4:        APFS Volume VM           3.2 GB   disk1s4

  5:        APFS Volume SSHD?          5.6 MB   disk1s5

What macOS is this ?