Managing disc space, what is "Other"
I have a huge amount of space on my mac taken up by "Other" but I can't figure out what this consists of or how to manage it?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
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I have a huge amount of space on my mac taken up by "Other" but I can't figure out what this consists of or how to manage it?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
The Other category contains anything which does not fit into the other categories listed. It also can include temporary files or other files which your user does not have permission to view.
When you are in the Storage tab of the About This Mac window, if you click on the Manage button it will give you some advanced options to help wrangle the storage utilisation on your Mac.
Apple have a bit more information under support article HT206996 which you may find helpful.
The Other category contains anything which does not fit into the other categories listed. It also can include temporary files or other files which your user does not have permission to view.
When you are in the Storage tab of the About This Mac window, if you click on the Manage button it will give you some advanced options to help wrangle the storage utilisation on your Mac.
Apple have a bit more information under support article HT206996 which you may find helpful.
see this article: What is "Other" storage on a Mac, and how can I clean it out? - Apple Community
then see this: How to free up storage space on your Mac
and finally: Find and delete files on your Mac
Apparently, 225 GB are being taken by the 'other' category on my computer and i have tried every thing to delete them.
Managing disc space, what is "Other"