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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

Posted on Aug 30, 2021 4:37 PM

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Posted on Aug 30, 2021 6:11 PM

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.

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Aug 30, 2021 6:11 PM in response to Geogray23

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.

Managing disc space, what is "Other"

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