What is "other" in my storage analysis? How do I get rid of it? It is taking up all storage space.

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chasgirl Author

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What is "other" in my storage analysis? How do I get rid of it? It is taking up all storage space.

What is "other" in my storage display? How do I get rid of it? It is taking up all storage space.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 17, 2022 9:51 AM

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my ginger

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Feb 17, 2022 10:57 AM in response to chasgirl

To help with freeing up storage on your Mac, you can use the built in mechanism on your computer.Free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support Also if you use safe mod it will delete cache files and some log files Mac startup key combinations - Apple Support Omnidisksweeper is a good app to help Find files as well.https://www.omnigroup.com/more

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chasgirl Author

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Feb 18, 2022 7:11 AM in response to my ginger

Thank you. This was very helpful. It took awhile for me to sort through things. I have an older operating system Catalina 10.15. Now I can see where my files are going. I have another question, I have loaded Microsoft Office for the MAC and it is what is taking up all my space in OTHER. Why didn't it load in Apps. area? I wonder now if my MS files are being saved to "other" instead of Documents.

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my ginger

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Feb 18, 2022 8:38 AM in response to chasgirl

I found this for MS office.https://support.kerioconnect.gfi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015185700-Reducing-local-macOS-Outlook-storage-space Unless you yourself are setting where to save Microsoft documents. it saves to it's now document folder. At lest that is what I gather by reading up on it. This might be helpful to you.https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/save-a-file-in-office-for-mac-421a5172-9bc6-4ef0-b452-c0939bdce786

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What is "other" in my storage analysis? How do I get rid of it? It is taking up all storage space.

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