How clean up "Other" folder

krisztina259 wrote:

• Hi All, I need help with clearing up the "Other folder". It gets full all the time and despite I am doing the below steps to clean up space, I never manage to clean up more than 1-3 Gb and I am going crazy now.

I do these steps fairly regularly:

delete .dmg files and installation packages

• delete caches

• I have no time machine activated so I hae no backups for it stored either (not a problem)

• delete Ios backus

• delete language files

• delete tempfiles

• delete log files

• delete mail attachments (if any)

• sort out any application support file

I currently have the CleanMyMac x installed (I know it's not recommended by many of you), and ̶I̶ ̶k̶e̶e̶p̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶o̶r̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶c̶l̶e̶a̶n̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶y̶s̶e̶m̶ ̶j̶u̶n̶k̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶e̶s̶, but I havent' provided with full access to my computer (at least not that I am aware).

I am suspicious now that this app may do something in the background though/ maybe not.

Any tips that I could check ?

I am not a tech person just a girl who is managing her laptop alone, so please if you can give advice in layman terms, I would appreciate it!

Thanks a lot for any help in this!

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

Free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support

See used and available storage space on your Mac

See used and available storage space on your Mac - Apple Support

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

What is "Other" and What Can I Do About I… - Apple Community

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

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

free up storage Apple support video:

I will add CleanMyMacX is known to cause issues on the macOS and not recommended.

Look for a official uninstaller to get rid of this some consider malware.

If in doubt refer to the developers website, search: Support/Help/FAQ/known issues/compatibility/updates