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The majority of my storage is being occupied by "other". It contains 171.2 GB of my 255 GB total.. What exactly is in this “other” storage category and how can I clean it up to optimize my storage?
MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.11
Other is owned by the operating system and there is little you can do about what the System controls.
See: See used and available storage space on your Mac – Apple Support (UK)
and in particular:
Other is owned by the operating system and there is little you can do about what the System controls.
See: See used and available storage space on your Mac – Apple Support (UK)
and in particular:
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