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User profile for user: tigercat91011
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I cannot find where my "Other Data" is stored

My MacBook Air has 121gb of storage space, however 65gb of it is being used by "other" data. I've followed as much instruction online as I could, including searching through my library for anything taking up a lot of space, but this has only gotten rid of maybe 6gb of the other data. All my documents and personal things are being kept on a hard drive now, but I don't even have enough space left to get the Montery update.



At the same time there may be more I could delete, I just don't know how to identify what is safe to delete and what isn't.


I don't know what I can do to fix this now. I do know that I have a virus on my computer that I also haven't been able to find and delete, despite looking at the Activity Moniter and Disk Utility. I can't help but wonder if maybe that has something to do with it?


If anyone has any suggestions, that would be much appreciated.

MacBook Air

Posted on Oct 3, 2022 2:41 AM

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Oct 3, 2022 4:35 AM in response to tigercat91011

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Other / System Data: Contains files that don’t fall into the categories listed here. This category primarily includes files and data used by the system, such as log files, caches, VM files, and other runtime system resources. Also included are temporary files, fonts, app support files, and plug-ins. You can't manage the contents of this category. The contents are managed by macOS, and the category varies in size depending on the current state of your Mac.

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I cannot find where my "Other Data" is stored

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