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Does anyone have experience regarding a large lump of storage being used up by "other users"?
I just recently noticed that around 66 GB of my storage was used by "other users", as shown in the screenshot. I have had my Mac for almost 2 years now, and suddenly this has happened. I am the type of person to regularly check up on my available storage etc. so i know this has happened within the last 2 months or so.
MacBook Pro 13″
Are there any other macOS user accounts on this laptop? Check the Users & Groups System Preferences/Settings. You can also check for any other locally stored macOS user accounts exist by looking in the "/Users" folder for anything other than your main user account name. There will be a "Shared" folder which is meant for sharing data between multiple user accounts, but it can hold data as well. I have seen a few posts where after a macOS update/upgrade, that some user accounts may seem to disappear from the Users & Groups System Preferences, yet still take up storage space (details are sparse on this rare situation).
Are there any other macOS user accounts on this laptop? Check the Users & Groups System Preferences/Settings. You can also check for any other locally stored macOS user accounts exist by looking in the "/Users" folder for anything other than your main user account name. There will be a "Shared" folder which is meant for sharing data between multiple user accounts, but it can hold data as well. I have seen a few posts where after a macOS update/upgrade, that some user accounts may seem to disappear from the Users & Groups System Preferences, yet still take up storage space (details are sparse on this rare situation).
Thank you! All the data in question was found in the "Shared" folder.
Storage used up by "other users"
