what is classed as 'other' on lion about this mac storage?

That did the trick.

contagius wrote:

Ok here is mine. I have no idea what is going on I have deleted most of my video and mail files to no avail. Also My HD is 250 GB but omni disk sweeper is saying 36.3 GB. What is up and how do i fix it? Please help me.

As posted 2 or three times earlier in this thread:

See Lion's Storage Display for details; and the link there to Where did my Disk Space go? for some of the common things that can be taking up space, and ways to deal with them.

Can I delete a file called .cleverfiles on OmniDiskSweeper? Will it affect anything? Because it appears to have a lot of things in that file that are in my iTunes?

According to Google, that's part of the DiskDrill app. If you're using it, check with the maker.

What exactly can I delete from my computer that shows up on OmniDiskSweeper? This is what I have:

I'm not using Disk Drill though. I don't even have it on my computer.

Ah, Google also says it may be part of some anti-virus apps.

Whatever it is, it's taking 170 GB. See what kind of files are inside it -- click the triangle (and subsequent ones) to see what the contents are.

It looks like it's just a whole bunch of downloads I've had over time.

Then it's probably safe to delete.

Are you running any anti-virus apps?

Any 3rd-party apps that might be archiving your downloads, DVDs, or the like?

I do not believe that I am. I'm not sure, but I am going to try deleting it thank you for your help. BTW what are the var files?

It won't delete that file actually. Any advice?

What do you mean? Do you get a prompt to "authenticate"? Or an error message? Or what?

It said it was trashing the files and then after that they did not go away.

sara28 wrote:

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what are the var files?

There are several hidden folders in the hidden private system folder, listed in italic. The var folder contains various things, including most of your logs, plus system "swap" files, laptop sleepimage file, etc. Yours are not large, so there's no problem there.

Nevermind I quit the application and restarted it and the files are gone now, but I still only have 1.5 GB free.