What does "other" mean in storage info

Thanks

I want to delete all my photos how do I do that???? Thanks!

I tried command deleting them and they are no longer in my iphoto but when I check my computor storage it still shows that I have 10 GB of photos. What's wrong?

I tried to delete all my photos. I command deleted them from iphoto and photos and then from trash and they are deleted, but when I check how much storage I have it hasn't shrunk at all. It still says I have 10GB of photos. What is wrong?

" Other " is everything stored on your Apple Devise - OTHER than Apple software OR hardware

Toyota1969 wrote:

" Other " is everything stored on your Apple Devise - OTHER than Apple software OR hardware

Nope, it's everything that is not in one of the categories with names.

same i have 37.04 GB out of 59.81 GB used in other!

How do i access the other cataglory??? i wanna try to delete

smallsoldier99 wrote:

How do i access the other cataglory??? i wanna try to delete

OmniDiskSweeper (free download)

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When using OmniDiskSweeper, or any utility that shows all your files... See the following article if you want to run it as root

<http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/how_to_recover_missing_hard_drive_space>

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If you have a recurring, running out of disk space, problem, then OmniDiskSweeper may help identify where the space is going. Posting the suspected locations and files will help the forum help you to figure it out. Remember, we cannot see into your disk, you have to give us information to work with.

DO NOT delete files in your Home Folder -> Library tree as there are things like your iPhone backups, your email messages, your application preferences, etc… If you think you have found something in your Home Folder -> Library that can be deleted, you should ask first.

DO NOT delete files outside your home folder, as you may end up deleting something essential to Mac OS X, and turn your Mac into an expensive “Door Stop”.

I will point out that you will find some very large files in private -> var -> vm (these are the Mac OS X virtual memory paging files (swapfiles) and where Mac OS X stores the copy of RAM when your Mac is put to sleep). The swapfile(s) get deleted on reboot, and the sleep image is just going to be created again when you put your Mac to sleep.

If you think you have found something to delete outside your home folder, it would be best to ask first before deleting. There are many examples of people deleting files outside their home folder, or renaming files, or changing the ownership or file permissions, and then their Mac stops running. Do not be one of those people. Ask first.