evanfromringgold

Q: What does "other" mean in storage info

When i check my storage on my mac, it tells me how much hardrive is taken. one category is other, which is 30 gigs. Does any one know what other is?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

Posted on Sep 2, 2011 5:14 AM

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  • by Csound1,Helpful

    Csound1 Csound1 Jul 25, 2015 7:57 AM in response to zack198
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    Jul 25, 2015 7:57 AM in response to zack198

    zack198 wrote:

     

    I need to delete files, but what does other refer to?

    Screen Shot 2015-07-25 at 9.34.34 AM.png

     

    As you can see most of my storage is under other.  What is other and how can I delete some of it?  Thanks so much for your help!

    The answer and how to deal with it are already posted in this thread, I suggest that you read it.

  • by zack198,

    zack198 zack198 Jul 26, 2015 5:02 AM in response to Csound1
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    Jul 26, 2015 5:02 AM in response to Csound1

    Thanks

  • by zack198,

    zack198 zack198 Jul 26, 2015 5:16 AM in response to evanfromringgold
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    Jul 26, 2015 5:16 AM in response to evanfromringgold

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

  • by zack198,

    zack198 zack198 Jul 26, 2015 5:17 AM in response to zack198
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    Jul 26, 2015 5:17 AM in response to zack198

    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?

  • by zack198,

    zack198 zack198 Jul 26, 2015 10:54 AM in response to Pondini
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    Jul 26, 2015 10:54 AM in response to Pondini

    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?

  • by Toyota1969,

    Toyota1969 Toyota1969 Oct 30, 2015 8:17 PM in response to Cosmo.R
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    Oct 30, 2015 8:17 PM in response to Cosmo.R

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

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 30, 2015 8:21 PM in response to Toyota1969
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    Oct 30, 2015 8:21 PM in response to Toyota1969

    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.

  • by smallsoldier99,

    smallsoldier99 smallsoldier99 Oct 6, 2016 10:30 PM in response to evanfromringgold
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    Oct 6, 2016 10:30 PM in response to evanfromringgold

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

  • by smallsoldier99,

    smallsoldier99 smallsoldier99 Oct 6, 2016 10:33 PM in response to smallsoldier99
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    Oct 6, 2016 10:33 PM in response to smallsoldier99

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

  • by BobHarris,

    BobHarris BobHarris Oct 7, 2016 4:16 AM in response to smallsoldier99
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    Oct 7, 2016 4:16 AM in response to smallsoldier99

    smallsoldier99 wrote:

     

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

    OmniDiskSweeper (free download)

    <http://www.omnigroup.com/more>

     

    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>

     

    Boiler Plate Warnings:

    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.

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