Hi, please help me. I checked my about this mac and clicked on storage and it says that I have 176gb worth of files tagged under "others". I wanna locate those files so I can delete the unnecessary ones. I wated to use MacKeeper but I read that its no good. Is there any app I can use to clean up unnecessary files and so I can locate junk and duplicate files. Its taking a lot of space and has slowed my mac. Thank you so much, appreciate it.
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Other is simply an amalgamation of what can't be classified into the other "tags" as you put it. If you haven't been messing around with your system and applications the only thing you should really do is keep on top of what is in your home directory, deleting or relocating anything you don't want locally.
Other is simply an amalgamation of what can't be classified into the other "tags" as you put it. If you haven't been messing around with your system and applications the only thing you should really do is keep on top of what is in your home directory, deleting or relocating anything you don't want locally.
Thanks. but lemme just tell you that im not techie at all so i really dont know how to go about what u said. cos ive cleaned up my desktop, docs, apps, downloads.. and 176gb of others is still there. 😟
MacKeeper is an absolute NO. Don't be tempted to reconsider.
You should start with movies and music files, they normally take up most space. Then review the situation.
There is a good (free) app in the App Store called Easy Find. If you know that a particular subject is using a lot of space, feed in the name and Easy Find will help locate them all and I believe you can delete them all in one go.
The simplest way to see what size files and folders are is to…
After you do that it will show you the size of the files and folders of what you are looking at.
All i know is the files tagged as the "others" is taking a lot of space. i downloaded the app u suggested. what can i type in to find the junk files?
Adding to the infinite vortex suggestion, having identified the file (or files), go to Easy Find. Read and digest the info then begin by checking off the 'search for' options.
Then simply type into the box running along the top, the names of any files you want to trace. Click the magnifying glass icon at the end and a list will begin to emerge under the column marked names.
From then it's just a case of deleting.
Thank you for the star; glad I was able to help.
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