My macbook air is filling up on space and when I check to see how much of what is taking up the most space it says that "other" is taking up the most space. I dont know what "other" contains therefore I cannot delete anything to make room. please help.
MacBook Air, iOS 5
It contains everything that doesn't fit in the other defined categories.
That is true. The "other" catoagory is just about worthless.
A better tool to help with find out where your disk space is going is OmniDiskSweeper. It will tell you the files and folders which are using the most disk space. With that information then you can do something.
Allan
It can be anything from os system files to language files. Try using CleanMyMac to clear out the other languages if you're short on space and wont use them. It saved me about a gig of space.
Ryan
Hi all,
I have the same issue.... The "other" is worth 597GB and I cannt seem to locate it.
I have used OmniDisk Swepper (great tool) and deleted the rubbish which is no longer required. According to Omni I only have around 199GB of used memory (149GB users plus a few other folders).
Does anybody know why Omni isnt showing the same as Utility Disk?
Plus... How do I get rid of other?
Many thanks for your help!!!
James
Do you have multiple users on you Mac?
Allan
Hi Allan,
Yes there are 3 of us in total.
Thanks
James
You must run OmniDiskSweeper with higher priveledges thenn.
Try this command
sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
Using the SUDO command should give you the increased priveledges needed to see the other accounts.
The sudo command will require you to enter the administrator's password.
Allan
By higher privilges do you mean a later version? Or a paid version etc?
No read message above.
I have the same problem with this lot of space taken up from Öther"
I do video production using Final cut often, now i am running out of space, I back up most of my footage and delete them from my storage disk the GB got much smaller, But "other" still taking over my storage.
where do i find OmniDiskSweeper or CleanMyMac? is this a application i need to get or this is something build with the OS?
does mac have a disk cleaner like windows? or anything,
See here for answer about “OTHER” taking up space:
and here:
what is the yellow other bar
