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Q: What is the yellow bar in storage means.

The storage yellow bar is pretty full.  How can I lower this storage part in my computer.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)

Posted on Sep 26, 2012 10:10 AM

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  • by Martin Pace,

    Martin Pace Martin Pace Sep 26, 2012 10:29 AM in response to Ritica
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    Sep 26, 2012 10:29 AM in response to Ritica

    Anything that's not an audio, movie, photo, app or backup. So it could be text files, spreadsheets, system files, pdfs, ebooks, presentations, email, fonts, etc.

     

    WhatSize is a program that will show you the size of files and folders on your drive and help you decide what to delete.