How do I find out what "Other" is on my hard drive and delete it?

Need help diagnosing what "other" is on my storage hard drive and delete it to free up space and make my imac (running lion) faster.

Please help...I am an amatuer and easy step by steps would be great

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Oct 13, 2013 11:40 AM

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Oct 13, 2013 12:06 PM in response to Trail and Mountain

Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive


1. See Lion/Mountain Lion's Storage Display.

2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.

3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.

4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.

5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.

6. See The Storage Display.


You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.


You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.


Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.

Oct 13, 2013 12:21 PM in response to Winston Churchill

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How do I find out what "Other" is on my hard drive and delete it?

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