Retina Mac Book Pro Hard Drive Almost Full

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Retina Mac Book Pro Hard Drive Almost Full

I have a Retina Mac Book Pro, which is a mid-2012 model, I bought it when it first released. Fast forward, a year and a half now, and my 256 GB Hard Drive is nearly full. I will attach an image below of how my hard drive is divided up. Most of the space is taken up by "Other." Any suggestions? I really would prefer not to move any of my music, movies, or photos off of my computer, but I can if I really have to.

Thanks in advance,

Patrick

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jan 23, 2014 4:59 PM

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BobRz

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Jan 23, 2014 5:13 PM in response to patrickredsox

Read through this, it'll help.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3294004?start=0&tstart=0

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hands4

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Jan 24, 2014 11:54 AM in response to patrickredsox

“Other” Storage:

A commonly asked question is what is included in the "Other” storage category reported in the About This Mac Storage display. Other includes everything that is not audio, movies, photos, apps and backups. In other words it includes the OS, mail, documents... See http://pondini.org/OSX/LionStorage.html and What is "Other" and What Can I Do About It? and Apple Support Communities https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142

Also see Where did my disk space go: http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html

For hints on how to create more free disk space see https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5779274?tstart=0

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