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Jan 7, 2015 3:09 AM in response to kishan.sivaramby dominic23,Go step by step and test.
1. Start up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212
2. Empty Trash.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13806
3. Disk space / Time Machine ?/ Local Snapshots
Local backups
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4878
4. Delete old iOS Devices Backup.
iTunes > Preferences > Devices
Highlight the old Backups , press “Delete Backup” and then “OK”.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
5 Re-index Macintosh HD.
Spotlight reindexing will take a while to finish.
System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
If you don’t have Macintosh HD icon on the Desktop:
Finder > Preferences > Sidebar
Enable Hard disks under “Devices”.
6.Try OmniDiskSweeper. This will give the storage size details of the items.
https://www.omnigroup.com/more
Select Macintosh HD and click “Sweep Selected Drive” at the bottom.
Delete the files yo don’t want to keep.
Be careful. Delete only the files that can be safely be deleted.
https://www.omnigroup.com/more
7. Move iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie media folders to an external drive.
iTunes
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201562
iPhoto
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2506
iMovie
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Jan 7, 2015 4:28 AM in response to kishan.sivaramby OGELTHORPE,It will help you immensely if you understand what the OTHER category is. Please read this:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867
Do not think that files in that grouping are irrelevant or minor.
Ciao.