Q: "others" occupying too much space in memory
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Jan 19, 2015 1:45 AMby MaheshYagna,My macAir has 250 GB memory of which "others" occupies 85 GB of space. All categories like music & photos occupy far lesser space. I can't find/locate where these files are and what these files are. These are the largest "usage"/occupier of my disk space. How to find these files and clean out redundant files so that I have space left in my computer.
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Jan 19, 2015 2:46 AMby dominic23,About “Other”:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867
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.
This will take a while. Wait until it is finished.
System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
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.
