bellaju
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Q: MacbookPro Hard drive is full (without my doing)!

Hello! Our daughter was sharing my Macbook Pro until she gets her own Mac Air a couple years ago.  I think her photos might be filling up my hard drive via icloud.  How do i stop this? I have only 6GB free out of 200 GB. "Other" takes 140GB.  Thanks.

MacBook Pro (17-inch Core 2 Duo), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Apr 21, 2015 9:51 PM

by OGELTHORPE,Solvedanswer
OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE
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Mac OS X
A:

First understand what OTHER is:

 

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867

 

Download from the Internet OmniDiskSweeper and Grand perspective (both free) and open them.  They will show all of your files and the respective sizes. Use these as tools to identify files that you want to delete or transfer to and external HDD.

 

Do not forget to empty trash!  Only then will space be made available on the HDD.

 

Ciao.

Posted on Apr 22, 2015 9:19 PM

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    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Apr 22, 2015 9:19 PM in response to bellaju
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    Apr 22, 2015 9:19 PM in response to bellaju

    First understand what OTHER is:

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867

     

    Download from the Internet OmniDiskSweeper and Grand perspective (both free) and open them.  They will show all of your files and the respective sizes. Use these as tools to identify files that you want to delete or transfer to and external HDD.

     

    Do not forget to empty trash!  Only then will space be made available on the HDD.

     

    Ciao.