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Q: macbook air storage other

My MacBook Air Storage is nearly full. I only have 9 GB left free. The space is mostly taken up by "other" data (75%). I have removed everything I could remove, without success. What should I do?

MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Oct 30, 2015 4:11 PM

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Q: macbook air storage other

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  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Oct 30, 2015 4:25 PM in response to jofromdrome
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    Oct 30, 2015 4:25 PM in response to jofromdrome

    Here is a definition of OTHER:

     

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

     

    I hope that now you will not become obsessed with it. 

     

    Download from the Internet OmniDuskSweeper and Grand Perspective (both free) and open them. They will show all of your files and the respective sizes. This should allow you to determine what file to delete or off load to an external HDD.

     

    Do not forget to empty trash. Only then is space allocated for new data.

     

    Ciao.