other taking up large amount of storage

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kelok111 Author

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other taking up large amount of storage

I keep getting error message that my scratch disc is almost full. under storage it says 195 GB taken up by "other".

Trash is empty, downloads are empty

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)

Posted on Feb 1, 2016 11:00 AM

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Answer 1

my ginger

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Feb 1, 2016 11:12 AM in response to kelok111

Other is ambiguous, as it can contain anything including system files, history, updates and caches. You could reindex spotlight to see if that helps. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716 To find out what other is, you could download and run OmnidiskSweeper. https://www.omnigroup.com/more

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Answer 2

OGELTHORPE

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Feb 1, 2016 11:33 AM in response to kelok111

Here is the definition of OTHER:

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

Do not dwell on the name of the category.

Download from the Internet OmniDiskSweeper and Grand Perspective (both free) and open them. They will show all of your files and the respective sizes. Transfer to an external HDD the files you do not want on your Mac or delete them.

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

Ciao.

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