mpiotrowski13

Q: How to I delete files from Storage in the Other category   I have 40gig  of 12gig

I want to free up space on my hard drive as I only have 5gig of 120gig available.   I have 40gig of other and don't know how to clean this up

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Feb 28, 2016 3:03 PM

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Q: How to I delete files from Storage in the Other category   I have 40gig  of 12gig

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  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Feb 28, 2016 4:12 PM in response to mpiotrowski13
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    Feb 28, 2016 4:12 PM in response to mpiotrowski13

    When you understand what OTHER really is, you will not want to clean it ALL up:

     

    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. 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.