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Mar 13, 2016 6:27 PM in response to purplepianoby OGELTHORPE,Here is the definition of OTHER.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867
You do not want to delete it, or certainly not all of it (the OSX is a part of OTHER).
Ciao.
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Mar 13, 2016 6:28 PM in response to purplepianoby FoxFifth,The following has information about "Other" OS X: What is "other" space in About This Mac? - Apple Support
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Mar 13, 2016 7:30 PM in response to purplepianoby Linc Davis,For information about the Other category in the Storage display, please see this support article. If the display seems to be inaccurate, try rebuilding the Spotlight index.
Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
In Photos:
File ▹ Show Recently Deleted ▹ Delete All
Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then restart the computer. That will temporarily free up some space.
According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation—not the mythical 10%, 15%, or any other percentage. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of the data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
When Time Machine backs up a portable Mac, some of the free space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of recently deleted files. The space occupied by local snapshots is reported as available by the Finder, and should be considered as such. In the Storage display of System Information, local snapshots are shown as Backups. The snapshots are automatically deleted when they expire or when free space falls below a certain level. You ordinarily don't need to, and should not, delete local snapshots yourself. If you followed bad advice to disable local snapshots by running a shell command, you may have ended up with a lot of data in the Other category. Ask for instructions in that case.
See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space. A common waste of space is old iTunes backups of mobile devices. As illustrated in this support article, select the Devices tab in the iTunes preferences window, select the backups you want to delete, and click Delete Backups. Keep at least one backup of each device that you still use.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one. Note that ODS only works with OS X 10.8 or later.
Deleting files inside a photo or iTunes library will corrupt the library. Changes to such a library must be made from within the application that created it. The same goes for Mail files.
Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
ODS can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
Install the app in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
security execute-with-privileges /A*/OmniDiskSweeper.app/*/M*/* 2>&-
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any one of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. You'll be prompted for your login password.
The application window will open behind other open windows. When you scan a volume, the window will eventually show all files in all folders, sorted by size. It may take a few minutes for the app to finish scanning.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means. When in doubt, leave it alone or ask for guidance.
When you're done with the app, quit it and also quit Terminal.
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Mar 13, 2016 8:18 PM in response to Linc Davisby knoxxmathen,I see that you know what you're talking about do you think you could possibly look at this kernel panic log and tell me what is causing it. we reset pram and did disk utility and I have mac book pro mid 2010 some people say its the gpu or graphic board that needs to be replaced if we did disk utility and everything shows ok with green check mark in el captain what is your opinion on it, Please and thank you.
Anonymous UUID: 8812D8D2-427A-5475-29A2-36C9BB6BF01F
Sat Mar 12 21:10:39 2016
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f9e5d7bd5): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 5 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff913761b000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphic sControl-3.12.6/src/AppleMuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff912690ac60 : 0xffffff801b4df792
0xffffff912690ace0 : 0xffffff7f9e5d7bd5
0xffffff912690adc0 : 0xffffff7f9c181fa4
0xffffff912690ae80 : 0xffffff7f9c24eadd
0xffffff912690aec0 : 0xffffff7f9c24eb48
0xffffff912690af40 : 0xffffff7f9c4d3a23
0xffffff912690b0b0 : 0xffffff7f9c272b79
0xffffff912690b0d0 : 0xffffff7f9c188cfd
0xffffff912690b180 : 0xffffff7f9c186690
0xffffff912690b380 : 0xffffff7f9c188141
0xffffff912690b450 : 0xffffff7f9daaf6e4
0xffffff912690b530 : 0xffffff7f9daaca13
0xffffff912690b5b0 : 0xffffff7f9daad5bb
0xffffff912690b630 : 0xffffff7f9daadddf
0xffffff912690b770 : 0xffffff7f9daae83b
0xffffff912690b8a0 : 0xffffff7f9dae064f
0xffffff912690b8e0 : 0xffffff7f9dae13ba
0xffffff912690b920 : 0xffffff7f9dadad0a
0xffffff912690ba90 : 0xffffff7f9dadb601
0xffffff912690bad0 : 0xffffff7f9dad6e49
0xffffff912690bb00 : 0xffffff7f9daba324
0xffffff912690bb50 : 0xffffff801bae3a92
0xffffff912690bb80 : 0xffffff801bae470a
0xffffff912690bbe0 : 0xffffff801bae1777
0xffffff912690bd20 : 0xffffff801b59be20
0xffffff912690be30 : 0xffffff801b4e3ef3
0xffffff912690be60 : 0xffffff801b4c78a8
0xffffff912690bea0 : 0xffffff801b4d72e5
0xffffff912690bf10 : 0xffffff801b5bcd2a
0xffffff912690bfb0 : 0xffffff801b5f0a56
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.12.6)[44D361A1-4938-3AA5-9F73-9C909B66214B]@ 0xffffff7f9e5c9000->0xffffff7f9e5dcfff
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.12.6)[1654475C-9A4B-386C-AFA8-0A530194A 2F9]@0xffffff7f9e5c1000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[5D7574C3-8E90-3873-BAEB-D979FC215A7D]@0xfffff f7f9bfb3000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[F398CE94-0FBD-3E8E-A7AB-55F7F05A81ED]@0xffffff 7f9bd2c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[429C688E-8DDA-3D15-9C6E-6F3F4855C424]@0 xffffff7f9c0d4000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.1.0)[70C85E35-16FC-3B76-A3B1-1862573201 3B]@0xffffff7f9e5c4000
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0)[05FC5D7E-BB0B-3232-BBBD-8A49B687 0D8B]@0xffffff7f9c12b000->0xffffff7f9c3a0fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[F398CE94-0FBD-3E8E-A7AB-55F7F05A81ED]@0xffffff 7f9bd2c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[ED747668-8718-3FB4-A4F4-2AC731D5B16F]@0xff ffff7f9c11b000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[429C688E-8DDA-3D15-9C6E-6F3F4855C424]@0 xffffff7f9c0d4000
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(10.0)[56199CA6-3C8D-3EBB-B5EF-7B1B467 8ACF9]@0xffffff7f9c3ab000->0xffffff7f9c658fff
dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[05FC5D7E-BB0B-3232-BBBD-8A49B6 870D8B]@0xffffff7f9c12b000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[F398CE94-0FBD-3E8E-A7AB-55F7F05A81ED]@0xffffff 7f9bd2c000
com.apple.GeForceTesla(10.0)[DA50BC06-3528-3E0F-9B77-6D0C2F6798F5]@0xffffff7f9d a7f000->0xffffff7f9db4afff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[F398CE94-0FBD-3E8E-A7AB-55F7F05A81ED]@0xffffff 7f9bd2c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[ED747668-8718-3FB4-A4F4-2AC731D5B16F]@0xff ffff7f9c11b000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[429C688E-8DDA-3D15-9C6E-6F3F4855C424]@0 xffffff7f9c0d4000
dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[05FC5D7E-BB0B-3232-BBBD-8A49B6 870D8B]@0xffffff7f9c12b000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
15D21
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 15.3.0: Thu Dec 10 18:40:58 PST 2015; root:xnu-3248.30.4~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: DECC9F02-27D7-31F0-9599-A9EF2873902C
Kernel slide: 0x000000001b200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801b400000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff801b300000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 2090754630480
last loaded kext at 1576002235269: com.apple.driver.AppleXsanScheme 3 (addr 0xffffff7f9e6c7000, size 32768)
last unloaded kext at 1636037858179: com.apple.driver.AppleXsanScheme 3 (addr 0xffffff7f9e6c7000, size 32768)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AGPM 110.20.22
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 272.51.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 272.51.3
com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.4.3f4
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.GeForceTesla 10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 208
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.12.6
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.4.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.13
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 245.4
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0
com.apple.BootCache 38
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 245.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.7.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 327.5
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.7.7
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.8.5
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 10.1.12
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.8
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCIPCI 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 163
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 218.0.0
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.12.6
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 272.51.3
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 525
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 108.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 10.0.0
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla 10.0.0
com.apple.driver.CoreCaptureResponder 1
com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 272.51.3
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 272.51.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 204.3
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.12.6
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.14d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.4.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.4.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.14d1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 250.5
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com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.8
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.8
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.8
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com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.8
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com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
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com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCI 1.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 1.0.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
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com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 417.2
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.1
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com.apple.kec.Libm 1
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System Profile:
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)
Bluetooth: Version 4.4.3f4 16616, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Thunderbolt Bus:
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334348302D4346382020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334348302D4346382020
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Card Reader
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: Built-in iSight
Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK5055GSXF, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B11, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f17
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Network Service: VpnOneClick- Uk Ip, PPP (PPTP), ppp0
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
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Mar 14, 2016 2:52 AM in response to knoxxmathenby OGELTHORPE,You have the misfortune of having a model identifier 6.2 MBP that is having GPU problems. There was a logic board replacement program on these models but that has expired.
To solve this problem, you can have the logic board replaced at your expense.
As a temporary measure you can download and install this application:
This will allow you to disengage the discrete GPU and run the MBP using only the integrated one. This will result in a degradation of graphic performance.
Ciao.