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Q: How do I find out what other is under storage?

So my computer is full, and under Storage "other" is where most of the space is being taken up by. How do I find out what that is? To delete it.

 

Thanks, M

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Mar 13, 2016 6:25 PM

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  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Mar 13, 2016 6:27 PM in response to purplepiano
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    Mac OS X
    Mar 13, 2016 6:27 PM in response to purplepiano

    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.

  • by FoxFifth,

    FoxFifth FoxFifth Mar 13, 2016 6:28 PM in response to purplepiano
    Level 7 (26,823 points)
    iPhone
    Mar 13, 2016 6:28 PM in response to purplepiano

    The following has information about "Other" OS X: What is "other" space in About This Mac? - Apple Support

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Mar 13, 2016 7:30 PM in response to purplepiano
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    Mar 13, 2016 7:30 PM in response to purplepiano

    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.

  • by knoxxmathen,

    knoxxmathen knoxxmathen Mar 13, 2016 8:18 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Mar 13, 2016 8:18 PM in response to Linc Davis

    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

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    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24

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    com.apple.security.quarantine 3

    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8

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    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 525

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    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11

    com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 10.0.0

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    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver 1.0.0

    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 900.4.1

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    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.7.7

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    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.7

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    com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0

    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2

    com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5

    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

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE Mar 14, 2016 2:52 AM in response to knoxxmathen
    Level 9 (52,521 points)
    Mac OS X
    Mar 14, 2016 2:52 AM in response to knoxxmathen

    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:

     

    https://gfx.io/

     

    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.