Q: mackintosh HD is full, how can I free up space

I have a macbook pro (retina, 13 inch mid 2014) and the HD is full - the majority is full with "other" (what ever that means) and then movies is the next biggest...can I delete movies to free up space and how to do this and also why would movies take up so much room - I have 11 in iTunes. But the storage also says that I have 6.8 MB free of 249.78 G...the problem is that I use Dropbox a lot to go between computer to keep my files updated and now drop box can't sync because I have no space left...

I am running OS X El Capitan version 10.11.4 processor is 2.6 GHz intel core i5, Memory is 8 GB

thanks so much

Zoe

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), icould upgrade

Posted on Mar 30, 2016 11:49 AM

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OGELTHORPE Mar 30, 2016 12:10 PM in response to zoeairfromnsw
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Mar 30, 2016 12:10 PM in response to zoeairfromnsw

Here is the definition of OTHER:

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. This should allow you to determine what files to delete or off load to an external HDD.

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

Ciao.
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zoeairfromnsw Mar 30, 2016 12:11 PM in response to OGELTHORPE
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Mar 30, 2016 12:11 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

Awesome thanks for this info will follow up...and yes just emptying the trash helped!
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