elangsru
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Mac OS X

Q: Storage increase...why?

Now soon out of space even though i do not install anything. I understand mail and attachment do take up some space but not that much. How to get rid of the yellow bar here?

 

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Posted on Apr 23, 2016 12:57 AM

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Q: Storage increase...why?

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  • by Esquared,

    Esquared Esquared Apr 23, 2016 1:04 AM in response to elangsru
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    Apr 23, 2016 1:04 AM in response to elangsru

    Try resetting the Spotlight index: Spotlight: How to re-index folders or volumes - Apple Support

  • by elangsru,

    elangsru elangsru Apr 23, 2016 7:08 AM in response to Esquared
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    Apr 23, 2016 7:08 AM in response to Esquared

    didn't help much...yellow bars still at 75%

  • by den.thed,

    den.thed den.thed Apr 23, 2016 7:52 AM in response to elangsru
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    Apr 23, 2016 7:52 AM in response to elangsru

    Reindexing normally corrects the problem with a false Other read out in the Storage display panel.

     

    If not, then perhaps you actually have a large file or a number of files that are actually taking up that space on your drive. In that case > OmniDiskSweeper works great for locating and seeing what is actually taking up that space. Personally, I only use DiskSweeper for locating files and do not like to use it for actually deleting files.

  • by padams35,

    padams35 padams35 Apr 23, 2016 7:55 AM in response to elangsru
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    Apr 23, 2016 7:55 AM in response to elangsru

    You can't get rid of the yellow bar. It makes up over 70% of the used disk space on my machine as well. However...

     

    Are you good with Terminal? Try executing: du -sh ~/*/

     

    That will lists the size of all user folders and can provide a good starting point to indicate what is using up your disk space. From there expand the file path to search through folders of suspicion until you find whatever is eating your disk space. For example, on my machine shifting to the next largest directory eventual leads to du -sh ~/Library/Application\ Support/*/ which reveals my Steam game library is responsible for 43% of current total disk usage, and presumably over half of the reported "Other".

  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Apr 23, 2016 7:59 AM in response to elangsru
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    Apr 23, 2016 7:59 AM in response to elangsru

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    GrandPerspective (free) is a small utility application for Mac OS X that graphically shows the disk usage within a file system. It can help you to manage your disk, as you can easily spot which files and folders take up the most space. It uses a so called tree map for visualisation. Each file is shown as a rectangle with an area proportional to the file's size.

     


    (I have no connection with this firm. Description above is from author's site.)