How much storage an individual user uses on a Mac

Hi,


I own a MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014) that has 128GB. Now, I got given this MacBook by my uncle with little warning, but he told me not to delete anything on his user account. Afraid of accidentally messing around with his files, I made my own account and have used it ever since. It was fine, but I downloaded a lot of stuff without really checking the storage of the MacBook and found myself in the ever-so-dangerous <1GB territory, so I deleted a ton of files and applications in order to save myself, now with 25GB.


25GB is the most storage I can remember having, but -- as stated earlier -- I never checked the storage, which was a horrible mistake. My worry is that my uncle's stuff is taking up the majority of the MacBook, which seems like a no-brainer, but I wonder if there's any way to see how much storage each user is taking (say, something that can go, "User X is using 70GB, and User Y is using 30GB").


Are there any applications or hidden features on a Mac that can possibly do this?


Thanks,

Josh

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on May 25, 2016 12:36 PM

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Posted on May 25, 2016 12:58 PM

Choose Home from the Finder's Go menu, press the Command and Up Arrow keys, select each of the folders, and choose Get Info from the File menu. You may need to be logged in with an account to get the correct figure.


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May 25, 2016 1:00 PM in response to ikenteven

Hi,


Login to the Mac.

Open the Users Folder

I display Mine in Cover View.

Then use the View Menu and Show View Options

Click the Calculate all sizes.


In this Pic I have placed the Show View Options panel over the Finder window.

User uploaded file


This may take some time the first time depending how big the User's folders are


I have my Admin account (very small) and the Logged in User that is also an Admin one which is the big one showing (it was Migrated from a G4)

I have also go my son's and wife's Accounts on here (but not used).

The Shared Account/folder has a slightly larger amount in.



User uploaded file

9:00 pm Wednesday; May 25, 2016


 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (El Capitan)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 iPhone and an iPad (2)

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