seabeezz
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Q: How to clean up storage in "others"?

My hard disk info indicated that I have 100 g under "others", but unidentified.

 

I want to clean this "others" up, to free up more hard disk space.

 

How to do that?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 12, 2016 4:24 AM

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    dwb dwb Sep 13, 2016 4:23 AM in response to seabeezz
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    Sep 13, 2016 4:23 AM in response to seabeezz

    Other is merely everything else not included in the specific listings and includes things like cache files which you don't want to mess with. With a few exceptions most people who are running out of space have too many media files on their computers. Before you do anything I suggest that you perform a safe boot - restart your computer and hold the shift key until you see the Apple icon. This restart will take longer than normal because the disk utility program is checking the drive and cache files are being trimmed. Once the computer reaches the Finder, restart normally. This may free up a significant amount of space. If it did not your best bet is to look at media files.

     

    See this Apple knowledgebase article about other: OS X: What is "other" space in About This Mac? - Apple Support