10.63 gb of drive is "other"

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10.63 gb of drive is "other"

I have a mid-2012 MacBook Air with flash drive and 4gb of ram. I'm running El Capitan 10.11.3.

For several weeks I keep getting disk full messages. I run both Memory Monitor and Disk Care to keep trash, cases, etc. cleared.

When I check Storage on About This Mac, it shows 10.63 gb as "other."

This weekend I cleared 2 gb of documents. Have tried to figure out how to clear Photos mac memory and still be sure all the photos are on the cloud, but can't seem to do this.

I have run Omni DiskSweeper and it seems a lot of the "other" is in app support or the library. How can I tell which files are safe to delete?

Thanks.

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 11:22 AM

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Answer 1

jeffd55

Community Specialist

Sep 14, 2016 10:34 AM in response to Leatha

Hello Leatha,

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

I understand that you are looking for information on increasing your HD space by deleting unneeded items. This article provides information on how to go about that process. OS X El Capitan: Increase disk space

Take a look at the next article as well. It does a good job of explaining "other" space on your Mac.

OS X: What is "other" space in About This Mac? - Apple Support

Best regards.

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Answer 2

Sep 14, 2016 10:52 AM in response to Leatha

Hi , im getting erorr -4403F in internet recovery in macbook air , someone told me that u r using proxy thats y u got this error but im not using any proxy then someone told me to change internet ,,,

plz help me what to do ?????

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