How to clear the "Other" space thats taking up memory on my Macintosh HD? My HD says 121 GB of Flash Storage and 20.3 GB of Movies. How can I clear this out????? Please help! This is killing me.
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Chris
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Server, Version 10.11.04
The Storage tab does not always report correctly. Look in About this Mac > System Report > Storage. It may be different. As Klaus says, try rebuilding Spotlight index.
How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support
Omni DiskSweeper can locate and delete those files. It can also give you a more accurate read of disk space than Finder or Storage Tab of About this Mac. Itcan show you the precise size and location of all your files. It will inventory your disk starting from the files that take up the most space. It can also give you a more accurate read of disk space than Finder or Storage Tab of About this Mac. If you want you can even delete files from OmniDisk Sweeper. But be careful some of the items may be important to your system.
For information about the Other category in the Storage display, please see Apple Support Topic
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867
Also, empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
In Photos: File ▹ Show Recently Deleted ▹ Delete All
The Storage tab does not always report correctly. Look in About this Mac > System Report > Storage. It may be different. As Klaus says, try rebuilding Spotlight index.
How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support
Omni DiskSweeper can locate and delete those files. It can also give you a more accurate read of disk space than Finder or Storage Tab of About this Mac. Itcan show you the precise size and location of all your files. It will inventory your disk starting from the files that take up the most space. It can also give you a more accurate read of disk space than Finder or Storage Tab of About this Mac. If you want you can even delete files from OmniDisk Sweeper. But be careful some of the items may be important to your system.
For information about the Other category in the Storage display, please see Apple Support Topic
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867
Also, empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
In Photos: File ▹ Show Recently Deleted ▹ Delete All
Also, try to rebuild the Spotlight index: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716
How to free up storage space on your Mac:
Apple menu > About this Mac > click on System Report
Then click on Storage
Thank you for the reply, However When I get to "Storage" The is not a button I can click on the says "Manage". Any thoughts?
"Other" space thats taking up memory on my HD?
