Who are the mysterious Other Users?

I am happy to report that I have finally managed to solve this issue.

As expected, the data was being held in a file that was being hidden from view yet still counted in the usage.

After two stints with Apple Chat were unsuccessful, despite their best efforts (and I must say they were very helpful and patient), I managed to work out that the issue was not with Apple, but Third Party software.

Basically, when I purchased my MacBook Pro from Currys, I also got a TP cloud storage package with TKH (Team KnowHow). Now I still don't know the WHY, but the software was storing over 110GB of data on both user accounts, meaning 223GB of the drive was being used unnecessarily.

I found them in the Library within a folder called Livewire.

So, if anyone else is unfortunate enough to experience this, check for that hidden folder first.

It could save you hours of stress.

Thank you to Apple staff for their efforts and to Kappy as well, who I reckon was on the right lines, it was just down to me to find that rogue folder.

Thank you for the link, however, our issue is with the Other Users figure of over 110GB.

That article is about the housekeeping of your own files and shows an Others Users figure of just 33mb.

The hunt for a solution continues.

Hi Kappy. Thank you for your support with this issue.

We have already checked Users and Groups and we have visible accounts for my wife and I only, with a Guest user turned off as no-one else is likely to be using our MacBook.

Despite this, there is still a massive chunk of our drive devoted to this Other User/s.

I find it frustrating that there is no simple fix as would have been the case with Windows, as I much prefer my MacBook over my former Windows laptop.

Trouble is, at the moment, the MacBook is offering no more storage to each of us than an early iPad!!!