startup disk full?

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startup disk full?

Hi!

I'm new to the Apple Discussion Boards and had a question. I've done some Googling for my problem already, but wanted a more specific answer to my situation. So my Macbook Air startup disk is full. When I checked my storage, 124gb were movies and 51gb were other. I searched my Mac for movie files and found none. I play Sims 4 on Origin and was wondering if that could be the movie storage? I use an external hard drive to periodically backup my computer. Any ideas or help?

Thanks, I really appreciate it!

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Posted on Dec 12, 2017 3:18 PM

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Kappy

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Dec 12, 2017 3:31 PM in response to wpm107

There is only one reliable indicator of disk space:

Get Correct Storage Information

Do not use the information from the Storage section of the About This Mac dialog. Ignore the Storage information as it is typically wrong. To find out the correct information for any disk: Select a Desktop disk icon. Press Command-I to open the Get Info window and look at the topmost panel displayed. You will find the disk information displayed for Capacity, Available, and Used. If you have more than one disk/partition then repeat for each one on your Desktop.

How to Free Up Space on The Hard Drive

You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
Also, see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
Free up storage space on your Mac.
See Where did my Disk Space go?.
Be sure to Empty the Trash to recover the space.
Replace the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
Use OmniDiskSweeper or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.

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