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  • Blackhawk556
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    • Nov 2008
    • 4202

    Why is my hard drive filled up? Question about Mac. Pic included

    Ok, so I'm pretty good with computers but this one got me. Look at the picture below and tell me what the "other" category consists of. My hard drive is almost full but I have no idea why I have 142GB of "other".

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    DaveInOroValley
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    • Jan 2010
    • 8967

    Other may be dmg files (disk images) if you saved or created them over time which can be large but in the end it's everything else not categorized which also can be large.

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      Casual_Shooter
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      • Sep 2006
      • 11733

      Not sure if this applies in your case, but found this article that might help.

      Guns, dogs and home alarms. Opponents are all of a sudden advocates once their personal space is violated.

      "Those who cannot remember the posts are condemned to repeat them"



      Why is it all the funny stuff happens to comedians?

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        ocabj
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        • Oct 2005
        • 7924

        Use du to figure out where all of the data is at.

        cd to your home dir, run a 'du -sh *' and let it crunch the numbers and you'll get an idea what sub-dirs in your homedir are the largest. Then you can use du to drill down into each dir as you see fit.

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          Coded-Dude
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          • Dec 2010
          • 6705

          is it mislabeling your porn as Other instead of Movies?


          open finder; Command+F to bring up finder search; modify settings to look for large files; clean house.
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            Blackhawk556
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            • Nov 2008
            • 4202

            Originally posted by Coded-Dude
            is it mislabeling your porn as Other instead of Movies?


            open finder; Command+F to bring up finder search; modify settings to look for large files; clean house.


            what's porn?




            /s
            Last edited by Blackhawk556; 07-30-2012, 1:14 PM.
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              Blackhawk556
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              • Nov 2008
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              Originally posted by daveinwoodland
              Other may be dmg files (disk images) if you saved or created them over time which can be large but in the end it's everything else not categorized which also can be large.

              https://discussions.apple.com/thread...art=0&tstart=0

              thanks for the link. I ended up finding out about OmniDiskSweeper by following one of the links. This programs is awesome. Shows you folder by folder how many gigs each is using.

              Found out my phone backups were using 87GB and Virtual box was using another 25GB. No I'm down to 44GB of "other". I'll keep searching for stuff I don't need.

              Thanks
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