I have a MAcbook Pro. I went to About This Mac to see my storage space today and i see that i have close to 40gb of movies on my Mac. The thing is, at the moment, I have maybe 10 films on my Mac. How can i find all of these movie files and delete them??? Please help. Been a MAc user for years. Sorry for the Nube question.
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I've cleaned out my iPhoto and iMovie.I still have 37 gb on the computer in movie files. Where should i look?
Use an App like GrandPerspective to see where all the space goes, use the HD as the Folder to scan, it will give you a visual way to see the biggest files.
Assuming 10.8.2 (sorry, brand new Mac user here so not sure about earlier versions of OS X)
1. Open Finder
2. In the Finder Window hit the Gear button in the Toolbar and select "Show Search Criteria" (if necessary)
3. Make sure This Mac is highlighted in the Search: field
4. Select "Movie" under Kind
5. Add any other search criteria you think is necessary (e.g. filename extension)
1. Open Finder
2. In the Finder Window hit the Gear button in the Toolbar and select "Show Search Criteria" (if necessary)
3. Make sure This Mac is highlighted in the Search: field
4. Select "Movie" under Kind
5. Add any other search criteria you think is necessary (e.g. filename extension)
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For a new Mac User you're doing very well.
Thank you, I'm trying
. OS X is actually pretty intuitive, just different (from Windows).
Reindex Spotlight and it will fix this and show the correct amount. Just open Spotlight's Pref pane in System Prefs then drag Macintosh HD into the Privacy panel then drag it back out. Wait for Spotlight to reindex and the problem should be fixed.
This is a bug in Mountain Lion.