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How much of the SSD storage is used on a brand new rMBP?
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other is system files, sleep images(matches the ammount of RAM you have)time machine snapshots
there is a big thread im sure someone will direct you too tahts gives a full on breakdown but thats a fast answer
What is this "Other" in the storage tab? What is eating up my space? by theSeb
Btw, HD and HDD refer to Hard Disk Drive, those storage devices used for the past 56 years and having capacities of up to 3 TB. SSD is short for Solid State Disk and refers to the flash based storage devices, the ones that keep getting bigger and cheaper for the last 5 years or so.
Btw, HD and HDD refer to Hard Disk Drive, those storage devices used for the past 56 years and having capacities of up to 3 TB. SSD is short for Solid State Disk and refers to the flash based storage devices, the ones that keep getting bigger and cheaper for the last 5 years or so.
OS X also comes with all languages preinstalled. If you're only ever going to use it in English, you can free up some space by deleting all other languages with Monolingual.
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What is this "Other" in the storage tab? What is eating up my space? by theSeb
To find out, where you storage capacity is being used, you can use the following free applications:
Maybe try a combination of several, if you still can't find the "missing" capacity.
oh ya thats normal
unless im off on whats in other
osx can be about 6GB and the sleep images from the RAM since you have 16GB can range as high as 16GB
After installing my apps, emails, and other random things i've used up about 46Gb's.
My Virtual Machines are running off my USB 3.0 WD My Passport and runs REALLY well and quick, so I don't have to put them in my SSD, this saved me about 25Gbs.
Movies, Music are on my NAS at home
My Virtual Machines are running off my USB 3.0 WD My Passport and runs REALLY well and quick, so I don't have to put them in my SSD, this saved me about 25Gbs.
Movies, Music are on my NAS at home
That would be 22GB and that's actually almost exactly the size of my "other" storage.
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Ok, so you're using a similar amount as well so perhaps it's not unusual.
On a different note, all you guys here on Mac Rumours are great. I've been lurking even before ordering my rMBP and I've found a great deal of positive and helpful information which supported my decision to buy my first Mac. Thanks everyone!
You're going to love your rMBP
I was hesitant at first because of the issues that came up but I haven't ran into anything major other than a few minor bugs. Logging into a black screen if you're using resolution other than "Best for Retina", scroll lag issues. Hopefully the next update for ML will address or at least alleviate these issues.
I was also hesitant after reading some of the issues people were having but the information I found on this forum helped me make my choice to buy and I already love it.
The display is truly amazing, colors and clarity are unmatched. It is a little on the purple side (blues look a little purple) but not terrible. That's really the only less than perfect thing I can come up with at this moment.
The display is truly amazing, colors and clarity are unmatched. It is a little on the purple side (blues look a little purple) but not terrible. That's really the only less than perfect thing I can come up with at this moment.