How to remove 100GB of "OTHER" on ssd

[tom29786]

I know that this has been asked before, but I can not find it. How do I remove 100 GB of OTHER on my SSD or at least part of it.

Tom

 

[weaztek]

I had 20GB of message attachments I just deleted.
1. Go to Finder.
2. Hit the Command+Shift+G
3. Now enter the ~/Library/Messages/Attachments/
You’ll see the attachment files listed randomly. Select files and delete them as usual.

 

[tom29786]

Thanks for your help, not much could be found, did the next best thing, wiped the drive. I installed Catalina 100 Gb gone, I run on an external, internal is original. {2018 mini}. At 75 years of age I do not appreciate Apple screwing things up when they change OS. I have been with Apple since Leopard or earlier, If they can't figure how to make things work leave it the hell alone. Tom

 

[Diamond Dog]

I use DaisyDisk to visualize what's taking up the most space and delete as needed. Highly recommend it!

 

[weaztek]

I just remembered how I discovered my large folder of message attachments. This would also work to find your culprit.

Option click Go > Library > and I selected all 78 items. Click Command + i to Get Info on all the items. Once there I looked for folders with huge files until I found the massive archive of old text message attachments.

 

[nadeeshan]

For me, it's the Xcode that wasted almost 40 GB in "Archives" folder (~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives) and 40 more GB in "iOS DeviceSupport" folder (~/Library/Developer/Xcode/iOS DeviceSupport). Around 100 GB in ~/HD/Users including an old version Xcode inside the Shared folder

 

[IowaLynn]

I use DaisyDisk to visualize what's taking up the most space and delete as needed. Highly recommend it!

Is Omni DiskSweeper still working? Another utility to sort by size and dig through tree structure.

 

[pldelisle]

I use DiskInventory X for visually see what's taking disk space. Works nicely. http://www.derlien.com