Macbook Air Storage Problem, Help

[imjoee]

I recently got my 2013 13" 128GB SSD Macbook Air last week and i noticed that my storage has been eating up quickly. I checked in on the disk utility and it states that 15GB is used in "Other" how can i delete this "OTHER." Or at least know what exactly is the "OTHER" storage.

thanks.

 

[fabian43]

Isn't this "other" referring to the OS? You never really get the full capacity of any hard drive because the operating system and related bloat ware always take up space. A 500GB-1TB portable external hard drive should do the trick

 

[bolen]

Get DaisyDisk (in Mac App store) or similar software to better figure out what's hogging your space.

Other similar utilities are:

• JDiskReport
• Disk Inventory X
• DiskWave
• GrandPerspective
• WhatSize

 

[imjoee]

Isn't this "other" referring to the OS? You never really get the full capacity of any hard drive because the operating system and related bloat ware always take up space. A 500GB-1TB portable external hard drive should do the trick

It could be, it is taking up about 15GB. I screenshotted the storage to see if it is going to increase, if not then a good chance it could be the OS.

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Get DaisyDisk (in Mac App store) or similar software to better figure out what's hogging your space.

Other similar utilities are:

• JDiskReport
• Disk Inventory X
• DiskWave
• GrandPerspective
• WhatSize

Thanks, i will look into these apps.

 

[Mrbobb]

Other = Dark Matter.

 

[imjoee]

Other = Dark Matter.