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"Other" disk usage in stock rMBPs

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yarngrrl

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Apr 26, 2005
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So, I'm pretty sure I'm going to get an rMBP (13", most likely - yes, I know the cost/value ratio is better on the 15", but that's another discussion). When I looked at them in person at my local BB (our Apple store is in a mall, blech), I noticed that both the 13" and 15" had about 64GB in the "Other" category under storage.

Is this normal out of the box, or has BB installed stuff that caused the bloat?
Just want to make sure the 128GB is going to be okay for me.
 
If you're wondering what "Other" category in the Lion/ML storage tab is about, this may help explain:
For space issues not explained by the above, there are a few things you can try, some of which may or may not apply:
  • Begin by restarting your computer as a first step. This sometimes resolves issues.

  • For Time Machine users on notebooks running Lion or later, space may be consumed by Time Machine local snapshots, which can be disabled.

  • Check to see if some of the space is being used by your sleepimage file.

  • Check the System Memory tab in Activity Monitor to check page outs and swap used. If swap used is significant, restart your computer and track that value under your normal workload. If you have significant page outs under normal use, you could benefit from more RAM.

  • Search with Finder to see if the space is being consumed by a very large file or several large files. Adjust the 50GB in the illustration to whatever size you deem appropriate.
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  • Use OmniDiskSweeper, JDisk Report, Disk Inventory X, DaisyDisk or GrandPerspective to see how space is being used on your drive. Some of these apps may show more detail than others, so try several.

  • Check your drive with Disk Utility: Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks

  • Try re-indexing your drive: Spotlight: How to re-index folders or volumes
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yarngrrl said:
So, I'm pretty sure I'm going to get an rMBP (13", most likely - yes, I know the cost/value ratio is better on the 15", but that's another discussion). When I looked at them in person at my local BB (our Apple store is in a mall, blech), I noticed that both the 13" and 15" had about 64GB in the "Other" category under storage.

Is this normal out of the box, or has BB installed stuff that caused the bloat?
Just want to make sure the 128GB is going to be okay for me.
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There is something extra definitely installed on those. A new, default Mac with the OS and iLife uses just a bit over 20GB. Even adding an extra few GB for swap files etc gets nowhere close to 64GB.
 
60GB is way too much.
My SSD only has 13GB of extra.
Im guessing its the back ups from iPhone/iPod/iPad.
Those take huge amount of space.
 
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I use omni on my current machine, but wasn't about to install it at bestbuy. What was curious is that both the 13" and 15" rMBPs had the same amount of 'other', I was just trying to gauge if that was usual out of the box.
I will assume no?
 
yarngrrl said:
I use omni on my current machine, but wasn't about to install it at bestbuy. What was curious is that both the 13" and 15" rMBPs had the same amount of 'other', I was just trying to gauge if that was usual out of the box.
I will assume no?
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No new Mac out of the box would have anywhere near 64GB disk space used total much less "other."
 
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