Question about MBA storage

[halledise]

Could you tell me which applications you deleted? And is it recommended to keep certain native apps?

Garage Band, iMovie amongst others.
then added in a few.
here's a screen shot of what I've currently got in my Applications folder, and will be installing Final Cut Pro X in the next couple of weeks or so for an upcoming project. (which'll take up around 2gb)

as someone's suggested, you can delete unwanted languages to free up more space.

 

[TRAV9614]

What you are seeing these is space taken up by Time Machine's local backups. You can ignore it and OS X will manage the space and shrink it if the space is needed. If it is bothering you, you can turn Time Machine off then back on and the space will be wiped.

There is also a terminal command that you can use to disable the local backups so you don't have to keep Turing time machine on and off to erase the local backups. I don't know the command off of the top of my head but if you google it you will be able to find it pretty quick.

 

[halledise]

There is also a terminal command that you can use to disable the local backups so you don't have to keep Turing time machine on and off to erase the local backups. I don't know the command off of the top of my head but if you google it you will be able to find it pretty quick.

sudo tmutil disablelocal

 

[Weaselboy]

There is also a terminal command that you can use to disable the local backups so you don't have to keep Turing time machine on and off to erase the local backups. I don't know the command off of the top of my head but if you google it you will be able to find it pretty quick.

I know, and I normally don't suggest it as there is no need for it. OS X will manage that local backup space automatically. If the users needs the space for storage, OS X will shrink the local backup space. The local backups can be useful for accessing file versions when away from the Time Machine backup disk.