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Storage 'Other' BS

Phightinphils

Phightinphils

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Jul 27, 2012
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Can someone explain to me why 170gb of my 250gb SSD is the dreaded yellow bar of 'Other'? I'm 6 hours away from the nearest Apple store so I can't just drive it down to have them clean it up a bit. I've gone through all of my applications and deleted useless data with the AppCleaner application.

SOS :apple:
 
Phightinphils said:
Can someone explain to me why 170gb of my 250gb SSD is the dreaded yellow bar of 'Other'?
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If you're wondering what "Other" category in the Lion 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, space may being consumed by Time Machine local snapshots, which can be disabled. OS X Lion: About Time Machine's "local snapshots" on portable Macs
  • Check to see if some of the space is being used by your sleepimage file.
  • 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
Here are a few resolutions found by others with the same question:
Phightinphils said:
I've gone through all of my applications and deleted useless data with the AppCleaner application.
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If you elect to use such apps, be aware that in most cases, app removal software doesn't do a thorough job of finding and removing files/folders related to deleted apps. For more information, read this and this. If you just want to delete the app, drag the .app file to the trash. No other software needed. If you want to completely remove all associated files/folders, no removal apps will do the job. The most effective method for complete app removal is manual deletion:
 
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