Topic: OS X Question.

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Perhaps those familiar can shed some light on this for me.

Other. What is other in regards to the 22GB of space it is taking up? Is it the OS? Can I remove these files? If so how?

I have removed all the software I don't want and moved everything (Download, Documents etc) to an external drive. So its nothing obvious, at least to me.

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Posted: April 29, 2013, 12:25:49 pm
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It's your porn.

It's placed under the 'Other' category.

Reply #1 Posted: April 29, 2013, 01:07:05 pm

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Can't you just right click on the OS folder and see how much space the OS takes up?
Last Edit: April 29, 2013, 01:49:02 pm by Spacemonkey

Reply #2 Posted: April 29, 2013, 01:07:55 pm

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Don't think mine was 22GB.

Will check when I get home. I have pretty large apps too, (Office, Final Cut Pro), so not sure if that has any affect or not?! OSX n00bs UNITE!

I thought the same thing when I got my MBPr, but really... You use it for what it is, 128GB is plenty of space for the apps you will use, with a little doc storage here and there. Anything more, and I have my file server or external disks

Reply #3 Posted: April 29, 2013, 01:20:49 pm
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Just did a clean install of 10.8.3 and it it showing 9GB of "Other" and 1.74GB of Apps.

My Macbook however shows 34.55GB of other but I have loads of crap on it :)

Reply #4 Posted: April 29, 2013, 02:06:33 pm

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I've got Office on it, but that's only 1.5GB, if I remember rightly?

Just don't want space being taken up that I can free, and I is confuze...

Reply #5 Posted: April 29, 2013, 02:38:20 pm
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*posts the obligatory and un-helpful remark about remove OSX and install windows*

That said - you could always jump into command line as root and run some commands to find out - I had a couple stored somewhere for when I dabble in Linux

Reply #6 Posted: April 29, 2013, 03:47:54 pm

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Swindle new macs have built in Revoery/OS install. No cds ever needed, that will be what the other is.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718

Reply #7 Posted: April 29, 2013, 05:00:46 pm
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also this helps too mate.

http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html

and an app called cleanmymac

worth its weight in gold, freebie I think, if not hit me up ;)

Reply #8 Posted: April 29, 2013, 05:09:44 pm
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