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I keep getting notified that my Macbook Air storage is almost full. I have deleted almost 20 GB of apps, documents, etc. Every time I delete something, the 'Other' storage grows and my free storage. My macbook air (unlike previous ibook) has very 'helpful' feature of showing me what did i use the storage for.some of it i have used for music, some of it for photos, movies, etc.but the vast majority of storage, mac says, i've used for 'other'.what is 'other'?

Running low on space on your hard drive can be a big problem for many Mac users. At this moment, you may think that the applications, songs, movies and pictures are eating up your limited Mac space, however, this actually may not be the case. When you check out the storage on Mac, you may notice that there might be a mysterious category known as 'Other.' It may take up more than 100 GB of Mac hard drive space.

Part 1. What is Other on Mac Storage

The 'Other' category in the About This Mac window represents files that aren't recognized as audio, movie, photos, apps, or backups. There is a very broad list of items can be considered as Other, here are some examples:

• Items in the OS X folders like user/system caches.
• Personal and user information such as documents, contacts, calendar data.
• Various media files that cannot be classified by Spotlight like a virtual machine hard drive, Windows Boot Camp partitions.
• App Plugins or extensions.
• Common documents/file types, including PDF, doc, PSD.
• User library items like Application Support, iCloud files, screen savers, etc.

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Part 2. How to Delete Other on Mac

There are things you can do to delete Other on Mac like removing items you don't need to Trash (remember to empty it), moving data to an external hard drive, or compress the items you don't frequently use, etc. Another highly recommend way is to removing junk files from Mac to delete Other with MacClean.

MacClean is a nice & powerful cleaning utility for all Mac users. It helps remove Internet Junk, User Junk, System Junk, Development Junk, Trash Bin, and Application Junk from Mac to reclaim Other space. Moreover, MacClean is capable of finding & removing duplicate files on your Mac like Archives, Documents, Images, Music, Movies etc.

Step 1. Free download MacClean and install it on your Mac computer.

Step 2. Choose System Junk and click Scan. After it is done, MacClean will show you how much system junk it has scanned. Click Clean to remove them.

Step 3. Then choose Internet Junk and click Scan. Then select the junk files you want to clean, and click Clean button.

Also Read: How to Empty Trash on Mac in Two Methods >

The Bottom Line

That’s all for what is Other on Mac storage and how to delete other on Mac. If you want to get rid of Other Mac, then MacClean is your best choice. Free download MacClean to have a try now. If you have any problems on this guide or MacClean, you can contact us by sending an email.

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