The other category in the about this mac window may sometimes be big.
Macbook pro flash storage other.
Take the mouse pointer to colored sections.
But if you re running low on storage space on your mac there are ways to fix the other category from taking up so much space.
The promised 1 tb of storage which is the capacity of the upcoming macbook air 2020 will still be not enough for many.
The 100gb of other storage i used to carry on my imac is whittled down to just 5gb.
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Click on the apple logo from the top left and choose about this mac.
We generate more and more content on our devices and use apps that are bursting with cache files.
Wait for a few seconds.
When storage space is needed files photos movies email attachments and other files that you seldom use are stored in icloud automatically.
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Each file stays right where you last saved it and downloads when you.
When apple added its storage management feature to macos sierra and newer called optimize storage it reorganized what other storage is and where it s located on the mac.
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Much of it has been divided out through other categories so it s easier to find and remove.
However this isn t always a problem.
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