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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
MacBook Air - Identify 'Other' Files
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1524611" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>??? Have never owned an external drive that got it's power only from USB port, so, if Disk Utility does not show the drive, I can only grasp at straws from here. </p><p></p><p>Files will have the same extension as they do in Windows. File extensions are the same across operating systems. However, like Windows, they are not shown by default. Can only suggest opening Finder and browsing through her user account - Documents folder, Pictures, etc. or get one of the apps listed in the link provided in my first post above. Cleaning out documents, however, is not going to free up much space unless she has boatloads of them.</p><p></p><p>And same as in Windows, if she's storing a bunch of stuff on the desktop instead of in folders where stuff belongs, that is still a bad idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1524611, member: 24160"] ??? Have never owned an external drive that got it's power only from USB port, so, if Disk Utility does not show the drive, I can only grasp at straws from here. Files will have the same extension as they do in Windows. File extensions are the same across operating systems. However, like Windows, they are not shown by default. Can only suggest opening Finder and browsing through her user account - Documents folder, Pictures, etc. or get one of the apps listed in the link provided in my first post above. Cleaning out documents, however, is not going to free up much space unless she has boatloads of them. And same as in Windows, if she's storing a bunch of stuff on the desktop instead of in folders where stuff belongs, that is still a bad idea. [/QUOTE]
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