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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1888368" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Welcome to the forum.</p><p></p><p>"Other" is a catch area for all things not in the categories identified. As such, it can be many things. My first suspect is always snapshots made by Time Machine or other backup applications. Do you have Time Machine turned on but the destination drive not attached? If so, when time comes for a backup to be made, a snapshot is taken. Eventually, when the backup drive is connected, those snapshots are used to "catch up" the backups that were missed while the target was not attached.</p><p></p><p>Another way to find what is in "Other" is to use something like DaisyDisk to do an analysis of your drive to tell you what is taking up a lot of space.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1888368, member: 396914"] Welcome to the forum. "Other" is a catch area for all things not in the categories identified. As such, it can be many things. My first suspect is always snapshots made by Time Machine or other backup applications. Do you have Time Machine turned on but the destination drive not attached? If so, when time comes for a backup to be made, a snapshot is taken. Eventually, when the backup drive is connected, those snapshots are used to "catch up" the backups that were missed while the target was not attached. Another way to find what is in "Other" is to use something like DaisyDisk to do an analysis of your drive to tell you what is taking up a lot of space. [/QUOTE]
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