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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1617940" data-attributes="member: 234411">Hello Pat - basically, the 'Other' represents files on your computer that do not fit into the named categories (the list is long and many relate to the OS) - review this <a href="http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6047" target="_blank">Apple Support Article</a> for more information.&nbsp; Now, deletion of 20 GBs of movies would clear up some storage! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; I'm assuming that you've looked in the Movies folder in Finder and found none?&nbsp; Also, check your trash if not recently emptied. In addition, you could use a 'Disk Usage Utility', such as <a href="http://www.derlien.com" target="_blank">Disk Inventory X</a> or <a href="http://whatsizemac.com" target="_blank">WhatSizeMac</a> (which is on my Macs) to track down their location on your HD.Finally, you might want to do some 'house cleaning' (e.g. clearing out browser caches, old messages, etc.) - if so, <a href="http://www.titanium.free.fr" target="_blank">Onyx</a> is recommended on the forum (just DL the correct version for your OS X) - beware of using other 'cleaners' or ask here first - Dave</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1617940, member: 234411"] Hello [B]Pat[/B] - basically, the 'Other' represents files on your computer that do not fit into the named categories (the list is long and many relate to the OS) - review this [URL="http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6047"]Apple Support Article[/URL] for more information. Now, deletion of 20 GBs of movies would clear up some storage! :) I'm assuming that you've looked in the Movies folder in Finder and found none? Also, check your trash if not recently emptied. In addition, you could use a 'Disk Usage Utility', such as [URL="http://www.derlien.com"]Disk Inventory X[/URL] or [URL="http://whatsizemac.com"]WhatSizeMac[/URL] (which is on my Macs) to track down their location on your HD. Finally, you might want to do some 'house cleaning' (e.g. clearing out browser caches, old messages, etc.) - if so, [URL="http://www.titanium.free.fr"]Onyx[/URL] is recommended on the forum (just DL the correct version for your OS X) - beware of using other 'cleaners' or ask here first - Dave [/QUOTE]

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