what is other storage in MAC

In my Mac's other storage there are several GBs space occupied.


How to clean it?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 7, 2021 02:58 AM

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Posted on Mar 7, 2021 05:52 AM

Has better newer information..

and posted this months ago:


• See used and available storage space on your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/system-information/syspf9b375b9/11.0/mac/11.0


Other: "Contains files that don’t fall into the categories listed here."


"This category primarily includes files and data used by the system,

such as log files, caches, VM files & other runtime system resources.

Also included are temporary files, fonts, app support files & plug-ins."


"You can't manage the contents of this category.

The contents are managed by macOS, and the category varies

in size, depending on the current state of your Mac."



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Mar 7, 2021 05:52 AM in response to shalinigupta2006

Has better newer information..

and posted this months ago:


• See used and available storage space on your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/system-information/syspf9b375b9/11.0/mac/11.0


Other: "Contains files that don’t fall into the categories listed here."


"This category primarily includes files and data used by the system,

such as log files, caches, VM files & other runtime system resources.

Also included are temporary files, fonts, app support files & plug-ins."


"You can't manage the contents of this category.

The contents are managed by macOS, and the category varies

in size, depending on the current state of your Mac."



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