This made that “Other” category seem bigger than it really was, in my case.Caches are responsible for using up a lot of the storage space on your iPhone. Similarly the System category didn’t show up at all. In my case, some Applications weren’t included in that category, and thrown into Other instead. One thing you’ll probably discover: macOS’ built-in tools don’t properly recognize everything. In most cases, if you find a gigantic folder or file you didn’t create with a cryptic name, the answer is just a Google search away. There are all sorts of things that might be taking up a lot of space on your drive, and the only way to definitively find out what’s clogging yours is to dive into Disk Inventory X’s results. You can check out our guide for information on how to clear those out. If you have any iOS devices that you sync with iTunes, old backups can eat up a decent amount of space in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup.Delete any raw footage you don’t need anymore. If you work a lot with video files, you’ll probably notice that they take up more space than anything.You can disable that feature to free up some more space (though it is handy to have). If you use Time Machine to back up your Mac, Time Machine’s local backups might be taking up space.Disable the feature to delete those files. If you use local Voice dictation to talk to your Mac, you’ll find that the speech recognizers in /System/Library/Speech take up a gigabyte or two.I haven’t had any luck disabling this feature in macOS Sierra. If you’ve got a lot of RAM, there’s a large file called “sleepimage.” The contents of your memory is written to this file when your Mac hibernates, and if you delete this file it will just come back later.Here are a few large files I found on my Mac, just for reference. As you explore your disk’s contents, you’ll probably notice a few things you don’t recognize. We’ve shown you a few ways to free up disk space on your Mac, including emptying the trash and deleting extra languages. RELATED: 10 Ways To Free Up Disk Space on Your Mac Hard Drive Together, these two panels can give you a clear idea of what, exactly, is taking up all of your storage. You can also browse the folder structure, giving you a clear idea of which directories are taking up most of your memory. I suggest taking a good look at the visual representation, and clicking anything that seems unusually large: the bigger the box, the bigger the file. Make some tea or browse Twitter for a bit eventually you’ll see a list of the folders on the right and a graphical representation of the contents on the left.Ī pop-out panel lets you know which sorts of files are taking up the most space. This will take a while, particularly if you have a lot of data on your drive.
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