defects of memory - full boot disk but nothing to delete?

2.53 GB free of 59.44 Go and get "Startup disk is almost full."

43,62 GB OTHERS

11.26 GB APPS

PHOTOS OF 1.61 GB

310,3 MB AUDIO

MOVIES OF 97.8 MB

BACKUPS OF 8.7 MB

I can't find anyway to know what OTHER there or even remove it.

Even after the apple a few years to wipe it / reformat - it was always there!

I tried to repair disk and it gets stuck trying to make the temporary file...

I was wondering if some file sharing site has somehow the memory used?

Took my children accessing these sites and since then he stopped.

I just want to clear everything and start over. How to do?

Wipe the disc is a "radical" solution and won't really solve anything, since you will likely be the same situation again. First of all, as you've noticed Apple has scored some specific types of files: music, applications, Photos, etc. Another is simply everything that doesn't fit in any of the specific categories. Secondly, Spotlight, the technology that keeps track of the files, what types of files they are and so on has a bug which too often results in the limelight file damage index. Once this happens files lose their designation. This makes it look as 'Other' takes over the computer.

If you prefer to deal with simple rinse and repeat that you need to do two things: figure 1) on what can be deleted or moved from the computer to an external hard drive and 2) re-indexing Spotlight in order to get a better idea specifies what is on the computer.

OmniDiskSweeper is a free program that will be added to your hard drive and allow you to see what is on it. Note 1: never remove anything from the library or system files - they contain vital operating system files. The record library of your disk space is also holds important files. Remove the (s) wrong can mess up your account, but not the computer. Don't erase anything about him unless you know what you're doing. Note 2 - you can delete several files of document and even applications without freeing more space. Larger files are music, video and photos. Note 3: your computer has a hard drive that is incredibly small and requires discipline to prevent fill. You can consider replacing the SSD with greater. Check out OWC for availability, prices and videos showing how to do the upgrade.

Here's how to reindex Spotlight: rebuild the index on your Mac - Apple Support Spotlight

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