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I bought a new MacBook Pro a few weeks ago.. I have downloaded very few programs just the basics and have no photos. I checked my storage and it said I had 95 gb of other. I then went to delete a few things like messages emails, emptied the trash and 10 minutes later it said I had 112 gb of other!!! Can someone explain this to me ? I just got my laptop.
Get Correct Storage Information
Do not use the information from the Storage section of the About This Mac dialog. Ignore the Storage information as it is typically wrong. To find out the correct information for any disk: Select a Desktop disk icon. Press Command-I to open the Get Info window and look at the topmost panel displayed. You will find the disk information displayed for Capacity, Available, and Used. If you have more than one disk/partition then repeat for each one on your Desktop.
The categories found in the Storage section of About This Mac is simply an arbitrary way of displaying files on your drive. There are no such categories actually on the drive.
Also, see What is 'Other' and 'Purgeable' in About This Mac?
About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina
Why macOS Catalina installer splits data and system folders
Get Correct Storage Information
Do not use the information from the Storage section of the About This Mac dialog. Ignore the Storage information as it is typically wrong. To find out the correct information for any disk: Select a Desktop disk icon. Press Command-I to open the Get Info window and look at the topmost panel displayed. You will find the disk information displayed for Capacity, Available, and Used. If you have more than one disk/partition then repeat for each one on your Desktop.
The categories found in the Storage section of About This Mac is simply an arbitrary way of displaying files on your drive. There are no such categories actually on the drive.
Also, see What is 'Other' and 'Purgeable' in About This Mac?
About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina
Why macOS Catalina installer splits data and system folders
Storage on MacBook pro
