About this mac shows more space used by apps

When i triple tap the "Applications" folder in the finder, it shows me that my apps are taking about 15 Go. However, the "apps" bar in "About this Mac" reveal that apps are taking me over 90 Go !!!
PS: I don't have any backups on my mac and i haven't set up time machine yet.

That Applications folder should be only what you added to it not what was in launchpad after initial start up of your Mac . 92GBS is a combination of original apps and what you added to your library Application Folder. This is how My Mac is working but it seems like a lot of space used for a 2013 MBP

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About This Mac - "Backups"

I just finished installing Mac OS X Lion onto my MacBook Pro. When I go to "About This Mac" and "More Info", it says that 36GB of my 256GB SSD is filled by "Backups". How do I locate and remove these backups? That's a big chunk of space I'd love to free up.
Thanks.
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Same here. My Disk (320 GB HD) reserves 100 GB of backups, which means there are 95 GB of free space. What are these "backups" for? Is it reserved space for the new resume feature? The system shows 100 GB for backups even if I run Time Machine via an external HD.
http://f.cl.ly/items/32370C451C0s2t0s3n0t/Bildschirmfoto%202011-07-23%20um%2002. 29.41.png
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I have never used the MacBook for backup - I back up to a Time Capsule.
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When I go to About This Mac and click on Storage it shows 421.93GB as Other. This only leaves 46.85GB of 499.25GB free. How do I find out what this "Other" is so I can remove the stuff I don't need?

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Using OS10.7, my hard disc is full. When I go to "About this Mac - Storage" almost all of the HD is occupied by "Other". Does anyone know what "Other" is so that I can remove some of it?

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I recently used SuperDuper! to transfer my hard drive, setting etc to an SSD to replace in my MBP. When I placed the SSD in and went to "About This Mac" I came upon this in the Storage section. My question is where can I find my Backups and delete them?

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Stefan

How can I have ext hard disks show on "About this Mac/Storage" that are ousted and show on screen

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MAC OS X YOSEMITE, 13.1 MODEL, INTEL CORE I5 8’GB MEMORY, WHEN I OPEN IMOVIE, I GET A MESSAGE THAT THERE IS NO SPACE AND TO CLOSE IMMEDIATELY OR I WILL LOSE WORK, IT WILL EVEN CLOSE ITSELF. I HVE OVER 700 GB ON MY HARD DISK
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Why does my Aperture library show up as "Other" in About This Mac?

I go to About This Mac- More Info- Storage, and it says I only have 2.99GB of photos when my Aperture library is close to 200GB. The Aperture library gets thrown into the Other portion.
I have tried using terminal to delete the current index and re-index, but that didn't work.
I did not have this problem when I was using iPhoto, it has only been since I switched to Aperture months ago. All my software is updated to the most recent versions. I had an early 2008 15" MBP and upgraded to a 2012 15" MBP, same problem on both machines. Is there any way to fix Spotlight Indexing?

The Aperture library is a library package and not an image file, so Spotlight will not show the library as an image but as "other". Since the unified library format has been introduced, iPhoto images will not be shown in Spotlight either.
The usual way to search for images managed by Aperture should be to use the elaborate search tools provided by Aperture - smart searches and smart albums or the Media Browser to access them from applications that can browse iPhoto and Aperture libraries, like Mail, Preview, iMovie, ...
If you want Spotlight to be able to the original image files of your Aperture images, convert your Aperture library into a referenced library (see: Aperture 3 User Manual: Working with Referenced Images). This way, the original image files will be stored in a folder outside the package and Spotlight or Find will see them. Only, if you decide to do that, remember that it it not save to manipulate the original image files in any other way than using Aperture to do this - don't accidentally delete them, move them, rename them, edit them. Referencing is meant as a method to be able to store the bulk of your images on external drives, not to give access to the original image files.
Also, Spotlight will never be able to show you your edited versions, since they do not exist as rendered image files until you export or share them. So Spotlight can only show the originals.
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