Freeing up space

Ive had a few messages that I need to delete some room as my memory is full. I have deleted 2000 photos and emptied the trash. Ive also deleted the history....what else can I do?
Many thanks.

Hi Tracey,
Get WhatSize
WhatSize was one of the top selling utilities in the past year on MUPromo. Especially if your Mac starts to get a lot of "stuff" on it, WhatSize helps find out what files are taking up all of that space. Then it makes it really easy to remove or move those files. You'd be surprised how many useless files are lying around on your Mac's hard disk. The files and folders are automatically sorted by size, with the biggest sizes first.
It's not your "memory" that is full, it's your hard drive. And it's very important to keep track of available disk space. Select your MacintoshHD icon, then press Command + I on your keyboard. That will prompt the Get Info window. Look where it says: General and click the black arrow so it faces down. You will see Capacity and Available. Never allow your Mac's available drive space to fall below 15%, 20% is better.
Also, go to /Library/Receipts. If there are printer .pkgs there that you don't use, drag them to the Trash, that will help free up drive space.
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