Harddrive Almost Full With Little Applications. Help!

I have a Mac Pro 2011 12 core with SSD 550GB and 3 Hardrives of 2tb each.
My SSD has only 30 GB left of space and i dont know why!?
i do alot of editing on premiere pro and i tried deleting catch but that wasnt the problem solver.
it has to be files hidden or something else that is taking 520gigs of space.
This Mac pro is runing on lion by the way.

Use one of the disk analyzers to see if you can spot who's taking all the space:
OmniDiskSweeper
GrandPerspective
WhatSize
Disk Inventory X
You might also see how much of that space is reclaimed by rebooting.

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Did I click on some website that is giving me some virus.
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Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then reboot. That will temporarily free up some space.
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See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
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Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
ODS or GP can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
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Install the app you downloaded in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click anywhere in the corresponding line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
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☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
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When you're done with the app, quit it and also quit Terminal.

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