How do i clean up harddrive

I have 80g of photos and movies and music and apps.
139g of other. how do i clean up the harddrive. i called apple and they told me to go to the activity monitor, disk usage.
im afraid to do anything as it looks like french to me.
is there a utlity that is recomended like mackeeper i can use.
any info would be great
Thanks Aaron

First, avoid MacKeeper like the plague:
http://www.reedcorner.net/news.php/?p=245
Next, you need to be more specific about what problem you're trying to solve. Is your disk actually too full, or are you having other problems and assuming it's a full disk?
If the disk is full, there's not much advice better than Kappy's... There's just no substitute for buying a larger drive when space gets tight.

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