I need to delete things off my computer but don't know what "other" signifies. (As seen on the Storage section in "About this Mac".

I'm nearly out of storage and want to clean up my computer. I don't understand what "other" means. The bulk of my storage is taken up in that category. I want to be able to use an external drive back up but want to delete old and useless stuff first. Can you please explain what "Other" may mean? I've already purchased all the extra storage that this 2007 iMac can hold.
Thanks!

Some explanations of other:
http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html
http://pondini.org/TM/30.html
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142
One of the biggest is trash make sure it is emptied, also iPhoto trash must be sent to the regular trash, in iPhoto open the trash click command a to select everything in there, press shift command delete to send it to the trash.
Then from finder shift command delete to dump the regular trash.
If you have alot it may take a while.
Hope this helps

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Jeff Cane wrote:
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