In "storage", it says that apps take up 290 gB. What's going on?
Hey guys, I was was recently checking my storage on my MacBook Air 13" (not retina) and saw that the "applications" were taking up over 290 gB of storage; 296.28 gB to be exact. The computer doesn't even hold that much flash storage... What's going on? I purchased it in December. It was an open box one at Best Buy because there was a chip near the hinge. It has the traditional 4gB of RAM, OX Yosemite, with a 1.4 GHz intel core i5. I've only downloaded a couple apps, such as League of Legends, Audacity, and the Olive Tree Bible app. That's it...
I'd appreciate it if you can help!
Backup your computer.
Re-index Macintosh HD.
Spotlight reindexing will take a while to finish.
System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
You will see a new category “Other” in the Storage Display.
About “Other”:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202867
Note:
If you don’t have Macintosh HD icon on the desktop,
Finder > Preferences > General > Show these items on the desktop:
Enable “Hard disks”.
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