Macbook Pro Storage

i was running low on storage in my Macbook Pro, so i decided to buy an external hardrive to save all my video and picture files there. So i moved all files to the external drive, deleted the copies in my macbook pro, then when i checked my storage, it was still full. iv'e checked all duplicates and have deleted them as well. is there a way to solve this?

sassycuna wrote:
yes, i deleted trash as well. what should i look at in activity monitor?
Look under Disk Usage, it will show a pie chart and tell you how much space is used and free.
You should try to keep the pie chart below 50%, but not more that 75% filled.
STORAGE is taking lots of space in my mac. is that essential, or can i delete those as well, since i have an external hard drive already?
Don't know what "STORAGE " is, did you or someone else install some sort of backup program?
If there is backup software running, it could be making a backup of your stuff and account for why you don't have any room.
i'll checkout the program now
Yes, that will help you visualize what is taking huge amounts of space on your drive.
If you copied the space hogging files/folders off to the external drive, you can then delete them on the main drive.
However I would keep two copies of your data at all times, take your time and don't rush things else you might accidentally delete something permanently.

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yaz07 wrote:
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Empty the Trash.
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http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html
http://www.macmaps.com/diskfull.html
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