My start up disk is full how do i fix this problem

i moved alot of stuff to an external hard drive and still is full

thanks i did that but only have 37 gb i dont know any more files i can get rid of because i dont wanna get rid of important stuff built for the mac and mess it up but i should have way more gb then that any other suggestions

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