So my mac book keeps telling me my start up disc is full!!!! help me!!!

ive been getting these pop ups for a wyle now. its starting to really worry me! im not super new to mac. i know that you have to empty the trash. i have also used different types of free programs because i dont want to waist my money on one. they helped quite a bit. but ive aleady deleted so meny files already! i dont have alot of down loads and barly any files, or apps! whats causing this! i also dont have any duplicate files that i know of. please help! im begging!
i have also tryed using macintosh HD first aid, and tryed deleting free space. wasnt much of an impact.
my capacity is: 499.25 GB
available: 5.69 GB!!!! AAH!!
Used: 493.54 GB ? i have no idea what i could have possibly used it all for.
it also says my number of files is : 360,350
can someone please help?! im so doomed...

TimeMachine...
You may want to pay for things that help and work and avoid over managing with those fancy cache type cleaners.
OmniDiskSweeper will show where and what (maybe not why)
The "./Volumes" is popular place for disk drive that failed to mount and now has data
volumename and volumename 1
for instance.
And that you posted in a non-notebook forum though - always have backups (plural) and clone plus timemachine are a great combo
when did you last run Timemachine backup or reconnect the drive? pending backups ? a runaway Console log?

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