This may sounds silly... Disk Space.

I have a new Macbook Pro that I use for school, DJing and work.
I am having a problem with the disk space, and am trying to clean up all the old files and things I don't need on the computer. I want my 140gigs of music on my computer and have moved all my movies and such to an external HD.
I discovered however, when I look in my HD on my mac theres a place in the column on the left that has all these images stored that I don't know about, perhaps things that have been sent in e-mails over the years? Before I ever had this computer? It says "search for" and then under that it says today, last week, all documents, etc... Is the all documents section taking up space on my computer? Does this mean files like mp3s are stored on my computer twice or in multiple places? I can't seem to delete these photos or files either... I just want to know where they come from and why they are there and if they take up extra space.
And any other suggestions on how to get my computer cleaned up more or get more internal HD space?
Thank you.
Alea

Those little clocks and little purple folders with a gear on them represent "Smart Folders". They are not, in fact, folders at all. They are stored searches. If you double-click to open one up, you see files on your system that meet the criteria of the search. There are not duplicate copies, it just presents you with what looks to be a folder in Finder.
For example, you could go to finder and create your own search by going to File > New Smart Folder...
An empty finder window pops up, but you can use the search bar to add search criteria for the files you want to look for. Then click "save" -- and it will ask where you want to save the search and if you want it to appear in Finder's sidebar. From then on, opening that "Smart Folder" will search for files on your system that meet the criteria you specified. If you want a that that shows all of the pictures you took with an exposure time of < 1/30th of a second -- you can do that.
Files are not duplicated. However, your Mac does maintain a database of information about files used by Finder and Spotlight (the little magnifying glass in the upper-right corner). That does take some space, but much less than the files themselves.
If you are running low on space, remember to empty the trash. Many people forget that when they delete a file, it goes into the trashcan and the space isn't freed up until they empty the trash.

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