What is "Other" and why does it take up so much space?

What is the Other on my iPhone and How to Remove It
An "other" larger than about 1 1/2 GB usually indicates that the "other" includes corrupted files.
First try:
"First you go settings/general/usage/music/then left swipe over music and press delete and you would think it deletes your music but it doesn't instead it deletes your other but make sure your ipod is connected to a computer while doing this"
as recommended by:
How do I get rid of "other" storage: Apple Support Communities
Next, usually restoring from backup eliminated the corrupted files. However, sometimes restoring to factory settings/new iPod is required.
To restore from backup see:
iOS: How to back up

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I'm trying to free up some space on my iPad2, and see "other" is usiong 6.7 gigs.. What exactly is "other"?

Actually "other" is app data, Safari Bookmarks, calendar entries, text messages, notes, Safari History, email messages and things like that - stuff associated with apps - but not the apps themselves or any other media.
Your "other" should be nowhere near 6.7 GB. You had a corrupt sync. You can try restarting, the iPad, rebooting it by holding down on the home and sleep buttons at the same time until the Apple logo appears or unsync all photos and music and then resync all photos and music.
However, many times you need to restore the device to factory settings and then restore from a backup in order to reduce that bloated size. That should probably be no more than 1 GB and more likely between 200 and 750 MB in total size.

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Indexing allows Spotlght to know where everything is on your computer. It won't take as long as it says, the times it gives are always vastly inflated.

Why does Calendar take up so much space and why can't I add events or sync?

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Hello chinchillababiz,
After reviewing your post, I have located an article that can help with iOS storage. It contains helpful advice and information that may assist you in managing your data:
See how much storage you've used on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
If your device is near its capacity or you get an alert that your storage is full, you can remove some of your less used content to make room for more.
View storage usage on your iOS device
Tap Settings > General > Usage > Manage Storage to see the amount of space each app and its content takes on your device.
Tap an app for more detailed information about its usage.
Depending on the app, you might be able to delete some of the app's content, or delete the app and all of its content.
View storage usage for your iOS device in iTunes
When you connect your device and select it in iTunes, you'll see your usage by content type:
Audio: Songs, audio podcasts, audiobooks, voice memos, and ringtones
Video: Movies, music videos, and TV shows
Photos: Camera Roll contents, Photo Stream, and Photo Library
Apps: Installed apps
Books: iBooks books and PDF files
Documents & Data: App content such as contacts, calendars, messages, emails, and their attachments, Safari Offline Reading List, and files that you've created in your apps
Other: Settings, Siri voices, and other system data
Hover your mouse over the content type for more information about usage.
iTunes displays how much space the selected songs, videos, audiobooks, and apps use in the status bar on the bottom of the screen. You can also see this information by selecting an item and then choosing File > Get Info. The size is available in the Summary tab.
You can transfer or sync content to your computer from your device. If you want to remove certain types of content from your device, learn how to manually manage content using iTunes.
Learn more
Learn more about storage capacity on OS X and iOS.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
BobbyD

What is "uninstalld" and why does it take up nearly 100% of CPU?

I recently upgraded from 2 to 4GB of RAM because my iMac was running slow. It works better now but my activity monitor shows only 45MB free right now even though I'm only using Safari. In the monitor window it says that "uninstalld" (without the e) is taking up 99.3% of CPU. How can that be and what can I do about it? Thanks.

Select that process and kill it in Activity Monitor, see if it comes back.

I have a 16GB iPhone 4s and currently I have around 100MB left. It says my photos take up 6.34 GB I really am unsure how because I only have 252 pictures on my phone (not including the 5 photos I've on my Photo Stream).Why does it take up so much space?

I have less than a GB of apps and just over a GB with Other... To be fair I have around 22 videos which people have previously said in the past is my problem but I still can't see how because in total they all add up to 35.59... I've had a go deleting absolutely everything (including apps, photos, texts, history on the phone, websites etc) and still my phone is out of memory. my sister has about 200 photos and on her phone it only takes up around 3GB ?
If anyone has any suggestions or ideas it would be appreciated...
(I am very reluctant to putting all my photos on my computer and deleting them off of my phone at the moment because I don't trust they're safe incase one day my laptop is wiped or something).
Thank you,
Lauren

Make a backup of your laptops hard drive to an external hard drive or a thumb drive.
Videos take up a lot of memory. One second of videos is like dozens of pictures. How much time, in total minutes & seconds, do all 22 of these videos add up to?

Android.process.acore? What is this and why does it keep not working?

Help: I've had my Lucid 3 phone since May and this phone has been the most confusing thing to operate. I'm currently having three (3) issues:
The Wi-Fi is not working...I keep getting the symbol refreshing. I can't turn the Wi-Fi on or off. I read "Turning Wi-Fi on..." when I go to the setting for Wi-Fi but this has been going on for 3 hours. C'mon! My Wi-Fi at home is working great; that's how I'm writing this post. Help!
To add to the misery: I keep getting a pop-up notification that reads: "Unfortunately, the android.process.acore has stopped." What is this and why does it not work. The phone's been getting this message for a week now...help!
Last concern: I'm still not getting multimedia texts (particularly pictures). The data and Wi-Fi were on...well, that's when the Wi-Fi was working (please refer to complaint #1 above). What the heck?
This phone is terrible news and I can't wait to replace it. In the meantime, the phone needs to work. Help.
-Salo

We certainly want to clear up all the confusion and have a working phone in your hands, srodezno. Let's take this one issue at a time:
1. How long ago did this trouble with WiFi start? Are you able to connect to any alternate WiFi signals other than the one at home?
2. Do you get that notification when you access anything in particular? Did it begin when you updated or installed any application?
3. Are you still able to access other data services (web, apps, Play Store, etc) while the WiFi is off/not working? Are you able to send the MMS messages?
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What is Other and why is it 22G?

An iPad had 10G of Other on it. I did a restore and now it has 22G of Other. What is Other and why is it there consuming drive space?
Thanks.

"Other" is basically non media content.... The italicized text is the C&P text from an old discussion.
"Other" includes data such as contact information and photos assigned to contacts, calendar events, Safari bookmarks/cookies/history, notes created with the Notes application, SMS messages, email stored locally or cached, and 3rd party application data created and stored by the application.
This may be the result of some of your music, video, or photos transferred from your computer being mislabeled during the transfer process. The only way to resolve this is by doing a Restore with iTunes.
A corrupt sync, a sync that did not finish or was interrupted, corrupt photos or files - things like that can cause "other" to soar sky high. Your 22GB is way out of whack as you know.
You restored and that made it worse so if if one the suggestions in here helps.
http://appchronicles.com/04/too-much-valuable-space-taken-up-by-other-category-h eres-how-to-fix-that/

Why do photos take up so much space on my phone?

I have an iPhone 5, 16 gigs. I have 174 photos and 22 videos and it says that the photos take up 3.6g of my memory... My friend has over 2k photos and hers is at 4gigs. I saved my photos to iPhoto and I deleted all my photos and ran a test, I made sure photos were at 0gigs; Then i took 30 random photos and checked and it said that it took up 124mbs. 30 photos 124mbs. I don't understand why my photos take up so much space. I also bought the Beyonce album when it came out and thats the only music I bought and it says it takes up 1.1gigs and the 17 videos are at 974 mbs. help????

Import the photos to your computer, then sync them back with iTunes. The photos will be reduced in size and quality to fit on the iPhone without taking as much space as the original pictures.
Also make sure not to use HDR mode if you do not need that feature.
After you import your photos from Camera Roll or Saved Photos, you can use iTunes to sync them back to your device.
copied from iOS: Improve backup and restore times by importing Camera Roll or Saved Photos

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Hello all,
I use GIMP at work on a Windows workstation, and love it. I have just downloaded the mac version but on boot up it prompts me to locate the 'X11'.
What is X11?
where is it located?
and
Why does GIMP need it so badly?
Thanking you all in advance

If I recall X11 is an optional install on your installer dvd's. I don't remember if it's a option on the main install or an addition on the second dvd.
When it gets installed the X11 app will be in your /Applications/Utilities folder. There is also additional stuff the app needs in other directories on your boot drive as well.
As for what X11 is, here's a wiki reference. Basically the mac version of gimp needs x11 as it's windowing layer (probably the easiest way to port gimp to the mac).

Why does it take. So much longer for YouTube videos to load on my iPad 1st gen. then on my iPod touch?

Why does it take so much longer for YouTube videos to load on my 1st gen. iPad then on my iPod touch or my laptop?

This is not the place to make a point. This is a user to user support forum. I do not need instructions about the use and care or alleged failure of cables. At no time did I ever say or imply that you were an idiot, that is your statement and words, not mine. Take the time to Google and you will find instances where there have been injuries and death dealing with 3rd party cables and chargers. The abilities that Apple has for manufacturing and what business decisions they make in creating their products is nothing more than speculation, and that is not allowed under the terms of the forum that you agreed on when you joined here. If you want to rant at Apple, then use the feedback link, www.apple.com/feedback. Other users cannot do anything for you.

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When uploading, what are "previews" and why do they take so long?

After selecting photos from iPhoto library to upload and hitting upload all the photos were accessible in a reasonable amount of time.
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Also, of the 3,000 images I chose Revel excluded 72. (not dupes...they were separately counted). How do I know which ones were not selected? And WHY?

Richard, Thank you.
I am using a MacBook Pro, OSX 10.9.2. There are no RAW files and no xmp's. Corrupt files are possible.
I have noticed that today the "previews" finished uploading. And now the "originals" are beginning to uload. If 3,600 previews took almost 4 days to upload, i can expect 3,600 originals will take much longer. The internet speed is medium @ 1.5.
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When turning pages in catalog in safari messages comes up "Are you sure you want to send a form again? it then asks if I want to cancel or resend form? what is this and why does it pop up?

When turning pages in catalog in safari, message comes up "Are you sure you want to send a form again? It then asks if I want to cancel or resend form? What is this and what am I doing wrong? I'm obviously new to mac.

You can turn that off if you want ..
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I thought about that, but all that LittleSnitch does is report ingoing/outgoing communications. It doesn't create any. So I'm just trying to figure out what a program called "ndat" does, and what 0.0.0.0 on DIVERT port 2560 (labrat) means.
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