What is the OTHER category on my HD? It takes up too much space

I have a 250GB HD my MacBook Pro, however there’s only 7.07GB free.  The HD has 8GB photos, 42GB Movies, 5GB Apps and 187.19GB Other.  What is OTHER?  I need more space and have removed Aperture but it made an unnoticeable difference. I have run a Disc re

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    The "other" category on my iPod is taking up a considerable amount of space. I don't have very many apps, pictures, or videos because I want to preserve room for more music, but I can't seem to find a way to reduce the amount of memory that "other" takes up. Please help! Also, I would update to a newer system, but I don't have enough room.

    Everything else plus the operating system.

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    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
    To restore to factory settings/new iPod see:
    iTunes: Restoring iOS software

  • HT2729 what does the "other" category consist of when syncing iPhone

    what does the "other" category consist of when syncing iPhone

    "Other" data is real data that you put on your phone by using the built in apps. It is not music, not videos, not pictures and not App Store app data. It is "OTHER" meaning everything that does not fall into these categories. Such as:
    email messages and attachments
    Reminders
    Calendar entries
    Contacts
    Text messages
    iMessages
    MMS messages and attachments
    Genius data
    Music cover art
    Music library database index (but not the music itself)
    Operating system settings
    Safari cache
    bookmarks
    Game Center status
    Music catalog
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    Sometimes "Other" includes data corruption. If you suspect this is a possibility try connecting to iTunes and click the Restore iPhone button. First restore from backup; the Other doesn't get any smaller you can Restore again and set up as New, then add your content back separately from your backup.

  • What means the "OTHER" category on my iPod ?

    What means the OTHER category on my iPod Touch 4th Gen ?
    Because it take A LOTS of my stockage... ~7.5GB / 32GB...

    Other is usually around 1 GB...
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    First Try a Restore from Backup... But... if the Large Other Persists, that is an Indicator of Corrupt Data in the Backup... Then a Restore as New is the way to go...
    Details Here  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
    More Info about ‘Other’ in this Discussion
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/19958116

  • When looking at how much room is taken up by audio, apps, etc. on your phone in iTunes, what is the "other" category?

    When looking at how much room is taken up by audio, apps, etc. on your phone in iTunes, what is the "other" category?

    "Other" contains documents and app data associated with apps.  It can also contain things like stored emails and browser history.  It's usually around 1-2gigs.  If it's any more than that, there's a chance that you have corrupted data on your iPad.  The only way to fix that problem is to restore your iPad to factory settings and start anew.

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    "other" is content that is not in the named categories.
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    A restore should resolve.

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    On my bookmarks toolbar, each bookmark has the associated webpage icon next to it. I would like to remove those icons, as they take up too much space.
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    The icons, if you are familiar with them or they are obvious, take up less space than the words. You can abbreviate the names down to next to nothing or even nothing.
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  • HT1386 How can you stop the iPod from syncing photos ot it?  It takes up too much space!!!!!

    I just got an iPod and am setting things up, but I don't want it to sync my photos from my computer to the iPod as it takes up too much space.  How do I stop it from syncing the photos?

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    B-rock

  • HT1473 I have a whole bunch of CDs that I would like to import into iTunes. However, I'd like for them to be stored "in the Cloud" as opposed to on my PC, which would simply take up too much space. How would I go about doing this? Thanks so much

    I have a whole bunch of CDs that I would like to import into iTunes. If I do that, would the songs still reside on my PC (which would take up too much space), or is there a way to get them "into the Cloud"? Thanks so much

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  • HELP!!!!!!  What does the "Other" category mean when iPhone is on iTunes???

    Hey,
    I was fixing to sync my 3G iPhone when i realized i didnt have enough room for what i wanted because the "other" category is taking up so much space. Ive reset iTunes and iPhone but still see so much space taken up by "other." I've deleted all emails and texts and only have a few pictures on my iPhone but the "other" still takes up over 3gigs on my iPhone.
    What is the "other" section and how do i get rid of items that the phone puts in the "other" category???
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    Message was edited by: lcivic048678

    OK,
    I checked my prefernces and you were right, the applications weren't checked. Thank you.
    As far as my "other" problem.....before i do the restore, how do I backup my iPhone? When i clicked on restore a moment ago it said it will erase my phone but i thought that iTunes periodically backedup my phone anyways.

  • What is the "other" category of data on an ipod?

    I just inherited one of my kid's iPod 4gb mini. After restoring to facotry specs, it shows a capacity of 3.77 GB with free space of 3.75 GB. I created a playlist that is 3.74 GB in size. When I try to load it on the ipod, it says the playlist is too large. I noticed that as the playlist is loading the "other" category grows at a ratio of 1 to 3 with the audio category. In other words for ever 3 MB of audio, 1 MB of "other" is created. What is this? Why is it eating up my space?

    Other can be files that are on there if you are using the iPod as a removable storage device or Album Artwork, Notes, Contacts, Firmware etc. If you feel that Other is being incorrectly reported then try restoring your iPod. Restoring will erase the iPod's hard drive, reload the software and put it back to default settings. Once the restore is complete follow the on screen instructions to name the iPod and automatically sync your songs and videos onto the fresh installation. Press Done and the iPod will appear in iTunes and start to sync. If you want to update manually or using selected playlists uncheck the box beside the sync automatically instruction and press Done, it will default to manual mode and you can choose whatever setting you like: Restoring iPod to factory settings with iTunes 7

  • What is the "other" category in the capacity bar?

    With my ipod plugged into the computer, itunes says I have 4.5 GB of "other" files.  What is this?  I deleted off a ton of things, but nothing affects the other category.  I had been trying out zipping a large video file, but I have deleted the video and removed the zipping app.  Nothing has changed.  I had considered restoring my ipod, but then itunes tells me it will update to the most recent software update, which is 5.1.1 .  I haven't done this update because the updates consists of a lot of photo stuff which I don't want, and it's 1GB  I only have an 8GB ipod, I don't want to waste an entire 1 GB on the stupid update for stuff I don't want.  Is there any way to delete this other stuff without restoring?

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    Japanese language support for Siri (availability may be limited during initial rollout)
    Photos can now be deleted from Photo Stream
    Camera shortcut now always visible on Lock Screen for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation)
    Camera face detection now highlights all detected faces
    Redesigned Camera app for iPad
    Genius Mixes and Genius playlists for iTunes Match subscribers
    Audio for TV shows and movies on iPad optimized to sound louder and clearer
    Podcast controls for playback speed and a 30 second rewind for iPad
    Updated AT&T network indicator
    Addresses bugs affecting battery life
    Fixes an issue that occasionally caused audio to drop for outgoing calls
    I'm not Japanese, so I don't need that.  There are a bunch of camera updates, and I only use the camera for random snapshots.  I don't use it for TV shows and movies, there's not enough space. 

  • What is the "Other" category under storage and how can i delete items from this?

    My disc is almost full.  "About this Mac" says that I have 47 GB of "Other."  What is this Other and how can I delete items from this?

    For information about the Other category in the Storage display, see this support article.
    Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
    iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
    Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then reboot. That will temporarily free up some space.
    According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of the data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
    When Time Machine backs up a portable Mac, some of the free space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of recently deleted files. The space occupied by local snapshots is reported as available by the Finder, and should be considered as such. In the Storage display of System Information, local snapshots are shown asBackups. The snapshots are automatically deleted when they expire or when free space falls below a certain level. You ordinarily don't need to, and should not, delete local snapshots yourself. If you followed bad advice to disable local snapshots by running a shell command, you may have ended up with a lot of data in the Other category. Reboot and it should go away.
    See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
    You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one.
    Deleting files inside an iPhoto or Aperture library will corrupt the library. Any changes to a photo library must be made from within the application that created it. The same goes for Mail files.
    Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
    ODS can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
    Back up all data now.
    If you have more than one user account, make sure you're logged in as an administrator. The administrator account is the one that was created automatically when you first set up the computer.
    Install ODS in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
    Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
    sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
    Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
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    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
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