What is the yellow section in the storage info?

Half of my storage is filled up with yellow "other", what is that? And how can i get that space?

You do not necessarily want in light of the fact that many of the files in the OTHER category are essential:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6047
If you wish to delete or transfer data to an external HDD, I suggest that you download OmniDiskSweeper (free) from the Internet and open it. It will show all of your files and the respective sizes.
Ciao.

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