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Hi,
I have a mid-2011 MacBook Air, 1.7 GHz, 4GB, 250GB Storage running Yosemite 10.10
I'm trying to do some cleanup of my system and free up some storage space. When I look at "Get Info" it shows I have 100.86 GB available, when I look at "About This Mac" both "Storage" and "System Report/Storage" show I only have 36.68 GB available.
"About This Mac/Storage" also says I have 64.17 GB of "Backups" - but I back up to my Time Capsule and do not back up my iPhone to this laptop to save space.
Where are those backups stored?
When I look at
"About This Mac/Storage" also says I have 54.92 GB of "Other" - whatever that means.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!

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