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clearing/housekeeping space under OSXs "Others"
Refer to attached screen. Majority of the storage utilization is under "Others".
My teen kid's Macbook Pro ran out of storage space & she can't install a new dmg.
She doesn't store much video, some photos.
She watches a lot of movies, could it be there are lots of temp files under "others"?
How can we housekeep / free up more space on the 250GB drive?
OSX version 12.11.6
MacOSXhddiskspaceTw.jpeg
My teen kid's Macbook Pro ran out of storage space & she can't install a new dmg.
She doesn't store much video, some photos.
She watches a lot of movies, could it be there are lots of temp files under "others"?
How can we housekeep / free up more space on the 250GB drive?
OSX version 12.11.6
MacOSXhddiskspaceTw.jpeg
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To get to the command prompt, guess I'll need to know the OSX root password.
We've never changed the password, so what's the factory-default password?
We've never changed the password, so what's the factory-default password?
ASKER
Also, at command prompt, what's the OSX (sort of FreeBSD Unix) partition that
I can move/backup the "Others" files to an NTFS USB connected hard drive?
I can move/backup the "Others" files to an NTFS USB connected hard drive?
ASKER
1 more question:
I'm completely newbie to OSX: which screen options do I click or
how do I get to the command prompt?
I'm completely newbie to OSX: which screen options do I click or
how do I get to the command prompt?
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managed to insert a Transcend thumb drive which auto-mounts as
/Volumes/Transcend which somehow is writable & I used the
mv command to move *.MOV & *.MP4 from
/Users/.../201805dd/...
After moving out 6GB to the thumb drive, somehow the 'sudo find / ...'
command gave "no permission" when I reissue it again
/Volumes/Transcend which somehow is writable & I used the
mv command to move *.MOV & *.MP4 from
/Users/.../201805dd/...
After moving out 6GB to the thumb drive, somehow the 'sudo find / ...'
command gave "no permission" when I reissue it again
What exactly are you typing as the command?
ASKER
-ls | egrep -v -i -e spotlight -e other-skip-pattern
ASKER
cant paste it properly fr my Android. will repaste when I hv access to a PC
ASKER
The commands entered:
cd /
sudo find / -type f -size +80M -ls | egrep -v -i -e spotlight -e other-skip-pattern
cd /
sudo find / -type f -size +80M -ls | egrep -v -i -e spotlight -e other-skip-pattern
Disk Inventory X - my favorite.