#Mac os storage management deleted file by mistake software#

I can recommend either - DD has a nicer interface but both do the job well.ДЇinally, EtreCheck is a diagnostic tool written by an ASC user that gives us a look at the system (no personal information is shared) and it is helpful to see what software is running and what's going on. Both programs help you examine your hard drive's content by type without depending on the Spotlight index. But if it is just 'Other' getting bigger, that's not a problem.Д«ecause Spotlight is so flakey I've invested in DaisyDisk (available on the App Store).

#Mac os storage management deleted file by mistake free#

In other words, you have a problem if every day your free space is getting smaller but you aren't adding content and applications to explain it. If I wasn't paying attention and aware of the issue all I'd notice is 'Other' growing larger. That's pretty darn small these days.ДЄre you really losing space or are you just seeing 'Other' getting bigger? On one of my computers after Spotlight's index 'Other' will immediately begin growing again but free space is staying the same because 'Documents', 'Pictures', etc are shrinking. Then again, with only 150GB for your Mac OS, it may be time for a larger SSD. Often times a safe restart frees up a significant amount of hard drive space and stops a mangled cache from growing ever larger. One of those tasks is cleaning up caches and logs. If you restart in Safe Mode (restart and hold the shift key until you see the Apple icon) the restart will be slower than normal because the computer is performing a number of tasks it doesn't normally do at start up. Sometimes a cache file or error log doesn't get properly trimmed. Photos keeps deleted files for about a month in case you change your mind. Look in the Photos' sidebar for Recently Deleted and empty it. If you deleted pictures in the Photos app, you have to take an extra step to immediately remove them from your hard drive. Make sure you empty the trash after deleting files. Please don't be insulted by these suggestions - many people make these mistakes and we have no idea of a user's experience level. You can attempt to rebuild the spotlight index which might help: But over time the Spotlight index tends to lose tags so files that were once designated as a specific type become 'Other' as well. Files are designated as 'System', 'Music', etc and anything that doesn't fit is 'Other'.

That in itself would cause a bit of confusion because 'What is it?' But a bug in Spotlight makes the issue worse. 'Other' just means files that aren't tagged as 'System', 'Music', etc.