Storage space on your Mac is precious, especially if you have a 128GB or 256GB SSD. Your Mac can start to slow down and not perform as well when your storage is almost full, at which point you might see a “Your Startup Disk Is Full” warning. So it’s important to know what’s using up the space on your disk and clear out redundant files that build up over time.
Another reason you might need to free up space on your Mac is if you are attempting to install a macOS update. When it arrived in 2020 Big Sur was notorious for its hefty storage requirements – with some users faced with the challenge of freeing up almost 50GB of space in order to install it. (In fact, we had that exact problem – read Big Sur too big for 128GB Mac.)
So, if when investigating what is taking up so much of your valuable storage space you find a mysterious section labeled Other, you are likely to think that sounds like a great way to regain tens of gigabytes of space on your drive. After all, Other is just ‘stuff’ isn’t it? It’s a name that screams “Delete me!” It can’t be anything you actually need… Or can it?
Read more at Macworld.com