Macbook storage?

knightstyle

I am trying to free up some space on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)  I can see 88Gb in documents but cannot find what is taking up all that space.  When I look in documents the biggest file is 226kb and lots of smaller ones. 

wongataa

In your Documents you have 4 files over 226kB in that screenshot so I don't know why you think 226kB is the size of the largest file you have in there.

debitcardmayhem

There’s 3.77 GB in the imovies directory too

knightstyle

This is the documents folder.    But I just don't see how all this makes 88GB 

debitcardmayhem

not sure about Mac software, but surely there is a command line option you could use as you would in windows or linux perhaps a mac expert may come along

knightstyle

Thanks, that is what I am hoping.  Looked on Macbook helpsites but didn't find anything but perhaps it is me not understanding the lingo!

googler

On Windows, there's a really useful download called WinDirStat, which I use often. 

These folks discuss what the Mac equivalents are ;

https://www.imymac.com/mac-cleaner/windirstat-for-mac.html

debitcardmayhem

here is something i will understand, using the linux find command https://macissues.com/2014/04/29/commands-for-finding-files-in-the-os-x-terminal/

Sandtree

knightstyle said:

This is the documents folder.    But I just don't see how all this makes 88GB 

The storage management is looking at things that are "documents" (ie it will be files with certain suffixes), it doesnt matter where on the Mac they are stored... surprised that the TIFF files are showing there rather than under Photos but it is a bit of a bucket/catchall

TadleyBaggie

I use an app called "Disk Space Analyzer Pro" (there is also a free version), it's perfect for tracking down where disk space is being used.

debitcardmayhem

Sandtree said:

knightstyle said:

This is the documents folder.    But I just don't see how all this makes 88GB 

The storage management is looking at things that are "documents" (ie it will be files with certain suffixes), it doesnt matter where on the Mac they are stored... surprised that the TIFF files are showing there rather than under Photos but it is a bit of a bucket/catchall

OK you obviously know about macs , so can the OP then use the command prompt/whatever to issue a command similar to

say du or find /DIR -size 100M -print   (where DIR is the Doc directory and the 100M is an arbritary size) come on apple fanbois help him out