How to deal with Full "Other" Space on Mac?

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I have a 256GB MacBook Pro, and when I attempt to upgrade to macOS Monterey, it says I don’t have enough disk space. According to “About This Mac,” approximately 100GB of the partition is occupied by apps and data, while 89GB is categorized as “other.” It indicates that I have only 16GB available.

Do you have any suggestions to resolve the almost full Other storage on Mac?

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It seems like Other causes so big problem to you. Maybe you can try:

  1. Clear cache and temporary files. Firstly, clear the cache in your web browsers, Then Finder > Go > Go to Folder, type ~/Library/Caches and right-click the unneeded files > Move to Trash.
  2. Upload some files to cloud storage.
  3. Uninstall unused apps.
  4. Check for duplicate files with iBoysoft MagicMenu or Gemini 2 to remove them.
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You can also clean system temporary files in the Other storage.
Finder > Go > Go to Folder > Type ~/Users/User/Library/Applications Support/, browse and right-click on the data you don’t need, and choose Move to Trash.

Deleting disk images and archives in Mac storage and clearing necessary plugins and extensions can work well. Read the more details: How to Delete Other on Mac

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How about reviewing and deleting large files, you can open Finder and select All My Files then sort by size. You can view the large ones and delete them.
If you feel troublesome to delete the caches and data one by one, just use some professional tool like iBoysoft DiskGeeker for Mac, which can analyze and remove the files in a few clicks.