In the simplest of terms, the “Other” category is a combination of files that are not recognized as one of the other file types. This section houses a mix of junk and important files. Just like the ‘Other’ on iPhone and iPad, it is home to several files, cached data, and more. You will see how much space is occupied by different categories like Apps, Photos, System, Trash, Other, etc.
You may wonder what is Other storage on Mac, why it eats up so much space, and how can I delete it? Let me help by telling you more about this to free space on your Mac. When you check the storage on your Mac, you might see a significant percentage of space occupied by something called ‘ Other.’ macOS does not go into much detail.
