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What is taking up space on my Macbook?

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6/13/12 at 10:25am
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I am using a Macbook Air for work and the SSD is eating up space while I have very little documents on it (no more than 100mb). Just last week, I had 1.2gb left on the partition. Today, it is telling me I have several kB... The thing is, I have not downloaded anything without already deleting it after.

What can be eating up my SSD space?
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6/13/12 at 11:58am
Give daisy disk a go. It should show you a graphical breakdown of the data usage on your system.
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6/14/12 at 4:30am
I recommend GrandPerspective. It's easier to use and free.

http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net
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6/14/12 at 4:53am
Grandperspective FTW. It really helped me clean up my old 2007 Macbook.
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