New, used MB low on disk space

[jjk454ss]

i picked up an open box MBP the other day with the 120GB SSD. When I first turned it on it couldn't find a startup disc, I started Internet Recovery and reinstalled the OS. I then installed a few apps(Numbers, Pages, iTunes, PS Elements, Dropbox, couple other small ones). I used selective sync in Dropbox, it says it's using 680 MB. iTunes says 3.1 GB, Photos says 27.3 with Optimize Storage turned on.

In About This Mac I have:

Other 46.14 GB
Photos 26.59 GB
Apps 16.81 GB
Movies 5.75GB
Audio 83.6 MB
Backups 6.4 MB

Obviuosly the Other seems crazy, Apps seems high, and I haven't put one movie on it so I don't k is where that's coming from.

Anyone have some suggestions to get my storage space back? Removing Other? Storing my Photos on iCloud somehow without taking up the space on my Mac? I know it says it only uses the space if it's available, but I feel like it's using too much when I pay for iCloud storage I'd rather just use that.

Do apps like xslimmer still work well? I haven't tried that type of thing for years.

 

[jjk454ss]

Ok, another case of me jumping the gun. Not sure why, but my Other did Ho down to 14.14GB after a reboot. I though emptying the trash would have cleared it up on its own, maybe it equines a reboot to show in About This Mac?

I'd still like to figure out the Photos, but it's not so important now.

 

[CoastalOR]

The Storage display relies on Spotlight to index the drive. It takes some time for Spotlight to perform the index after a fresh install of the OS and Apps.

 

[jjk454ss]

The Storage display relies on Spotlight to index the drive. It takes some time for Spotlight to perform the index after a fresh install of the OS and Apps.

Got it, makes sense, thanks