Losing memory space on my Mac

[juliannam4]

So basically I watch a lot of movies/tv shows online. The things is, my Mac keeps being drained of it's memory. I had 13 GB, and over the past few weeks I now has literally zero space left. And I know I haven't downloaded 13 GB of stuff. My parents suspect it's because of when I watch shows online, they're saved to the hard drive somehow. If this is the case, where would these shows be saved to and how would I be able to delete them? I've gone through my temp files and internet cache, but it only brought back a very minimal amount of space. Would there be another place this would be saved to? Or would it just be best if I deleted my whole account and created a new one? Or would that not fix the Mac itself?

 

[jbarley]

I'll assume you mean losing disk space, if I'm correct then a free app such as "Disk Inventory" will show what is eating up your free space and allow you to delete it.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/14393/disk-inventory-x

 

[SGilbert]

Cache(s) take up a lot of space. Download 'Onyx' and do some cleanup.

Also, be advised that 10% (some say 15%) of your total HD capacity should be left empty. You don't state that capacity, but 13GB is not a lot of free space. You might look into an external HD to store your large files such as movies, music, and pictures. They take up tons of space.

 

[juliannam4]

Thanks for that link! I had used apps similiar to it but this time the Disk Inventory showed me exactly what was wrong, and I've solved the problem, freeing up 176gb of space.