MacBook Pro :: "Other" Storage Taking Up Too Much Space?

Mar 28, 2012

I have a macbook pro that's almost 2 years old now. When I checked storage, it said I have 187GB of Other storage. How can I find out what these files are? My HD seems to be running out of space. And Others is the only thing left for me to check.

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