Other area on hard drive

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cjaus

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Mac Imac circa 2012. Os Catalina. "other" area is 100 gb ish. I have inspected the ~/library folder. There is a discrepancy of about 90GB between the total of files in this area. I have applied the show hidden files kbd sequence. I have experienced this problem before and decided to format and upgrade to Catalina. While the problem wasn't as severe before the upgrade it is ow consuming the entire drive.
Thanks for your attention and also for any help sorry for the long post.
 
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Where I have seen this in the past is in the ~/Library/Containers folder. Look for apps that have been deleted, or multiple folders from a single app.
 

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