Make Space On Mac

1. How To Clear Space On Your Mac
2. Check Space On Mac

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How To Clear Space On Your Mac

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macOS can help make more room on your Mac by optimizing its storage. When space is needed, it keeps files, photos and videos, Apple TV movies and shows, and email attachments in iCloud and makes them available on demand. Files don't take up space on your Mac, and you can download the original files when you need them. Recent files and optimized versions of your photos are always on your Mac.

1. Even without using the Optimized Storage features of Sierra or later, you can take other steps to make more storage space available: Music, movies, and other media can use a lot of storage space. Learn how to delete music, movies, and TV shows from your. Delete other files that you no longer need.
2. To access this section without this direct link, follow these steps: Click on the Apple logo in the top left of your screen and choose About This Mac. Next, click the Storage tab. This will show you how much storage you have available and how it's used. You'll see a bar. If you are running any.

1. Choose Apple menu > About This Mac, click Storage, then click Manage.

   macOS calculates how much space is being used by different categories.

   Note: Wait until all categories are finished being calculated to ensure you're seeing the accurate amount of space. Values are refined as each category is calculated. Minimise window mac.

2. View the recommendations and decide how to optimize storage on your Mac.

   Recommendation	Description
   Ntfs for mac 10 5 8. Store in iCloud	Helps you store files from your Desktop and Documents folders in iCloud Drive, store photos and videos in iCloud Photo Library, store messages and attachments in iCloud, and optimize storage by keeping only recently opened files on your Mac when space is needed. See Use iCloud Drive to store documents on your Mac, iOS, and iPadOS devices, Use iCloud Photos to store photos in iCloud, and Use Messages in iCloud. You can modify these settings later in iCloud preferences, Photos preferences, and Messages preferences.
   Optimize Storage	Save space by automatically removing Apple TV movies and shows that you already watched and by keeping only recent email attachments on this Mac when storage space is needed. See Change Files preferences in the Apple TV app and Mail Account Information preferences.
   Empty Trash Automatically	Automatically erase items that have been in the Trash for more than 30 days. You can modify this setting later in the Finder. Mac studio fix fluid nc5. See Delete files and folders.
   Reduce Clutter	Quickly find files, apps, books, movies, and other items that are taking up space, then manually delete items you no longer need. See Find and delete files.

When space is needed on your Mac, macOS also clears caches and logs that are safe to delete, including temporary database files, interrupted downloads, staged macOS and app updates, Safari website data, and more.

Note: If your disk is partitioned, recommendations apply to only the partition that contains your home directory.

Check Space On Mac

To see an overview of used and free disk space, choose Apple menu > About This Mac, then click Storage. See available storage space.