Note: Some applications, such as iPhoto®, iMovie®, and Mail, have their own Trash, spearate from the Trash seen in the Dock. Step 1: Empty the TrashĪs obvious as it may sound, some folks regularly Trash files but neglect to periodically empty the Trash. You can employ any of the following tips to increase the free space available on your Mac OS X startup disk without altering your hardware. There are other files I have no more use for, but they are so small there will be little space cleared by deleting them.īe sure you know what you are deleting before doing so.Īccessing the computer’s Library can easily be accomplished by using the “Go” dropdown menu on your desktop and pressing and holding the Alt/Option key to reveal the Library. The video highlighted in green will clear the most space. The left panel shows large folders where types of documents are stored.Ĭlearing your downloads folder of items you are no longer using can be a good way to clear space. Many of these files can be easily accessed by going into the Finder. zip, screensavers, extensions, cloud files (Dropbox or Drive folders synced to a local folder), and more.
“Other” can be many different types of files including PDF, PSD (Photoshop files are big). The category “Other” takes up the second largest amount of space. In the image above you can see “Apps” take up the largest portion of my computer’s local storage. To get a general idea of which files are taking up the majority of your space:Ĭlick the apple in the upper left corner of your screen and select “About This Mac” from the dropdown menu.Ĭlick on the “Storage” tab to view a breakdown of how your storage is being allocated. Generally, the largest contributors, to a lack of local disk space are applications, games, presentations (like powerpoint), photos, and music. For example, if your have 120 GB hard drive, make sure you have at least 12 GB of free space. In the General pane, the Capacity, Available (free space), and space Used on your startup disk will be displayed, as seen in the following screen shot:Įnsure you have at least 10% “Available” based on your capacity.
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