Free up storage infinite on your Mac

Apply the storage-direction features of your Mac, or free up space in other ways.

Optimize storage space

To make more storage space available, use the storage-management features of macOS Sierra or later.

  1. From the Apple menu  in the corner of your screen, cull About This Mac. And then click Storage to see the corporeality of storage infinite available for your data.
    About this Mac Storage tab
  2. Click the Manage push.
  3. Choose from the recommendations shown, such as Store in iCloud,* Optimize Storage, and Reduce Ataxia. Learn more than about how to use these features to optimize storage space.
    Storage Management window

Free upward storage space in other means

  • Manually delete unneeded files by moving them to the Trash, then emptying the Trash. Deleting unneeded music, movies, and other media can free upwards a lot of infinite, as can deleting files in the Downloads folder.
  • Delete unneeded email in the Post app. To delete junk e-mail, open Postal service and choose Mailbox > Erase Junk Mail. To delete email you've moved to the Trash mailbox, choose Mailbox > Erase Deleted Items.
  • Connect an external storage device to your Mac, then move files to that device.
  • Compress files so that they use less storage space.
  • Make sure that your Mac is using macOS Sierra or later on, which includes space-saving features like detecting indistinguishable downloads in Safari; reminding y'all to delete used app installers; removing old and unused fonts, languages, and dictionaries; and immigration caches, logs, and other unnecessary data when storage infinite is needed.

Check your progress

To check your progress every bit you free up storage space, rely on the corporeality of storage space shown every bit "bachelor" in About This Mac or at the top of the storage-management window pictured in a higher place.

Other measurements, including measurements in other tools, might calculate storage space differently or show storage categories such as Other, Purgeable, Free, Other Volumes, Not Mounted, VM, Recovery, or System Information. Don't rely on those measurements to empathise how much space is available for your data, or how to make more than infinite bachelor.

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