Aug 28, 2017 Free up some much-needed space on your Mac and delete as many of these old download files as possible, and remember to come back and tidy it up every few months. CleanMyMac can help for sure. But also, consider switching your email client to Unibox, which automatically reduces excessive downloads. The bigger the files you can delete, the more space you can free up—so let's go hunting. Click the Apple menu in the top-left corner of the menu bar and choose About This Mac. If that overview.
For photographers, it's not a case of if but rather when will you run out of disk space. Before you splash the cash on yet more hard drives, try this approach first.
Blake Rudis of f64 Academy is back once again with another useful video on the subject of freeing up disk space on your computer. Rudis suggests two handy programs that will help you to see what exactly is causing your drives to fill up so quickly. For Windows users, he recommends using Treesize and for Mac, a program called Daisydisk. Both pretty much do the same job of showing you a breakdown of what is on your hard drive. Unsurprisingly, for us photographers, the biggest contributor to our storage problem will be our images, and these third-party programs will show you exactly which particular folders are the biggest culprits. Another useful feature that is shown in the video is the ability to see the last time you used any particular files on your machine. If you have pictures on your computer that haven't seen the light of day for a few years, then they most likely won't be missed if you move them onto other storage options.
Hopefully, many of you are already using similar programs, but if this isn't the case, then why not try using something to help you manage your files? By having a better understanding of what is on your hard drives, you'll be able to back up and organize things much more easily. If that wasn't enough, clearer hard drives will help to keep your machines running faster for longer, which in turn could delay spending thousands of dollars on unnecessary upgrades.
How Do I Free Up Space On My External Hard Drive Mac
Do you use either of the programs mentioned above? Have any recommendations for similar programs that help to free up disk space? We'd love to hear from you in the comments below.
How Do I Clear Up Space On My External Hard Drive Mac
How To Free Up Space On Your Hard Drive Mac
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