RELATED: How to Locate, Back Up, and Delete Your iTunes Backups Apps you downloaded from the Mac App Store can be re-downloaded from there in the future, and apps you downloaded from elsewhere can usually be re-downloaded later too. Free up space by removing apps you no longer use. For example, the “Applications” category shows you the applications on your Mac and sorts them by your size. Other options in the sidebar show you what’s using space. The File Browser will show you the size of each folder and its contents, helping you find big, space-wasting files to delete. The Large Files category shows you particularly large files on your Mac that you might want to remove for some noticeable storage space savings, while the Downloads category displays your Downloads folder and sorts the list of files in it by size. Click the “Documents” category in the sidebar–clicking the “Reduce Clutter” button also takes you here–and you’ll see categories for “Large Files”, “Downloads”, and “File Browser.” The “Reduce Clutter” button here invites you to dig through your files to delete the ones you no longer use. Open a Finder window, click Finder > Preferences > Advanced, and uncheck the “Remove items from the Trash after 30 days” checkbox. You can change this setting later from within Finder. To enable this feature, click the “Turn On” button next to Empty Trash Automatically and agree to turn the setting on.
This saves you from having to empty the trash manually. If you don’t grab a file out of your trash within 30 days, you probably don’t care about it, anyway. In macOS Sierra, the Finder has a new option to automatically delete files from your trash 30 days after you put them there. You can always redownload them from within iTunes later if you’ve purchased them.Ĭlick the “Optimize” button here and agree to have iTunes automatically remove local copies of movies and TV shows you’ve watched. If you have, your Mac can automatically remove movies and TV shows you’ve watched from your local storage.
This option only helps if you’ve actually purchased and downloaded movies and TV shows from iTunes. ITunes can “optimize” local storage of movies and TV shows. iCloud only gives you 5GB of storage space for free, and that’s shared with your iOS backups. If you plan on storing a lot of files in iCloud, you’ll definitely need to pay a monthly fee.
You’ll need space available in iCloud to do this, so you may either need to free up space in your iCloud account or purchase more storage for a monthly fee.
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