Open your Applications folder and delete any apps that you no longer use. For instance you may want to delete the disk image (.dmg) files. And drag any item you do not need to the Trash then empty the trash. First check to make sure that you do not need any of these items. iMovie: click File > Move to Trash or File > Move Rejected Clips to Trash.Īnything you download from the Internet are stored in the Downloads folder.iPhoto: click iPhoto > Empty iPhoto Trash.(instead of deleting, you may also consider archiving your email, see #7: Compress your items below) Mail: Click Mailbox > Erase Deleted Items > In All Accounts, and Mailbox > Erase Junk Mail.So you may want to empty their trash too. Then empty your trash by selecting Empty Trash from the Finder menu.Īlso note that some applications, such as iPhoto, iMovie and Mail, have their own Trash. Move files you do not need to the Trash or select an item you want to delete and press Command + Delete. To find out more about Optimize Storage, read our post How to Use Optimize Storage on Mac to Gain Back Hard Drive Space. To access this utility, go to Apple menu > About This Mac > Storage > Manage… Open Disk Utility ( Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility), then click your disk then click info, as seen in the following screen shot:Īpple has provided a utility called “Optimize Storage” that is built-in to the macOS.
Don’t forget to empty the trash once you are done.This article describes several ways to free-up space on your Mac so that you can increase available space on your computer: 1.Drag any attachment you do not wish to keep to the trash.To close the Quick Look preview click the space bar again.The item should be displayed in the Quick Look preview window.To Quick Look, an item, select the item and click the space bar.Because the attachments are likely to be known file types, you can use Quick Look to see the content of the file without opening it in an application. You should check inside each folder for attachments, as well as any individual files. You will likely find individual files within the folder, as well as folders with names containing a long string of numbers and letters.Double-click the mail downloads match in the folder category and the folder will open in a Finder window.Give Spotlight a little bit of time, then look for matches in the Folder category. Spotlight will build a list of matches.Enter " mail downloads" without the quote marks in the Spotlight search field.Open Spotlight by clicking on its icon in the Mac menu bar.
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