hard drives or delete any old documents you no longer use or immediately need. Look through your Documents folder and delete any type of old useless type files like "Read Me" type files.Īgain, archive to disc, flash drives, ext. STAY AWAY FROM DELETING ANY FILES FROM OS X SYSTEM FOLDER!
Look through your other Mailboxes and other Mail categories to see If there is other mail you can archive and/or delete.
If you use Apple Mail app, Apple Mail also has its own trash area that needs to be emptied, too!ĭelete any old or no longer needed emails and/or archive to disc, flash drives or external hard drive, older emails you want to save. If you are an iMovie/ Final Cut user, both apps have their own individual Trash location that needs to be emptied, too! If you store images in other locations other than iPhoto, then you will have to weed through these to determine what to archive and what to delete. I don't use the new Photos App, so check to see if there is a trash icon or trash inside of the Photos App that you may need to empty. If you still use iPhoto or Aperture, both have its own trash that needs to be emptied, also. Have you emptied your Mac's Trash icon in the Dock? If it does, it's time for some serious hard drive housecleaning.įollow some of my tips for cleaning out, deleting and archiving data from your Mac's internal hard drive. With Macs and OS X, you shouldn't let the hard drive get below 15 GBs or less of free data space. You should never, EVER let a computer hard drive get completely full, EVER!
Here are some general tips to keep your Mac's hard drive trim and slim as possible If you iMac is running low on storage, makes sure it isn't low because of it has a lot of data detritus on it.
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