When space is needed, it keeps files, photos and videos, Apple TV movies and shows, and email attachments in iCloud and makes them available on demand.

Storage Cleaner Download The Original

Files dont take up space on your Mac, and you can download the original files when you need them.

Choose Apple menu About This Mac, click Storage, then click Manage.

Note: Wait until all categories are finished being calculated to ensure youre seeing the accurate amount of space.

View the recommendations and decide how to optimize storage on your Mac.

Recommendation Description Store in iCloud Helps you store files from your Desktop and Documents folders in iCloud Drive, store photos and videos in iCloud Photo Library, store messages and attachments in iCloud, and optimize storage by keeping only recently opened files on your Mac when space is needed.

See Use iCloud Drive to store documents on your Mac, iOS, and iPadOS devices, Use iCloud Photos to store photos in iCloud, and Use Messages in iCloud.

You can modify these settings later in iCloud preferences, Photos preferences, and Messages preferences.

Optimize Storage Save space by automatically removing Apple TV movies and shows that you already watched and by keeping only recent email attachments on this Mac when storage space is needed.

See Change Files preferences in the Apple TV app and Mail Account Information preferences.

Empty Trash Automatically Automatically erase items that have been in the Trash for more than 30 days.

Reduce Clutter Quickly find files, apps, books, movies, and other items that are taking up space, then manually delete items you no longer need.

When space is needed on your Mac, macOS also clears caches and logs that are safe to delete, including temporary database files, interrupted downloads, staged macOS and app updates, Safari website data, and more.

Note: If your disk is partitioned, recommendations apply to only the partition that contains your home directory.

Storage Cleaner Free Disk Space

To see an overview of used and free disk space, choose Apple menu About This Mac, then click Storage.

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