Jul 12, 2018 Before wiping the free space on your Mac using the command line, back up your data. Once you've backed up your data, open the Terminal app from the Applications Utilities folder.
- Select ‘About this Mac' Select ‘Storage' This is the easiest method for how to see storage on Mac – but you can go deeper! If you need a closer look at your Mac's memory use, there are a few ways to go about it. From the Storage screen, you can select ‘Manage,' which takes you to a new window.
- Open the Apple menu, then select About This Mac. Click the Storage tab in the toolbar to see how much disk space you have available. (On OS X Mountain Lion or Mavericks, click the More info.
What is taking up space on my hard drive?
Very often Mac OS users face the problem that there is not enough disk space available for an operation. It goes without saying, that you need to clean the hard drive and free up disk space. However, there is a question: what should be removed? As the rule, duplicate files take the biggest part of available memory. Sometimes such files are placed in different directories and generally it's very difficult to find them. The second reason of out of memory problem is big files. When you are using your Mac sometimes it's filling up with various large media files and documents. Very seldom it's really difficult to find the directory of these files. So, Mac OS users decide to leave it as it is and after a while they face with our problem. That's why we've prepared the detailed guide on how to free up disk space on Mac OS!
How to free up disk space on Mac OS
Here you have two options: use our automatic solution, which can help you to save your time and mental health, or you can use manual solution and built-in software.
How to free up disk space on Mac OS automatically?
We recommend you to use CleanMyMac X. This program allows you to keep your hard drive in a good state with the help of various applications such as junk files cleaner, shredder, system performance optimizer and etc. Download CleanMyMac X right now and clean your Mac hard drive easily and fast!
How to free up disk space on Mac OS manually?
There are a number of operations which you should proceed to fully free up disk space on Mac OS, or you can just take several steps in order to free a few.
Store in iCloud
Desktop and DocumentsOptimize device Storage
Automatically remove watched movies and TV showsIn Mail, choose Mail > Preferences from the menu bar, then click Accounts. In the Account Information section on the right, Optimize Storage sets the Download Attachments menu to either Recent or None.