Are you looking for different ways to free up space on your Mac? You are in the right place. This post will help you make your Mac free of unnecessary files and other junk data. We have included third party apps for smart cleaning of your Mac device. If you want to clean your device by digging deep into MacOS, this guide has methods for that too. Let's see the ways to clean a Mac device.
Clean browser data
When you
browse something on the internet, cache data is stored by the browser into the
system. Every browser provides tools to erase this data. Let's see how you can
delete this data in Safari.
- Open Safari on your
Mac and find browser History.
- Find the Clear
History option from the drop-down menu.
- Blue Arrows will appear near Clear
field. Choose the period like last hour, today, today & yesterday
or all.
- Now Hit the Clear
History option to erase the data.
Take advantage of the MacOS storage manager
- Find and hit the Apple
icon. The Apple icon will appear on the left side of the menu bar.
- Find the About
This Mac option under the drop-down menu.
- A pop-up window
will appear. You have to find the Storage tab.
- Here MacOS will
take time to find the storage. The storage capacity will appear in
different divisions with various colors. Take the mouse on every storage
division for more details. After ensuring everything, proceed on the next
step.
- Find and hit the Manage
button.
- The current screen
may have an option called the Optimize button under the Optimizesection.
If you find it, you have to click on it. This option helps in deleting
watched media content like TV shows, movies. The email attachments will
also be deleted.
- If you wish to
delete discarded files instantly, enable the option called EmptyTrash
Automatically. These files will remain in the system for the next 30
days if you don't opt for this option.
- Now hit the Review
Files option. The Reduce Clutter section will have this option.
Here you can gather data from different applications to delete.
Delete music files and videos manually
Storage
optimization performs bulk data deletion, but you can delete media content like
songs, videos manually.
- Access the Music
app.
- Search the music
files that you have stored locally to delete.
- Hit the dotted
option.
- From the three-dot
menu, choose the Remove Download option. Please ensure that you
haven't selected the option called Delete from Library as this
option will erase every music file.
Delete movies and TV shows manually
If you
want to delete media content like movies and TV shows manually, follow the
below steps.
- Launch the Apple
TV app.
- Locate the movies
or shows you wish to delete.
- Hit the three-dot
icon to get more options.
- You have to choose
the Remove Download option. Avoid choosing Delete From Library.
Erase downloaded files manually
You often
download multiple files from the web, and all are stored in the computer's
download section.
- Go to Finder.
- You have to find
and click on the Downloads located on the left.
- Find the files you
have to download and right-click on that file. Now choose the option Move
to Trash available in the pop-up menu.
- Now find the Trash
icon and right-click on it. Choose Empty Trash from the pop-up to delete
files from the trash.
Delete junk emails
- Access the Mail
app.
- Choose Mailbox.
- Find the option
called Erase Junk Mail from the drop-down.
- Choose the Erase
Deleted Items from the drop-down.
Clear the "other" data
The data
that comes under the "other" category are the following:
- Cache generated by
unused apps.
- Temporary files.
- Backups.
- App plugins.
- Downloaded files
that are stored separately.
Erase cache folders
- Go to Finder
and choose Go from the menu bar.
- The drop-down menu
will have an option called Go to Folder. You have to select it.
- A blank text box
will appear. You have to enter ~/Library/Caches, and after that,
hit the Go button.
- Now you get files
and folders. Choose the folder you have to delete and right-click on it.
Then click on Move to Trash from the pop-up.
- Now clear the trash
by clicking on Empty Trash.
Erase unwanted Time Machine backups
MacOS
contains old Time Machine backups. This backup data may create problems if a
device has 128GB. Use the below instructions to delete the backups.
- Go to Finder and
choose Application from the left.
- Click two times on
the Utility folder to access it.
- Also, click two
times on the Terminal app.
- Use the command
like tmutillistlocalsnapshots / and after that click the Return
Key.
- Here a snapshot of
Time Machine will appear started with com. apple.TimeMachine
including date and ended with .local extension.
- Again, use the
command like sudotmutildeletelocalsnapshots. After that command,
type the numerical sequence like 2020-12-22-130031 followed by a
space. Use this step for other backups. If you provide the command
correctly, you will receive a message like Delete Local Snapshot.
- Now hit the Return
key.
Delete additional unnecessary files
Here is
another excellent way to erase unnecessary data. Use a file extension and
collect the files with the same extension according to size. This act shows the
most extensive files on the top, and you can delete them to free up more
storage.
- Go to the desktop screen and hit the Command
and F keys at once.
- Choose the current Mac from the pop-up, if not
selected.
- Hit the Arrows in the first search and
then use Other from the drop-down.
- Tick-mark the box near File Size and File
Extension from the pop-up. Now hit the OK button.
- Type a file extension in the search bar to
find more files with the same extension.
- Please select the file you wish to delete and
right-click on it and then choose Move to Trash from the pop-up.
- Delete the file from trash by clicking on
Empty Trash from the pop-up.
Consider third-party tools
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