![]() Hard drive cleaning requires time and, in some cases, expertise. So, when in doubt, use a professional cleaning app. Now, let’s make some room for the files that truly deserve space on your Mac. No matter how much free storage space you have, you can always use more. Recognizing this simple truth, Apple has come up with Storage Management tools. To access them, open the Apple menu and click About This Mac > Storage. To transfer all your large files, photos, and messages to the cloud, click Store in iCloud. With a free plan, you can clear up to 5 GB of storage space. If you have a ton of files you want to store in iCloud, consider buying a paid storage plan, which will provide you with 50 GB, 200 GB, or 2 TB of additional storage space for your most cherished files. The Reduce Clutter feature solves the age-old problem of finding useless files for deletion. Click Review Files to see the unsupported apps, containers, and other data you no longer need. ![]() Remove unused apps and all their leftovers Go through the list and remove the useless files one by one. MacOS offers several ways of deleting unused applications. Grab a useless app and drag it to the Trash.You can also delete unused apps via Launchpad: Click and hold an app icon until it starts shakingīy throwing apps to the Trash or removing them via Launchpad, you solve the surface-level issue that is, the apps themselves.Here’s how to properly delete apps and the system junk they leave using a cleaning utility in MacKeeper: But there are also app leftovers that can use up to 10 percent of your storage space, depending on your Mac usage. Select Smart Uninstaller from the left sidebar.Check the boxes next to the apps you want to delete and click Remove Selected.In the window that opens, click Remove to confirm the deletion.When your Mac’s disk space is reaching its limits, find and delete duplicate files. How come your drive is cluttered with duplicates? Well, it’s a part of the user experience. We repeatedly download the same app installers or email attachments as well as edit photos and make copies of documents and other files. And they can occupy up to 30 percent of your storage space. Leaving duplicate files on your Mac is a waste of storage space. Removing them manually is a waste of time. That's why many Mac users download Mac cleaner. Use MacKeeper as its nifty feature, Duplicate Finder, can find identical files and make space on your Mac in a matter of minutes. Launch MacKeeper and select Duplicate Finder on the left.Check the Auto-selection box and click Remove Duplicates.Usually, you have to empty the Trash manually.
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