Manage your files more efficiently

FREE UP SPACE AND ORGANISE YOUR FILES.

The Optimised Storage feature helps free up space. Go to > About this Mac, click Storage, then Manage. Its first suggestion can turn on iCloud Photo Library in Photos, and put Documents and Desktop online. The next suggestion is more discerning, with options to only download recent email attachments (or none at all) and to remove movies and TV episodes once watched (you can redownload past purchases later. Be careful with this option, which removes items from the Trash when they’ve been there more than 30 days; as long as you use Trash properly, only putting things in that you’re sure you won’t need again, this is a useful auto space saver. GarageBand’s sound library may be taking up several GB of storage; select GarageBand (or Music Creation) on the left for an option to remove it. To get it back, go to ‘GarageBand > Sound Library’ submenu in music creation tool.

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