using your Mac you might have been convinced that you would never fill up all
of your gigabits; before you know it your mac is on a go-slow and your computer
is clogged up, Whether you are looking to free up space on your hard drive
or just want to de some spring cleaning here are some simple steps to get your
mac free and clear:
Mac’s software
– Before you do anything, let’s make sure
your Mac is up to date. Click the Apple icon > App Store, then click the
Updates tab. Install any software updates you see there, including macOS
updates. This might include security updates or small performance improvements
for whatever version of macOS you’re running.
make sure you are at least running the most
recent version of whichever operating system you’ve landed on.
Use the
Optimize function
– Optimize storage functions by transferring
files you have been storing in iCloud and locating them off
Your hard drive if your storage starts to
clog up, here is how to utilize optimized storage on your Mac:
–
The first method is to enable optimized storage is simple don’t do anything, as
your storage gets fuller you’ll automatically receive a notification asking if
you want to optimize your storage simply click yes then you will be transferred
directly to the optimized storage window
- Click on the apple icon in the upper left corner of your
- Select About this Mac from the drop-down menu
- Click on the Storage tab in the system information window
- Click on manage
|
|
a detailed window with a particular breakdown of
storage usage of multiple files will appear; click on optimize in front of
“optimize Storage.
Do a quick malware scan
Option 1:
– Download an authorized anti
malware program designed
precisely for Mac, This is actually the simplest quickest resolution to your mac
malware, In just a few clicks a Mac anti-malware can clear out any type of vile
malware apps on your Mac.
Option 2:
·
Click on Finder
application on your dock
·
In the Finder left
pane, click on “Applications “
·
The “Applications” screen
will be displayed with a list of all the app installed on your device. Scroll
through the list, until you find the malicious app, right-click it, and then
Click “Move to
Trash”.
Clear your Caches:
1.
Launch Finder
2.
At the top of the
screen, select Go → Go to Folder → enter /Library/Caches in
the window that appears
3.
Click OK
4.
You will be
transferred to the cache file folder, where you can drag and drop all the
unused and extra files into trash.
– If your Mac has
several users and you want to delete the cache from other user accounts, log in
to the system to gain access to the user cache and delete shared files by
entering /System/Library/Caches then click OK.
Empty Trash
Automatically
– Choose this option and
your mac will empty files out of your Trash after they have been there for 30
days. Click Turn On… and you will see an alert asking if you’re sure you want
to erase Trash automatically. It should be safe as 30 days is a long time to
realize you didn’t mean to delete something, so it is highly recommended to
Turn it on;
Uninstall apps that
you don’t use
Uninstall apps using
Launchpad:
“Launchpad” in your Dock and find the app you want to delete.
2. Click and
hold your indicator on the app until an “X” appears on the corner of
the icon.
3. Click on the
“X” to delete the app. Then scroll through and delete any unused app
you want to remove.
4. When
finished, click anywhere on the screen to exit deletion mode.
Or Uninstall apps by dragging them to the trash
1. Find the apps
you want to delete in “Launchpad.”
2. Click and drag
them individually into the trash can icon in your Dock.
3. When
finished, open Trash and click “Empty” in the top right corner.
Clean
up your desktop!
– Your desktop
probably resembles the image above ☝ This
might seem like an obvious step to take, but you’d be surprised how many Mac
users believe the Desktop is the perfect place to store files and docs, handy
and always on tap. However, that’s a mistake. luckily, you can fix it. That’s
why you should clean your Mac starting from the Desktop before you go any
deeper.
– A couple of items
on the desktop cause no problem, but if the clutter persists, your Mac will
soon slow down. So, it’s better to sort
it all out and deletes all unnecessary items on your desktop.
Disable the Dashboard
– If you are wondering how disabling the dashboard
might save up some space on your mac well the answer is pretty simple sometimes the dashboard takes up to 7.51 GB in fact the widgets on your dashboard run
while dashboard itself isn’t active, which uses a lot of system resource such
as RAM and CPU. Therefore; it is favorably to disable your dashboard to free
up some space on your mac here are two options:
Option 1: Remove the Dashboard
- Go to the Apple menu and
Click on “system preferences” then click choose ” mission
control”
- Search for
“Dashboard ” pull-down menu and choose “OFF” as the option.
Dashboard
- Click the little arrow
button in the corner of the Dashboard screen to close it then enter the next
desktop “Space”.
- If the Dashboard is setup
as an Overlay with widgets on the desktop, you just click into the transparent
section of Dashboard to exit and close it.
Remove files from your Downloads folder
–
Your Downloads folder also probably houses large files you no longer need. If
you download large PDFs, images, or disk image files and don’t prune Downloads
regularly, it’s probably full of stuff you don’t need. Start with disk images.
If you’ve installed their contents, you won’t need them anymore. If they
contain apps, you should always install the latest version anyway. So here is how to remove files on your
Mac;
By default, the Downloads folder appears on the right side of the Dock near the Trash can. After you locate the Downloads
folder on your MacBook, you can delete the files inside:
- Open
the Downloads folder.
- Press Command+A to
select all the files.
- Once the files are
highlighted, expand the File menu at the top of the screen and
select Move to Trash.
– Quitting apps that have been open for several
days or more, or even restarting your Mac completely on a regular basis, will
also, help free up disk space.
-Applications create temporary files to store data
and the longer they run without quitting, the bigger those files become. When
you quit the app, the cache files are deleted, and the disk space returned.
-If you feel the urge of “I need to keep everything”
here is another solution for your Store in iCloud:
– iCloud
gives you the alternative of storing your files for a price apple gives users a
free 5GB of iCloud storage however if you need more storage the prices for
iCloud are as follow (the prices for iCloud storage)
– If you are using iCloud for storing your files,
it will be easy for you to sync files across multiple macs devices, pages numbers
and other documents can also be saved in iCloud.
“Remember to clean out the trash folder”