Highlight the folder Backup then press Space to bring up the Quickview window (which will tell you the total size of the Backup folder).
To check for yourself, press Shift+ Cmd+ G while you're in Finder, and enter the folder name ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync. I have an iPad Mini and an iPhone 5S - I see four subfolders under ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup and they are about 15GB each. To update your Mac, do the following: Open System Preferences.
Once you update your Mac, this file gets cleared from your disk. Reduce storage usage with the Optimized Storage feature 5. How to free up space on a Mac Step 1: Clear your desktop Step 2: Go through your folders Step 3: Remove duplicate items Step 4: Use automatic tools Step 5. When you download a new macOS update but don’t update your Mac, its installation file takes up space in your system storage. Delete Time Machine snapshots using Terminal 3. Back up your Mac to remove Time Machine snapshots 2. It's free and I find it invaluable.Īlso, if you have an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, then check your iTunes sync settings - you will probably find that your iPhone (for example) gets backed up to your computer every time you sync it. How to clear system storage on Mac manually 1. When the Utilities window appears, select Disk Utility. At least take a look at their web page so you can see what I mean about the user interface. Turn on your Mac and continue to press and hold the power button until the startup options window comes up. You can see instantly at a glance, what the biggest space hogs are. You can hover the mouse pointer over each block to find out the path/filename of the offending file. But basically it uses colour coded blocks - different colours for different types of data - and those blocks are sized according to how big the file or folder is. It's got a fantastic graphical representation that I am struggling to describe using text. My favourite tool for this is Disk Inventory X.
0 kommentar(er)
