It's not just about the content visible in the media library, but above all about stuff that is stored in the background. Now let's get down to business: iTunes in particular is a waste of space before the Lord. The best way to empty the browser cache is via the corresponding menu item, under Safari you can find it in the menu bar under “Safari -> Delete history”. Especially if you like reading blogs, fooling around on Facebook or spending a lot of time on websites with photos and videos - whether it's YouTube or something with naked people. Simple but effective: if you occasionally clear the browser cache of all browsers that you use frequently, this frees up a lot of storage space on the Mac hard drive in many cases.
If you download a lot, the Downloads folder under “/username/Downloads/” and the folders with Usenet or file sharing tools are also a hoard of endless waste of storage space. The first tip is also the simplest: If you are running out of space on your Mac, you should empty your Trash by right-clicking on it with the Dock and then selecting “Empty Trash”. Empty the Recycle Bin and Downloads folder Here are some ways to give your Mac room to breathe again. Once the hard disk is full, both problems are latently disruptive. In addition, if the Mac hard drive is full, it will too the system slow – the reason for this is the fact that the main memory is swapped out in sometimes huge swap files. 256 or only 128 gigabytes are common, especially on devices with SSD, which can quickly lead to space problems: In such cases, Mac OS X regularly annoys with an annoying warning message. Apple is still stingy with storage space.
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