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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1888394" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>Here is what I would do.</p><p></p><p>First, I'd download:</p><p></p><p>Maintenance (free)</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/maintenance.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>I'd run Maintenance using the default settings. This will delete random log files, cache files, etc., and it may free up a surprising amount of space.</p><p></p><p>If, after running Maintenance you still have a large amount of hard drive space unaccounted for, this is what I would do...</p><p></p><p>- open a new Finder Window and choose List View</p><p>- open the window up wide enough to see the Size column</p><p>- if the size column is not present, then type Cmd-J to show options, check Size and Calculate all sizes, it may take a little time for sizes to be calculated.</p><p>- open up your Mac HD drive icon. There will be several folders: Applications, (System) Library, System and Users.</p><p>- sort by size by clicking on the header for the Size column, click on the little arrow in the Size header to sort from largest to smallest, Users should be the largest</p><p>- now drill down opening the largest folders to find out what is using your disc space</p><p></p><p>You may find that you have a large Spotlight database, or a false clone, or a bad iDisk sync.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1888394, member: 190607"] Here is what I would do. First, I'd download: Maintenance (free) [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/maintenance.html[/URL] I'd run Maintenance using the default settings. This will delete random log files, cache files, etc., and it may free up a surprising amount of space. If, after running Maintenance you still have a large amount of hard drive space unaccounted for, this is what I would do... - open a new Finder Window and choose List View - open the window up wide enough to see the Size column - if the size column is not present, then type Cmd-J to show options, check Size and Calculate all sizes, it may take a little time for sizes to be calculated. - open up your Mac HD drive icon. There will be several folders: Applications, (System) Library, System and Users. - sort by size by clicking on the header for the Size column, click on the little arrow in the Size header to sort from largest to smallest, Users should be the largest - now drill down opening the largest folders to find out what is using your disc space You may find that you have a large Spotlight database, or a false clone, or a bad iDisk sync. [/QUOTE]
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