Audio projects keep every take, and the freeze files on top
Multitrack recordings, frozen tracks and sample libraries fill a drive quickly. What is safe to remove from a finished project.
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Mac storage, explained.
What fills your disk, where it hides, and what is safe to remove. Every guide gives you a way to check it on your own Mac.
Ebooks are tiny until the library manager converts them
Kindle and Calibre both keep local copies and generated formats. Where each stores them and what is worth keeping.
Voice Memos syncs every recording to your Mac, in full quality
Recordings made on a phone land on the Mac and stay there. Where they are, what the quality setting costs, and the second bin holding deleted ones.
Installed web apps each keep their own browser profile
A site installed as an app gets its own storage, separate from the browser it came from. Where it is and how to clear it.
A Boot Camp partition takes its space whether you use Windows or not
The partition is reserved in full from the day it is created. How to check what is there and remove it safely with Boot Camp Assistant.
How to find the largest files on a Mac, three ways
Finder, Terminal and a disk map each find large files differently. The exact steps for all three, and which to use when.
Every Terminal command worth knowing for disk space, in one place
Measuring, finding, clearing and reclaiming, with what each command does and what it costs. A reference rather than a tutorial.
System Data, purgeable, container, snapshot: what the words actually mean
The vocabulary macOS uses for storage, defined plainly, with what each term means for the space on your disk.
Which disk format to use, and what each one does to your free space
APFS, Mac OS Extended, exFAT and FAT32 behave differently on space, compatibility and reliability. How to choose for each kind of drive.
Finder says 4.3 GB and du says 4.0 GB. Both are right
Base 10 against base 2, apparent size against blocks, and clones. Why every tool reports a different number for the same folder.
Duplicating a 10 GB file on a Mac can cost nothing, and that is correct
APFS clones share data between copies until one changes. What that means for backups, duplicates and the numbers your tools report.
Pearcleaner is free, open source and currently on hold. What that means
An honest look at the open source Mac uninstaller: what it does well, its licence, and the maintenance status you should know about.