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Optimized Storage in macOS Sierra and later* can save space by storing your content in iCloud and making it available on demand. When storage space is needed, files, photos, movies, email attachments, and other files that you seldom use are stored in iCloud automatically. Each file stays right where you last saved it, and downloads when you open it. Files that you’ve used recently remain on your Mac, along with optimized versions of your photos.

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* If you haven't yet upgraded to macOS Sierra or later, learn about other ways to free up storage space.

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Find out how much storage is available on your Mac

Choose Apple menu  > About This Mac, then click Storage. Each segment of the bar is an estimate of the storage space used by a category of files. Move your pointer over each segment for more detail.

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Click the Manage button to open the Storage Management window, pictured below. This button is available only in macOS Sierra or later.

Manage storage on your Mac

The Storage Management window offers recommendations for optimizing your storage. If some recommendations are already turned on, you will see fewer recommendations.


Store in iCloud

Click the Store in iCloud button, then choose from these options:

  • Desktop and Documents. Store all files from these two locations in iCloud Drive. When storage space is needed, only the files you recently opened are kept on your Mac, so that you can easily work offline. Files stored only in iCloud show a download icon , which you can double-click to download the original file. Learn more about this feature.
  • Photos. Store all original, full-resolution photos and videos in iCloud Photos. When storage space is needed, only space-saving (optimized) versions of photos are kept on your Mac. To download the original photo or video, just open it.
  • Messages. Store all messages and attachments in iCloud. When storage space is needed, only the messages and attachments you recently opened are kept on your Mac. Learn more about Messages in iCloud.

Storing files in iCloud uses the storage space in your iCloud storage plan. If you reach or exceed your iCloud storage limit, you can either buy more iCloud storage or make more iCloud storage available. iCloud storage starts at 50GB for $0.99 (USD) a month, and you can purchase additional storage directly from your Apple device. Learn more about prices in your region.

Optimize Storage

Click the Optimize button, then choose from these options.

  • Automatically remove watched movies and TV shows. When storage space is needed, movies or TV shows that you purchased from the iTunes Store and already watched are removed from your Mac. Click the download icon next to a movie or TV show to download it again.
  • Download only recent attachments. Mail automatically downloads only the attachments that you recently received. You can manually download any attachments at any time by opening the email or attachment, or saving the attachment to your Mac.
  • Don't automatically download attachments. Mail downloads an attachment only when you open the email or attachment, or save the attachment to your Mac.

Optimizing storage for movies, TV shows, and email attachments doesn't require iCloud storage space.

Empty Trash Automatically

Empty Trash Automatically permanently deletes files that have been in the Trash for more than 30 days.

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Reduce Clutter

Android for mac. Reduce Clutter helps you to identify large files and files you might no longer need. Click the Review Files button, then choose any of the file categories in the sidebar, such as Applications, Documents, Music Creation, or Trash.

You can delete the files in some categories directly from this window. Other categories show the total storage space used by the files in each app. You can then open the app and decide whether to delete files from within it.

Learn how to redownload apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books.

Where to find the settings for each feature

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The button for each recommendation in the Storage Management window affects one or more settings in other apps. You can also control those settings directly within each app.

  • If you're using macOS Catalina, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Apple ID, then select iCloud in the sidebar: Store in iCloud turns on the Optimize Mac Storage setting on the right. Then click Options next to iCloud Drive: Store in iCloud turns on the Desktop & Documents Folders setting. To turn off iCloud Drive entirely, deselect iCloud Drive.
    In macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click iCloud, then click Options next to iCloud Drive. Store in iCloud turns on the Desktop & Documents Folders and Optimize Mac Storage settings.
  • In Photos, choose Photos > Preferences, then click iCloud. Store in iCloud selects iCloud Photos and Optimize Mac Storage.
  • In Messages, choose Messages > Preferences, then click iMessage. Store in iCloud selects Enable Messages in iCloud.
  • If you're using macOS Catalina, open the Apple TV app, choose TV > Preferences from the menu bar, then click Files. Optimize Storage selects “Automatically delete watched movies and TV shows.”
    In macOS Mojave or earlier, open iTunes, choose iTunes > Preferences from the menu bar, then click Advanced. Optimize Storage selects “Automatically delete watched movies and TV shows.”
  • In Mail, choose Mail > Preferences from the menu bar, then click Accounts. In the Account Information section on the right, Optimize Storage sets the Download Attachments menu to either Recent or None.

Empty Trash Automatically: From the Finder, choose Finder > Preferences, then click Advanced. Empty Trash Automatically selects “Remove items from the Trash after 30 days.”

Other ways that macOS helps automatically save space

With macOS Sierra or later, your Mac automatically takes these additional steps to save storage space:

  • Detects duplicate downloads in Safari, keeping only the most recent version of the download
  • Reminds you to delete used app installers
  • Removes old fonts, languages, and dictionaries that aren't being used
  • Clears caches, logs, and other unnecessary data when storage space is needed

How to free up storage space manually

Even without using the Optimized Storage features of Sierra or later, you can take other steps to make more storage space available:

  • Music, movies, and other media can use a lot of storage space. Learn how to delete music, movies, and TV shows from your device.
  • Delete other files that you no longer need by moving them to the Trash, then emptying the Trash. The Downloads folder is good place to look for files that you might no longer need.
  • Move files to an external storage device.
  • Compress files.
  • Delete unneeded email: In the Mail app, choose Mailbox > Erase Junk Mail. If you no longer need the email in your Trash mailbox, choose Mailbox > Erase Deleted Items.

Learn more

  • The Storage pane of About This Mac is the best way to determine the amount of storage space available on your Mac. Disk Utility and other apps might show storage categories such as Not Mounted, VM, Recovery, Other Volumes, Free, or Purgeable. Don't rely on these categories to understand how to free up storage space or how much storage space is available for your data.
  • When you duplicate a file on an APFS-formatted volume, that file doesn't use additional storage space on the volume. Deleting a duplicate file frees up only the space required by any data you might have added to the duplicate. If you no longer need any copies of the file, you can recover all of the storage space by deleting both the duplicate and the original file.
  • If you're using a pro app and Optimize Mac Storage, learn how to make sure that your projects are always on your Mac and able to access their files.
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Classic applications in Mac OS X

When running Mac OS X, you don't need to manually set anapplication's memory size for native applications. Mac OS Xadjusts the amount of memory as the application requires more or lessspace. However, you do need to set an application's memory size ifyou are running an application in Mac OS X's Classicenvironment. To do this, follow these directions:

  1. Determine how much memory is available and accessible to your computer. This will give you an idea how much extra memory you can allocate to the application. From the Apple menu, select About This Mac.
  2. Make sure the application whose memory allocation you want toincrease is closed. Highlight the application's icon.
  3. From the File menu, select Get Info or ShowInfo. The application's information window should open.
  4. In the information window:
    • In Mac OS X 10.2.x and later, click the arrow to the left of'Memory:' so that it is facing down.
    • In Mac OS X 10.0.x and 10.1.x, from the pop-up menu, selectMemory.

  5. In the 'Preferred size:' field, enter the amount of memory you'dlike to allocate to the application. The 'Minimum size:' fieldindicates the amount of free RAM needed to permit theapplication to run. You cannot change the 'Suggested size:' field.

Earlier versions of Mac OS

To allocate more memory to an application in versions of MacOS prior to OS X, follow these steps:

  1. Determine how much memory is available and accessible to yourcomputer. This will give you an idea how much extra memory you canallocate to the application. From the Apple menu, select AboutThis Computer (for Mac OS 7.0 to 7.5.5, select About ThisMacintosh; for System 6, select About theFinder..).
  2. Make sure the application whose memory allocation you want toincrease is closed. Highlight the application's icon.
  3. From the File menu, select Get Info, thenMemory. (In versions before Mac OS 8.5, you only need toselect Get Info.) The application's information windowshould open.
  4. Increase the application's memory allocation. The method differsslightly between older and newer versions of the operating system:
    • In Mac OS 7.5 and later, in the information window you will see anarea labeled 'Memory Requirements'. In the 'Preferred size:' field,enter the amount of memory you'd like to allocate to the application.You cannot change the 'Suggested size:' field. The 'Minimum size:'field indicates the amount of free RAM needed to permit theapplication to run. If the 'Preferred size:' amount is unavailable, aslong as your computer has enough RAM to satisfy the minimumrequirement to run, the application will be available.
    • In Mac OS 7.1 and earlier, near the bottom of the informationwindow you will see an area labeled 'Memory'. In the 'Current size:'field, enter the amount of memory you'd like to allocate to theapplication. You cannot change the 'Suggested size:' field. Bear inmind that you will always need enough free RAM to cover the newamount, or the application will not run.