Can I save items to a hard drive to make more space on my mac?

Ran out of space on my mac. How do I clear up space but also save items that might be needed later?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Dec 26, 2020 12:40 PM

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Niel

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Dec 26, 2020 12:48 PM in response to jillmoore

Drag them to one external drive, back it up to another, and delete them from the internal one.

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