My Mac report a full disk, and I've been offloading files to iCloud. Every time I touch a file, it is recorded in the Recents folder. This creates a loop in which I tag files to offload to iCloud only to find them reappear in Recents. As a result, the Recents folder keeps my disk full. AND I have tried to delete (move to Trash) everything in Recents, but it all reappears. Any idea what's wrong and what to do?
The recents folder is a Virtual folder, created for your convenience in identifying recently-used items.
The recents folder itself takes up NO SPACE whatsoever. That is not where you should be looking for anything to remove.
What is “Other” storage on a Mac, and how… - Apple Community
The recents folder is a Virtual folder, created for your convenience in identifying recently-used items.
The recents folder itself takes up NO SPACE whatsoever. That is not where you should be looking for anything to remove.
What is “Other” storage on a Mac, and how… - Apple Community
Those are references to actual files. The actual files may be taking up space.
The article I cited is about 'Boat Anchor Identification' -- the way to find the absolute biggest files quickly. Removing a few un-needed big boat anchor sized files will generate a lot more space than deleting dozens of smaller files.
Interesting and helpful, thanks! Is there some way to delete those virtual files, though, or do I just let them pile up?
Cannot delete files in "recents" folder on my Mac Pro
