Longmont man

Q: Increase storage by deleting files.  Are download files necessary?

Have Mac

OS X version 10.7.5

Am trying to free up storage space and am looking at my download files.  Can these be deleted?

Posted on Jul 23, 2015 6:57 AM

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Q: Increase storage by deleting files.  Are download files necessary?

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  • by rccharles,

    rccharles rccharles Jul 23, 2015 10:54 AM in response to Longmont man
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    Jul 23, 2015 10:54 AM in response to Longmont man

    If you do not need them, delete them.

     

    I no long delete files.  External storage is so cheap.

    http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/

     

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    Be careful when deleting files. A lot of people have trashed their system when deleting things.

     

    Place things in trash. Reboot & run your applications. Empty trash.

     

    Go after large files that you have created & know what they are.  Do not delete small files that are in a folder you do not know what the folder is for. Anything that is less than a megabyte is a small file these days.

     

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    Empty the trash.  Space isn't reclaimed until you empty the trash in three places!

    The trash can...

    --  in the dock

    -- for iPhoto

    -- with Mail

     

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    Run

    OmniDiskSweeper

    "The simple, fast way to save disk space"

    OmniDiskSweeper is now free!

    http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidisksweeper/download/

     

    This will give you a list of files and folders sorted by size. Go after things you know that are big.

  • by Longmont man,

    Longmont man Longmont man Jul 23, 2015 4:28 PM in response to Longmont man
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    Jul 23, 2015 4:28 PM in response to Longmont man

    thank you, rccharles, I will give this a try.  I appreciate the comments.