Richiebcn

Q: searching just on my harddisk

hi there

 

I have a 128gb macbook air, however I am running out of space! just 12gb left

now it says that I have 32gb used on videos however I can't locate them, when I do a search for mp4 for example of mov I get results from my iCloud account as well as the local drive

 

how do i just locate files on my harddisk

 

thanks guys

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Sep 13, 2016 2:53 PM

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  • by FoxFifth,

    FoxFifth FoxFifth Sep 13, 2016 3:37 PM in response to Richiebcn
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    Sep 13, 2016 3:37 PM in response to Richiebcn

    If you have Apple menu > System Preferences > iCloud > iCloud Drive turned on, be aware that everything on iCloud Drive also maintains a local copy on your Mac and is consuming space there.

     

    If you have iCloud Photo Library turned on, that also keeps a local copy. The local copy can potentially consume less space than the original if you have Photos > Preferences > iCloud > Optimize Mac Storage turned on.

  • by Richiebcn,

    Richiebcn Richiebcn Sep 14, 2016 1:01 AM in response to FoxFifth
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    Sep 14, 2016 1:01 AM in response to FoxFifth

    hum very interesting, and something I did not know

    and thanks by the  way

     

    is there anyway not to have a local copy, obviously I want to keep everything in icloud rather than have everything  on local drive, as with 128gb you  run out of space quick

     

    So ideally anything  I put in icloud would only be in icloud and not on local drive

     

    or any other tips would be great

  • by dwb,Helpful

    dwb dwb Sep 14, 2016 12:20 PM in response to Richiebcn
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    Sep 14, 2016 12:20 PM in response to Richiebcn

    For your purposes another disk tool will be useful. There are a number of free ones: OmniDiskSweeper is a good one. Devon Technology’s Easy Find can be found at the App Store.

  • by FoxFifth,Helpful

    FoxFifth FoxFifth Sep 14, 2016 12:20 PM in response to FoxFifth
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    Sep 14, 2016 12:20 PM in response to FoxFifth

    The next release of OS X (Sierra) which is coming next week has an "optimized" option for iCloud Drive where it will "automatically keep rarely used files in iCloud" and make them available on demand. See the Optimized Storage section of http://www.apple.com/macos/sierra/

  • by Richiebcn,

    Richiebcn Richiebcn Sep 14, 2016 12:20 PM in response to FoxFifth
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    Sep 14, 2016 12:20 PM in response to FoxFifth

    Thanks to all

     

    However, now when I try to go to system preferences and change my iclould settings it asks me for my password - which is fine I enter it, I can see that it shows me the storage information of what I have left (i recently upgraded to 200gb) but then it appears to log me out and says verify the Apple ID password for ...... I enter it and then it asks again ;(

     

    I am doing something wrong?

     

    thanks again guys