Upgrading the storage on your Mac isn't always easy, or even possible, so it's a good idea to know how much storage you have and how to free up more. Often, when you buy a Mac, its storage space is all you'll have, although external drives and storage space on cloud is always an option.
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Fortunately, checking your available storage space - and then freeing up space for the things you want to keep - is very easy to do. In this guide, we'll walk you through Procedure control the storage space of your Mac.
How to check the disk space on your Mac
Step 1: Select the menu Apple in the top left corner of your Mac screen, and then select About this Mac.
Step 2: Select the tab Storage. This will show how much of your Mac's storage space it occupies, divided into colour-coded sections. If you hover your mouse over each one, your Mac will tell you how much space that section takes up.
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Step 3: Use it to find out what takes up the most storage space on your Mac and if you can delete some of it. Archives from this section to free up space. For example, if the module Applications is too large, you could try deleting some of the Applications. To do this, open the Finder and select Applications on the left sidebar. Select the View icon at the top, and then select the column Size to sort your apps from largest to smallest. This way, you can tell if you want to keep the most demanding applications installed - the ones you don't want can be moved to the Waste bin.
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Step 4: Note: If you've split your Mac drive into multiple containers APFS ή Compartments HFS+ or you have attached external hard drives, will also appear in the About This Mac as separate drives, each with its own storage resolution.
Source: digital trends
