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Then expand them when you need to use them again. If you don't want to delete certain files, you might be able to save space by compressing them. Check the Users folder on Macintosh HD for any shared files that you no longer need to share.If your Mac is set up for multiple users, delete users that no longer need access to your Mac. Or ask them to follow the steps in this article after logging in to their user account. Also check the Users folder on Macintosh HD for any undeleted data belonging to deleted users.If you use your Mac to back up your iPhone or iPad, you can delete old backups.Also choose Mailbox > Erase Deleted Items. Remember to copy the disk image to another location on an external disk and delete it from your boot drive afterwards. Or Save the home folder as a disk image to keep it.

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Choose Delete the home folder to get rid of it and free up space. If you use the Mail app for your email, choose Mailbox > Erase Junk Mail from the menu bar in Mail. Select the user you want to remove and press the ‘-‘ button.Delete files in your Downloads folder. Open this folder from the Dock, or by choosing Go > Downloads from the menu bar in the Finder.

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Delete music, movies, podcasts, or other media, especially if it's media that you can stream or download again as needed.

You can also delete files that you no longer need. When run as root, the application can access and size this and other locations on the drive.If you have another storage device, such as an external drive connected to your Mac, you can move files to that device. Media files such as photos and videos can use a lot of storage space, so you can take steps such as these: Compare the Spotlight Database size to the previous screenshot. OmniDiskSweeper run as root using Terminal. Spotlight-V100 folder now shows over 800MB of content where before it appeared empty.

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Once an administrative password is entered, the application will launch and allow you to scan the drive for all files. Assuming you have OmniDiskSweeper installed in your main Applications folder, that command is: sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper

As with all sudo commands, triple-check the syntax before executing it (or simply copy/paste from here) as it is possible to cause irreversible damage to the OS and file system if the wrong command is entered.

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To give OmniDiskSweeper full access to all files on your drive, you must run the application from the Terminal using the sudo command, which stands for “Super User Do” and gives access to all files on a user’s drive. Since few people ever run as a fully priviledged “root” user, this means you’re almost always going to miss something, including system-level files or files and folders belonging to other user accounts on that Mac. When run normally, as above, Joe noted that OmniDiskSweeper only shows files that are visible to the user that ran it. Note also the size of the Spotlight Database as 0 bytes.

It shows that the user’s Documents folder is the largest folder on the drive. OmniDiskSweeper run from the Applications folder. Thankfully he also found a solution which he shared with us and we now share with you. This allows a user to easily find the largest files on a drive and is great for clearing up free space (such as when preparing to migrate to a smaller solid state drive). However, in Mac Geek Gab 355, listener Joe found that it doesn’t always show everything. OmniDiskSweeper scans the files and folders of your Mac’s hard drive and displays a list, in order of file size, of the contents of your drive. Long time Mac Geek Gab listeners know that using OmniDiskSweeper is a fantastic (free!) way to find out what files are taking up all your precious hard drive or SSD space.

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