Buying a basic 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro seemed more than enough at the time. Retina display? Yes, please, Core i5 and Iris graphics? You will do. 8 GB RAM, more than enough. But it turns out that 128 GB SSD is never enough. If you’re looking for a new Mac, splurge on those extra dollars and buy the upgraded model, you’ll thank me later.
But for me, the action was taken. I got this and it’s not like you can (easily) replace the hard drive in a Mac anymore. So for a few years at least, I need to make this work. And as I found out, if I stop being lazy for about 20 minutes a month and do some maintenance work, I’ll be fine. This is my personal checklist. Borrow whatever helps you out.
- 1 1. Empty all trash
- 2 2. Delete language files other than English (Save 3.5 GB)
- 3 3. Clean up temporary files and application cache with CCleaner
- 4 4. Delete apps that haven’t been used for a long time
- 5 5. Delete iOS Apps and Backups
- 6 6. Find and delete large files and folders
- 7 7. Using CleanMyMac 3
- 8 8. Delete attachments in messages
- 9 How do you keep your Mac clean?
1. Empty all trash
This may sound obvious, but the first thing you need to do is empty it Garbage. Maybe you haven’t done it in a while and it might take up several GB. Right click on the Trash icon in the toolbar and select Empty the trash.
But not so. Because Mac doesn’t just have a Recycle Bin. Apps like iPhoto/Photos, iMovie, and Mail each have their own recycle bin, and this can be frustrating. So go into each app, find the Trash option and empty it.
2. Delete language files other than English (Save 3.5 GB)
Most of us will just use our Macs with English as the default language. However, there are more than a hundred languages on your hard drive. Deleting them will recover 3.5 GB of previously used space. And you don’t have to go digging somewhere dangerous. Just download the Monolingual app and run the cleaner.
Related: If you’re new to Mac, check out our detailed beginner’s guide to OS X Yosemite.
3. Clean up temporary files and application cache with CCleaner
CCleaner is a free and lightweight cleaning utility for Mac. While Macs don’t need to be cleaned as often as Windows PCs, you can recover a few GB just by deleting temporary files, clearing Chrome’s cache, clearing application data, etc.
4. Delete apps that haven’t been used for a long time
Do you have apps like Keynote, Numbers, Garageband installed that you’ve never used and probably never will? Just download the small AppCleaner utility, check all the apps you want to remove, and it will remove the apps along with any files they have on your Mac. Just removing iMovie will save you 2.5 GB!
5. Delete iOS Apps and Backups
If you regularly sync your iPhone/iPad with your Mac, old backups that take up several GB might get stuck on your Mac. To get rid of them, go to iTunes -> Interest -> Device options. If there are any backups here, select and delete them.
Also, if you have a habit of downloading iOS apps on your Mac and then transferring them to your iOS device for some reason. go application part and bottom My Appsselect all apps and delete them.
6. Find and delete large files and folders
You won’t believe how much space useless files are taking up on your Mac. A few movies or TV shows you downloaded but forgot to delete later, duplicate files for documents or pictures, etc.
But there’s no way you’ll find them using Finder. There is no context there. A 2 GB file looks like a 100 KB file in Finder. No, you need colorful graphs to crush this. And there’s a great app to help you – DaisyDisk. It’s a $10 utility, but it’s the best for visually representing clusters of relevant data on your Mac and making it easy to get rid of them. We have written detailed instructions on how to use DaisyDisk here.
But if you don’t want to buy software, try Disk Inventory X. It’s not as fancy as DaisyDisk but it’s free and gets the job done. Once installed, let it scan your drive and then navigate down to your home directory to see which files are taking up the most space. Once you’ve identified the files you don’t need, delete them.
7. Using CleanMyMac 3
CleanMyMac 3 is a great cleaning utility. It costs $40 but it tackles almost everything we talked about in this article. If you have a paid app, cleaning junk files, duplicate files, and more is just a one-click process. But you don’t have to go over $40. CleanMyMac has a free version that will do all the scanning and will tell you in clear detail which files need to be deleted. However, it will only clean up 500MB of them.
But we are interested in the scanning part. So download the app and let it scan. Then from the sidebar navigate to different categories. View the largest files on your Mac, spot duplicate photos, then manually navigate to those items in the Finder and delete them.
8. Delete attachments in messages
If you use the Mail app extensively, you’ll see attachments pile up. Go to your inbox, press cmd + ONE To select all messages, go to Message and choose Delete attachments.
How do you keep your Mac clean?
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