Most MacBook models start with 256GB of base memory. While it suffices for most people, many may find it limiting in their workflow. You can always get a 512GB or 1TB SSD on your MacBook, but upgrading your SSD during checkout doesn’t come cheap. If you have less space on your Mac, you may experience application crashes and other problems with daily operations. Thanks to the iCloud platform, you can easily free up space on your Mac without losing access to files.
Handling less space on your Mac is never a desirable situation. You won’t want to regularly delete files and empty the Trash to add new photos, videos, and documents to your Mac. Instead of moving related files to an SSD or other external storage, use the steps below to free up space on your Mac using iCloud.
Check space on your Mac
With macOS Ventura, Apple has completely revamped the System Preferences menu and called it System Settings. The new System Settings menu resembles the iPhone and iPad apps. Here’s how you can check how much storage is left on your Mac.
Step 1: Tap the Apple icon in the top left corner.
Step 2: Open System Settings.
Step 3: Select General from the left sidebar.
Step 4: Open the Archive menu.
Step 5: Check how much space you have left on your Mac. If you don’t have enough memory on your Mac, free it up using the steps below.
Check current iCloud storage
Before uploading your local Mac files to the iCloud platform, you need to check the remaining iCloud space for your account first. If you already have an iPhone or iPad, you may have less iCloud space due to device backups, media uploads, app data, etc.
Step 1: Open System Settings on your Mac (refer to the steps above).
Step 2: Select your account at the top.
Step 3: Open the ‘iCloud’ menu.
Step 4: Check out the detailed iCloud storage breakdown for your account.
If you don’t have enough iCloud storage, you’ll need to optimize it or subscribe to one of the higher plans. You can check out our dedicated post if you want to free up iCloud space on your Mac. To purchase or upgrade to a higher iCloud plan, follow the steps below.
Step 1: Go to System Settings on your Mac and open your profile (check the steps above).
Step 2: Select iCloud.
Step 3: Select Manage in the top right corner.
Step 4: Check iCloud storage analysis from the following menu. Select ‘Change storage plan’ at the top.
Step 5: You can purchase a higher iCloud+ or Apple One plan from the following menu. Select the relevant iCloud storage space and complete the purchase process.
Free up space on your Mac with iCloud
Now that you know your Mac has less space and has the right iCloud plan to move your files, follow the steps below to upload them.
Step 1: Open the Finder app on Mac.
Step 2: Select iCloud Drive in iCloud from the left sidebar.
Step 3: Create a new folder or open an existing folder.
Step 4: Press the Command + T key combination to open another tab in the Finder application.
Step 5: Drag and drop large files from your Mac into a relevant folder in iCloud Drive.
You can move large files to your Mac desktop to upload them to the iCloud platform. After you upload the relevant files to iCloud, use the steps below to remove them from your Mac.
Step 1: Open iCloud Drive in the Finder app (refer to the steps above).
Step 2: Select your uploaded files or folders in iCloud.
Step 3: Right click on them. Select ‘Delete Download’ from the context menu.
iCloud will remove the local file from your Mac and keep the uploaded file visible in the Finder app. If you want to use the same files in the future, double-click them or select ‘Download now’ from the context menu.
Optimize Mac storage
If you don’t want to manually upload photos and videos to iCloud, turn on iCloud optimization from System Settings.
Step 1: Open the Storage menu in your Mac’s System Settings (check the steps above).
Step 2: Select Optimize next to the ‘Storage in iCloud’ menu.
Optionally store all your photos and videos in iCloud Photo Library and save space by keeping optimized versions of your Mac when storage space is needed.
Manage your Mac’s storage like a pro
After you upload related files to iCloud to save space for your Mac, you can use tags in the Finder app to organize those files. Check out our post for using tags in the Mac’s Finder app.
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