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Where is the storage section of About This Mac?
Choose Apple menu > About This Mac, then click Storage. Each segment of the bar is an estimate of the storage space used by a category of files.
How do I clean up my Mac section?
Open the Finder. Select the View menu. Click on Clean Up By. Options include cleaning up by name, kind, date created, date modified, size and tags.
How do I reset my storage on my Mac?
Here’s what you need to do to erase your hard drive:
- Choose Disk Utility in the Utilities window.
- Choose your startup disk.
- At the top of the Disk Utilities window, choose Erase.
- Choose Journaled version of Mac OS Extended from the menu.
- Click Erase.
Why are My Documents not showing up on my Mac?
The problem is that System Preferences are showing what the situation should be, i.e. the Desktop and Documents folders are synced to iCloud and Mac storage is not optimized. In that situation all the files in both these folders should appear on my Mac in the Desktop and Documents folders of iCloud Drive.
Where do I find the storage space on my Mac?
Choose Apple menu > About This Mac, then click Storage. This is an overview of available storage space on your Mac, as well as the space used by different categories of files: Click the Manage button to open the Storage Management window, pictured below.
Why is about this Mac not showing proper disk space?
These errors occur simply because the sizes calculated in the About This Mac window are done from file metadata information that is collected into the Spotlight index, and not from any monitoring of the physical size on disk (as is done in the Finder information window).
Why is my hard drive not showing up on my MacBook Pro?
Open the Spotlight system preferences. Go to the Privacy tab. Drag your hard drive to the list to add it. Select your drive, and then click the minus button to remove it. Perform these steps for any hard drive that shows an improper storage calculation in the About This Mac window.