storage

I'm confused by the storage stats. I have a macOS Big Sur under APFS (~736 Gi with 578 Gi used) and also a BootCamp Windows (~189 Gi with ~143 Gi used) alongside. "System Information" says I only have ~156G left (= 143Gi) left in macOS, which is consistent with the command df -h as shown below...

Was looking at how much storage is being used on my base M1 MBA, and there is a section in the storage graph listed as "other", how do I find out what that is? Clicking on manage, then shows me this, but it can't be clicked on to do anything with it?

It's been 6 days and already I've got a warning "storage almost full". My 3TB HDD sounds like a jet engine when powered on, and hangs up Finder when waking up from sleep, it's very annoying. I need a large storage device for casual use that is QUIET and will be connected to the back of the...

I have my main HD formatted as APFS and it shows what portions of the drive are apps, movies, music, pics, other, etc. After upgrading to Catalina, I noticed it no longer shows any information for all of my other drives. At first I thought this issue was only affecting my external drives, but I...

I get confusing results from the internet. My new iMac, which I've barely loaded anything onto, has an 'other' area taking up 40 gigs, which is a lot on a machine that 'only' has 256g.(about this Mac > storage > manage) I tried a chat with apple care, they just kept referring me to vague...

Made the jump to an M1 Mini from an aging windows PC for my daily driver, and this caught my eye when I plugged in my external SSD that I use to store my music collection. On my PC, it says I have 170 GB free of 465 GB total storage - 48,434 total files. 290 GB total usage on disk. On my new...

Hi, I need to get a new Mac, my choice is always the lightest which is Macbookair still, but I am not sure if 512 GB of storage is enough. I need the highest RAM for photoshop/Animate and music editing, but I got used to store all files I am not working on outside of the laptop so I don t think...

I use the Photos app to sync media across all my devices, but I don’t want to use it as for long-term storage. Every year, I move all of my media from my devices to local hard drive storage backups, but I would also like to have the convenience of accessibility. I’m interested in using the...

Hi! I'm Tomasz from Warsaw, Poland. Aerospace engineer turned software developer. Lurker since 2015, but this is my first post. I struggled with this for years and finally curiosity won, hence me sharing this here... Do you have any idea how to stop Apple Photos from filling up SSD? I used...

Hello everyone! Can someone pls help me? I used to have the iPhone 11 Pro Max 256GB and it says on that phone that I have only used 51GB out of 256. Now, Little bit more information about that device: besides having that phone storage I also have 200gb iCloud storage but it got full so some of...

I use iCloud for syncing and short-term backups in the Photos app. I move all my photos and videos to an external hard drive for archiving yearly. In previous years, I would allow the Photos app for macOS auto sync and download all original files to a library on an external drive. I’ve been...

Hello, as the title says - how can I move my notes from iCloud to local storage? I wanna ask first before I do something as I don't want to accidentally delete them or anything. Thanks!

Hello everyone! I have read that Apple now has Apple raw and Dolby for taking videos, I am just wondering if 256GB would be enough if I use those often? Little information about my usage with my 11PM, so far out of 256GB I have only used 55.1GB. I also currently have the 200GB iCloud but I have...

I have enough space in iCloud and all my photos are in the "library". Is there a way to force photos to upload? Is there something else I could be missing? I'm working on a 2017 iMac...

For the 7,1 Mac Pro is the storage all configured with the T2 security? For example, if you order the system with 1TB, I can see where the storage is configured with T2. However, if you order it with 4TB, is it the same? Can you just have the 1TB with the T2 security? What I'm looking at doing...

Hey there, I'm trying to make a decision regarding storage for my next iPhone. Here are some notes I have. Let me know what you chose and why. Local Storage Pros - Faster Data Access - No connection required - Access to data in no coverage - No Battery Drain - No Data Plan Consumption...

Hey all! Ive been reading through all of the related storage threads but I’m struggling to determine what the best SSD drive + PCI adapter card combo to get. I would love to get some recommendations from anyone that has researched or purchased this sort of setup. My setup is a 12-core 2019 Mac...

Hi Friends, My cousin got this MacBook Air and now he is unable to sync the iPhone because of some storage issues (he thinks), however he would like to upgrade the storage now. How do we go about that? How to find out if it supports a M.2 or Sata one though the site says configurable upto...

Dear Forum, I have tried different solutions on the internet but nothing has worked out. The problem: I deleted my windows partition to free some space using the boot camp assistant. But since then the additional space just disappeared and I have no idea how to get it back. Here screenshots...

Hi all ! Simple question i hope ... My Hard Drive has 1TB of space. From what i can see, I'm using about 180 GB of this space for system. My "Info" says 276.69GB is purgeable. It also shows 458.66GB is used - odd as i should only be using about 180GB. Something doesn't add up ! How do i...