Every Mac in the world is also prone to dealing with some common problem, and that is the problem with your disk space. Because of this, there are also some that are experiencing getting a message saying that they have a full startup disk.
And with the high disk usage that most Mac users are facing, people had already built a lot of software that is intended in cleaning up your disk space. And we are also going to show you one of the best software there is.
But before we go ahead and start with the cleaning process, one of the most important things that you should know is how to know the usage of your disk space and also look for the data that is taking up most of your disk space.
Part 1. What Is Disk Usage?
What is disk usage? Is high disk usage bad? Disk usage indicates the available free space or the used space that all of your files had consumed on a single drive. And once that you have a little amount of space left on your hard disk, then your Mac will then act up slow and have a bad performance.
This is the reason as to why you should also be monitoring your disk usage to avoid some more problems that you might encounter on your Mac like 'High Disk Usage'.
What Is Disk Space
Now on the other hand, when we say Disk Space, this refers to the certain capacity of your drive that is indicated with the total amount of space showed in bytes. The total number of bytes that it contains is also the total number of bytes that it can carry out through files and other data.
So once that you have disk space that has an 800 GB storage space available, that also means that this disk can hold up files to 800 GB and will not be able to hold bigger than it.
That is to say, you may need to free up some space once it's highly used.
Part 2. How to Check Disk Usage on Mac
Now, before reducing the high disk usage, you should check out the Disk Usage of your Mac first. Follow the steps below to do it on your own.
- On your Mac, go ahead and go to your Apple Menu.
- Click on the Apple icon.
- Then go ahead and choose “About This Mac”.
- Click on the Storage tab.
From there, you will be able to see the total number of storage of your hard drive. And commonly, you will also see different categories of files on your disk usage graphically such as the following.
- System Junk
- iOS Fies
- Applications
- Documents
- System
- iTunes Files
- Purgeable Files
- Other user’s file
- Other
Now, the category “Other” is where it contains some of your personal information, your images on your disk, your temporary files, your system caches, Library folder that is customized, your archives, and some other files that are not detected by your Spotlight application on your Mac.
And on the same page on your screen, you will also be able to find the available space left in your hard disk. This is located above the graphics figure just below the name of your Mac.
