Clean Your Mac - 2023

INSTANTLY free up space on your Mac by targeting over a dozen types of junk that tend to accumulate over time. Clean My Mac NOT required! Don't call Apple Care of the Genius Bar. Just watch and follow along!

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:11 iCloud Drive Archives in Home Folder
01:38 Old iPhoto Libraries
02:05 Second/Extra Photo Libraries
02:23 Mobile Applications
03:02 Podcasts & Podcast Settings
03:25 Dropbox
04:03 Time Machine Files
04:23 Old Backups of Old Devices on iCloud
05:04 Legacy Apps
05:49 Installers for old versions of macOS
06:07 Sponsored Segment: Softwarekeep
06:50 Photos - Largest Images
07:48 Photos - Thumbnails
08:25 Convert RAW Pics to JPEG
08:45 Find Similar Photos - Photo Sweeper
09:19 Old Backups of Old iPhones (LOCAL)
10:08 Garage Band Sound Library
10:22 Downloads Folder
10:36 Slow Mac? Consider This...
10:52 Closing Words

APPS I MENTIONED:
Power Photos (Use Coupon Code TechTalk10)

AppCleaner (Free)

PhotoSweeper - for similar photos
($10 in the App Store)

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[Mrscott]

Great content, thanks. The iCloud archive folder is the one that I had forgotten about.

One tip I always use: instead of constantly looking for and using menus etc., I just hit 'command' and the space bar, and start to type in where i want to go ("storage" "iCloud", etc.). You don't even have to type the whole thing; it will autofill and all you have to do is hit 'enter' and you'll be there.

[ThinkForYourselfMind]

I consider myself to be fairly tech-savvy and LOVE my Mac! I just discovered your channel and wow the wealth of information is incredible. Thank you! I'm probably the one person in the word right now saying "Oh yeah I'm binging on Mac videos." :)

[callmeNeno]

Thank god it’s not another sponsored video cleanmyMac lol

[rasplane]

I’ve been a faithful follower for years and thank you for everything. I saved 43.32 gigs in HDD space, but in the process located 356 gigs of replicated partial photo archives. I will be carefully merging this back into my main backup. After recovering the photo archive the grand total is 399.92. Clearly with pictures being my largest file types. I had to comment before I got sidetracked, but these figures are all before a good ol fashioned reboot. On a 2011 iMac 1TB HDD, this is substantial. Cheers to you, buddy.

[beck___]

I went from 759 GB to 498 GB. Insane!! Thank you so much!!

I remember when our PCs had 2 and 4GB and were like “that will never get full”

Little did we know. lol

[RAFV]

Thank you so much, David. I got 126 GB of space back. I had old iOS backups, photo, and music libraries. Also, I had about 20 Gb of download files including MacOs installation files.

[isabels.]

wow I went from 18 to 53GB free storage space!! Thanks so much for all these hidden tips. Most of mine were old back-ups and apps I did not use anymore.

[ketanhoward]

I went frum about 20 GB to 41.73 GB lot more thanks you so much i been paying for storage but this app help way better for free thank you god bless

[djingusjonathaniii]

So had 6.5GB of space initially... proceeded then to install a load of junk to remove my other junk sadly to find myself only 150MB lighter :')

[patriciamilner]

I've been following you for years. Thanks for all you do for us Mac users.

[true_rcs]

I typically try to stay on top of things on my Mac but decided to do the exercise just in case. I went from 262gb available to 266gb. My biggest issue was the podcast downloads! Thanks

[johnkinsfather]

David~ NEED YOUR HELP. GOT A NEW 2023 m-2 Mac Mini. I have an older 27” iMac, would like to use it as the Monitor. Do you know what kind of cable I would need.?

[lynnebourque]

Thank you! 3-25GB! Now onto photo management. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[djmarie]

Hi there, if I downloaded music from the internet, and it was corrupted without my knowlege...saved in TimeMachine...will the corrupted files re-infect the Mac?
Thank you for you guidance over the years and answering the question in advance. 👍

[susli]

i have a 256gb mac...legendary 165gb are taken by systemdata. Rest is taken by programs and data....i have 7.1gb left. I will try this now

[samuele]

I'm getting stuck on first hurdle. Did the View > show status Bar. Then spend Applications on the side bar but there is nothing telling me how much space is available at the bottom of the screen. I'm using a 27-inch 2020 mac Mac OS Sonoma 14.3 any help given would be great

[desertpatient]

Thank you for the information. It seemed after you moved to the lower desert, not many video were done and I lost track of your help. I am glad to have found them again. Low desert? Yes I live in Yucca Valley. Perhaps someday we will run into each other. Perhaps if you and David ever go to Las Casuelas, Tara and I might meet you there for lunch. But for right now, we are staying up were it is cool or cooler. We have an Aussie and even trimmed, she does not like the the warmth of the lower desert at this time of year. I do enjoy your videos and have signed up for your email newsletter as I have missed them.

[MwishaLudack]

I recovered about 100GB, this is unbelievable.
My iPhone backup and hidden files were taking up so much space.

[LAMethWitch]

solved this problem once and for all just got M1 Macbook Air in gold 16gb Ram - 2TB!

[smyth]

Hi, I am running Monterey. In my apps folder I have "install macOS Monterey" which is 12 gigs. do I need it after Monterey is already intalled or can I erase it and get back 12 gigs? thx