Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 2: Normal System Setup
• Method 2 of 2: Other Methods for Cleaning Disks
• Tips
• Warnings

The Mac system is very popular. It works fast, looks beautiful and is well made. If your system starts to slow down, we recommend that you clean your hard drive. We will tell you how this is done.

Steps

Method 1 of 2: Normal System Setup

1. 1 Remove any programs and applications that you are not using. Use a program to uninstall programs, or just go to the directory of each program separately and find the uninstall file named uninstall (programs for uninstalling programs: CleanGenius or AppZapper).
   • If you do not know how to properly remove programs on your system, read about it on the Internet or on this site.
2. 2 Empty the trash. This will speed up your computer, especially if you have a lot of files in your recycle bin.
3. 3 Use a code-cleaning program such as XSlimmer. This will increase the amount of free disk space and speed up your computer.
4. 4 Make archives of old files, especially documents and photos. This will reduce their size. To do this, you need an archiver program that can be found and downloaded on the Internet.
   • Once you've zipped your files, move them to an external hard drive or CD for safe storage.
5. 5 Clean up system logs and temporary files. Your system should automatically run UNIX scripts, but in earlier versions of Mac OSX, the scripts are usually set to run around 3 or 5 am, while computers are usually off, so the scripts never run.
   • Download a free app such as OnyX to set up a schedule for clearing logs and temporary files.
   • If you want to clear system logs and temporary files yourself:
     • Go to the terminal Applications (or Programs) → Service → Terminal
     • In Terminal type "sudo periodic daily weekly monthly" and press Enter
     • Enter your Mac administrator password
     • Wait while the system starts the desired process and completes the cleaning. After that, the terminal will open again.
6. 6 Delete unnecessary old system backups, as well as data copies from iPod, iPhone, or iPad to restore the system to them.
   • To find these backups, open the category Home → Library → Software Group (Application Support) → MobileSync → Backups (or Backup)... Find new copies and old copies. Delete old copies.
7. 7 Check the ~ / Movies /, ~ / Music /, and ~ / Downloads / folders from time to time and delete unnecessary files.
8. 8 Remove old DMGs, iPhone apps (IPSW) and other files.
   • Removing DMG: DMGs are disk images. After you have created a disk image and installed the program or game you need, you can delete the image.
   • Remove IPSW: Open Library → iTunes → IPhone Updates and delete old files.

Method 2 of 2: Other Methods for Cleaning Disks

1. 1 Delete the iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand folders if you no longer need them. They take up up to 3GB of space.
2. 2 Buy an additional external storage device to store the information you need but often don't use, photos, movies, etc.For example, another hard drive, or flash drive.
3. 3 Restart your computer before creating backups.
4. 4 Sign up for dropbox (free up to 2 GB) or MEGA (free up to 50 GB) - free storage of information on the Internet. Having uploaded your files there, you will always have access to them from any computer anywhere in the world.
   • If you register in one of these services, do not forget to constantly clear your cache and delete files you no longer need. When you upload files to Dropbox, for example, the system stores backups on your computer. Delete them.
5. 5 Use programs like DiskInventoryX to manage the programs installed on your computer. You can view the list of programs, how much space they take up, how often you use them, etc.
6. 6 Start CCleaner. CCleaner cleans up to 200MB of disk space at least. The program removes unnecessary and unused system files and registry files.
7. 7 Disable the option to create backups in Time Machine. This way you can clean up to 100GB of space. For this:
   • Go to the terminal (as above).
   • Type "sudo tmutil disablelocal" and press Enter
   • Enter the administrator password.
8. 8 If you want, you can buy the next version of the iMac with a 64GB SSD boot drive and 2TB hard drive space for programs and files.

Tips

• Not using? Delete!
• If you cannot delete a file / folder, close all applications that might be using it or restart your computer.
• MacPorts has LaunchDaemons
• All applications with a progress bar use RAM

Warnings

• Be careful not to confuse anything.
• Back up your system before deleting anything.