#mac storage

Macs don’t like clutter, and when storage space nears its maximum limit, things start to collapse dramatically. The problem is that macOS doesn’t always provide sufficient safeguards or smart rollback options to handle this situation, which could turn your device into a paperweight requiring a full disk restore! It might seem simple at first, but reaching maximum storage levels can mean the…

How to free up space on your Mac by moving your Photos library to an external drive

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]Your Photos library holds all your photos, albums, slideshows, and print projects. If your library is large, and you want to free up storage space on your Mac, you can move your library to an external drive.

Before you start, be sure to back up your library.

You can store your library on an external storage device, such as a USB or Thunderbolt drive formatted as APFS or…

Cleaning up sensitive files: How to sanitize storage

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”The most common reason for wanting to clean up sensitive files on internal or external storage is when you’re going to sell or give your Mac (or drive) away,” Howard Oakley writes for Eclectic Light Company.

“Before you even think about how to clean these files up, you must know what they contain, and what risk they would pose if someone else were to be able to view…

How to use one Mac as a Time Machine destination for another

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”Here’s a strange (but interesting!) thing you can do with APFS under Mojave and High Sierra: You can designate a Mac as a network Time Machine destination, so in a pinch, you could back up one Mac in your house to another,” Melissa Holt writes for The Mac Observer.

“I can see this being useful if, for example, you’re concerned about potentially failing hardware on a…