How To Clean Your Mac 2020

[@TechTalkAmerica]

Today I"m going to teach you how to clean your Mac in order to free up space, optimize your settings, and make it run more efficiently.

[@ramirogomezjr8276]

Is clean my Mac x good also ? Just purchased it

[@rafaelrodriguez1124]

Does Malwarebytes slow down the machine? I had the Norton Suite and it slowed my Mac down big time.

[@mikeevans825]

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[@maiberlinhernandez3008]

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[@gustavodiaz1570]

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[@JennyGranville]

Fantastic...you really are brilliant. Okay - I started at 3.39GB (and was feeling a bit desperate) and by the time you were done I am 60GB. Result!!! And I have benefited so much from our one-to-one on photos. thank you so much.

[@davidordonez1080]

Brilliant!! I am now a subscriber. Dangerously low level 19.68GB cleared junk following most steps recommended and now have 276.05GB of 500GB available.

[@smith7764]

I literally have 154.33 GB available space now and used to have 30.8 GB available space, thanks to you and your tips. Thanks you 🙏

[@fredpruitt6031]

David I have been watching your channel for quite sometime. Your information/education has always been very helpful. Your comfort level in front of the camera has significantly improved, not that it was ever bad, now you have become entertaining as well. Thanks for another great video, looking forward to the next one .

[@ajcbambo3844]

Thank you David. I just freed up 7.52GB of space by following your video.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Big fan, David! Not only are your vids chock full of great info, they're well-produced and delivered with ease, humor and personality. This is coming from a Windows user! 👍

[@Diegoperez-fn9sm]

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[@RonnieGreher]

What a fantastic video! I’ve been an  enthusiast and have had Macs for about 20 years now. I’ve also tried to stay on top of maintaining my Macs a good deal. No book, article, tutorial, video, etc has spoken to me in the way that this relatively simple, short, detailed, and oh so helpful resource ever has. Oh, and it’s completely free! I stumbled onto your channel when searching for information about backing up my Mac using CCC and was impressed with level of detail, yet ease of understanding everything being presented. I will be re-watching this video, how to clean your Mac, and going over all of the information presented to optimize my Mac. I’ve been wanting to reduce the amount of storage being used on my internal drive for a very long time, but always seem to fall far short of that goal. Hopefully I can decrease the amount of onboard storage to the point that my next Mac will not need a customized (larger) internal drive. Consider me a very thankful viewer who will be looking forward, as well as backwards, to much more content on your channel for the foreseeable future. Thanks David, for keeping the talk fairly simple and relatively non geeky.

[@juanmuniz3582]

Thanks!

[@roadwarrior711]

Thank you, David, got 22Gb back - mainly iPhoto library I reckon. Another thing - I got my old 2013 iMac to run like a 2020 model simply by connecting via the USB port a Samsung T5 SSD, cloning it from the old spinning disc, and selecting it as the startup drive. No more spinning beach ball of death. Worked like magic!

[@zoyab.2072]

Thank you for speaking the language I can actually understand, as a senior!

[@zachwhelpley661]

Life Saver!!! No Joke! My iMovie folder was holding 70 GB of old footage I don't need anymore! In total, I cleaned up 130 GB's AND turned off Fire Vault and oh my gosh, to think I was planning on buying a new laptop just a month ago, so glad I didn't.

[@mikecoghlan11]

Starting available memory:419BGB. Free memory after completion of cleanup: 534GB. Thank you! All free apps work great. Still need to remove duplicate photos which should free even more space.

[@GAgrafx]

Thank you for sharing your tutorials. I started with 61.35GB of free space and now I have 104.87GB of free space. Thanks again!

[@cindymartin1592]

Awesome advice. Learned new stuff and got Daisy Disk app too! After the CleanMyMac app wormed through my computer and caused so much grief, it was great to get it out of there and find some safe tools! My space went from 988 GB to 1.02TB. Thanks!

[@ilive4livemusic]

Went from having only 16 G (just double my RAM) to over 226 G free. Thanks SO much! Actually, I had already employed many of your suggestions. I’m a long-time user of Power Photos. Using the first software you recommended was helpful for easily identifying outdated and incompatible software but didn’t gain me a lot of space. The big space-saving recommendation for me was to delete the old IOS backup file for my phone. That got me over 20G. Then, I downloaded Daisy Disk. Wow, I love that program! The visual representation is BEAUTIFUL and the software is so easy to use. I now understand more about the file structure of my 2012 MacBook Air and where things have gone to over time than I have in the whole time I have owned it. So, one thing it helped we realize was that a 216g photos file that I thought I had uploaded to ICloud was actually still on my hard drive. i moved it to an external drive and that gave me back the almost half the total space on my hard drive. That file was part of the huge unexplained “Other” category that my Apple System Storage app showed me but it wasn’t until I used Daisy Disk that I was able to tell exactly what was taking up that big block. Thanks so much!!

[@paulbru99]

You're just the best! Free space up from 290G to 410G with 25 minutes work! Will send a contribution to say "thanks".

[@jefffeltes9309]

I'm always amazed at the value of this FREE content!! Thanks so much for helping us be more efficient, clean, and organized!

[@TechTalkAmerica]

You are so welcome!

[@cmacmenow]

David may I also suggest looking at the "Podcast" library for podcasts that were downloaded to the Apple over time. I had a whopping 119 GBs of already viewed and not now needed podcasts on my Mac - Again, find out how much by clicking - Apple Menu- About This Mac - Storage - Manage. Cheers Mr Cox! Great show.

[@sailingokaliptus]

I went from 52.87 to 132.88 and didn't do the photo duplication app because it said I only had 45 duplicates and I didn't feel it was worth the price for that amount of photos. Great video ! Thanks !

[@amineunshakable1295]

The Master is back “David” so pleased and glad there is a new tutorial out. Honestly I wish people could learn how you do your tutorials and the over the shoulder walk to teach, compared to some dude selling courses out there seating on chair for full hours and call it course

[@kevmiller6632]

Great info as always. Regarding iPhotos and Photos. I deleted a folder from iPhotos and the folder was deleted as well in photos

[@reinhardschumacher7416]

Started with 507.04 GB and ended with 512.46 GB I am using an older WAC mini, Thanks for the great service.

[@nadiaboucard4422]

Thank you so much for your tutorial. Just saved 64 GB on a 250GB. Not bad! Will come back for more!

[@donmcdaniel1717]

You are my go to tech guy when I have questions about Mac. Thanks

[@MarkChamberlin4PR]

Started your video with 65 GB available. Followed some of your recommended steps and now have 129 GB available. More work to do but This is why I subscribe to your channel.

[@Air564]

I downloaded the OnyX (+AppCleaner) apps & they have made a huge difference, I have macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 & the system is now going a lot faster so thank you for your excellent advice.

[@janmartin4864]

3.5gb left after watching and following your amazing instructions I now have 7.66gb left on a 8gb iPad Pro which is about 6 years old. Xxxxxx

[@wvkol]

David, thank you for your reference to Daisy Disk. I went from 21GB free space on my Mac to 65GB. I have been scanning thousands of family slides and negatives and I think I got a little carried away with multiple backups. I have a Mac and a PC, but I use iCloud for storage. I found out I had OneDrive on my Mac, which was just duplicate photos that I have in Photos, Google Photos and Flickr. So, again, thanks for that info. Love your videos.

[@roxanebay]

I would like to download App Cleaner For Mac but unsure which one to choose. Mine is MacOS Catalina Version 10.15.7 Thank you for your help

[@dirkvanderghinst6762]

I discovered a few new tricks and also freed up a few GB! Thanks David!

[@artdorgallery2888]

Hi when you say a link to the free app is below ? Its not showing on my iPad at all? Love your lessons easy to follow unlike others I’ve watched.

[@briangroh444]

My Storage use is - System 50% Mail 20% Documents 15% - Any tips on getting those down? This video did a great job of eliminating the others (photos, music, backups) but those were the smallest usage of my memory.

[@GlitzyFritzy]

Subbed....OMG not sneezing at 55K but why don't you have at least a mil? You are the whole package!

[@robfj3414]

I should re-watch this monthly to avoid meltdowns. You just found me 250 gig on my Mac Mini! And there’s more to come.

[@toniwalker644]

I started with 403GB and ended with 975GB!!!!! I cannot thank you enough. I was just about to go and buy a new computer!!

[@joehopper2274]

I started with 146.8gb of free space and ended with 195.33gb. I'm a big iMovie user and couldn't really figure out how to clean up the iMovie Library. I'll watch your iMovie get additional insight. I know there's got to be plenty of duplicate files. Great video Thanks

[@englishlitlover1]

Love Ur Videos! Need to ask "what if the date of your photos are not the same when last opened?" is there a video where you explained that? Thx so very much.

[@ajadrew]

Thanks for this 2020 update to a series I've followed for a while! I went from 147.11GB to 209GB 👍

[@jenh.2194]

What if the Iphoto Library and Photo Library did not show the same date? advice?

[@madhav766]

Daisy Disk was just what I needed! Thanks a ton. I save almost 50GB of storage thanks to that. Deleted most of this from the "other folder". And of course also app cleaner. Adobe CC is a really pesky little rat when it comes to uninstalling. Drove me nuts coz it kept popping up all the time even after using their uninstaller. App cleaner was like a smiting hand for it lol. Thanks again!

[@nonrevhogan8938]

Thanks for another very helpful video. I did download and use Power Photos last week and found it worked flawlessly. So Im glad that you still recommended. Been working for days on photo library. Had apple on phone as many of my videos will not play and have a error. Not fixed yet. It is something when I loaded up the new MacBook pro. They play on iPad but error on macbook. Not sure what fix is yet. But yea on the cleanup. 516.08 of 1TB to 778.29 Gb of 1Tb. when i was finished. Very Nice. Thanks...

[@palwindersidhu8273]

Great video. Is there a way that after I back up all my files on external drive, I clean up my iMac entirely, just like, brand new? And start fresh

[@brunodigital5220]

Great information, David! As an Apple community developer for over 10 years, former Google Director, and now an independent consultant, in online marketing and website development I truly find your videos to be highly informative, educational, relatable and even entertaining. Keep up the great work! One not I have is that 2 of the links in this video (Daisy Disk and Malwarebytes for Mac) seem to have a security restriction when attempting to access the hyperlink through Google Chrome. Also, thank you for HIGHLY recommending the paid version of Malwarebytes and the analogy you associated with the recommendation. - Bruno

[@TechTalkAmerica]

Thank you so much, Bruno. I’m very humbled by your comments. To answer your question I think the security alert you are referring to may be because both Apps require full disk access in order to run properly (totally normal).

[@fastbobby504]

I got back 13GB of space after this. Thanks David

[@fellixallenfant2132]

From 30 GB available to 142 GB available, thankyou

[@dalroth10]

Another great video David - thank you very much for posting it. I've watched many of your videos since getting my very first Mac 5 years ago. I'd paid attention to try and keep my iMac as clutter free as possible but learned some new stuff today.👍. My available storage at the beginning was 2.83TB of 3.12TB. After doing everything you recommended my available storage has increased to 2.84TB. This may not seem like a lot but every little bit helps! 😀

[@melkph]

Went from 158G to 237G free!! Thank you so much ;)

[@4FJM]

David..I got back @40 gb on my "ol" reliable 2013 MB Pro. Thanks!

[@jonpetersdronemedia4142]

Many, many thanks David. I go t 52GB back......

[@charliereed9925]

I like your vids but still a lil hesitant to follow up as years ago I formatted my external drive and lots my data.

[@ReturningToWholeness]

Loved it, went from 65 items & 26.66 GB availability to 65 items & 80.24 GB availability. Nice!

[@taylorteddy7187]

So helpful! Thanks a lot! I had only 2GB free for a 256GB mac, and I at least got 20GB of garbage cleared out!

[@garypillischafske1425]

Now that was helpful beyond measure! I got rid of the beachball! Hooray! You are the man!!!!

[@TechTalkAmerica]

Glad I could help!

[@shinaoki8280]

450GB to 822GB. 372GB saving. Thank you!

[@PaigehPoo27]

Very helpful video! I’d been going manually through and deleting a lot of files too, so this plus your advice allowed me to go from 544gb available to 845gb available!! At least 200gb of that was purely down to your advice so thank you.

[@richb1334]

Hi David You have some great video of the apple Imac I have learned alot of imovies now final cut pro x which you know better than any one else . Keep up the video you are help every one .

[@jeffknollmiller]

David, I gained 51GB so far. Still need to delete iPhotos folder after confirming all data moved into Photos folder. Great tutorial, thanks for all the info!

[@emmanuelvocales1445]

Thanks David.. it was really a great video. Stay safe and healthy.

[@onehappydawg]

So I started off at 109.82 GB left out of 1 TB on my 2015 - 27" iMac. Honestly a lot of the things you show in your video didn't help me, some did. But what you did with your video however was to make me dig to see what was taking up all my space. I edit a lot of video on FCPX and what I found out is that FCPX can take a 200 MB video and throughout the editing process that little 200MB can ballon up to 10GB! It's because of how FCPX renders and all kinds of other stuff that I'm sure you would understand better than I do. Anyway, after changing some settings and deleting some old render and proxy files from FCPX and transferring some other files I've had on my desktop over to an external dive, my new available space is 602.56 GB. I got back a ton of space. Thanks. The next thing I need to do I think, is to get my 8GB of RAM up to 32GB since I can just add it though the little door in the back. Do you think that would really make any difference?

[@she77777]

I went from 3.41 GB to 76.5 GB! Thank you!

[@MrTonycnyc]

Hi. Thanks for the videos. They are great. I have own question regarding moving music folder to ICloud: Will there always be physical copies of those mp3s etc on the computer? I need them on my drive to work with DJ software. Thanks again. About to get my new MBP, and don’t what to carry 15+ years of migrated files to this new one. You Rock 😊🙌🙌🙌

[@warrengh5647]

Excellent info again and clearly explained. Thank you.

[@billmichalakos8569]

You have taught me so many things! Thank you so much! Lots of respect!

[@Ultrarmx]

Ty so much for this video. I got back 187.4 GB free. Wow that was a lot of space I got from your tips.

[@carnuroalnanda5241]

hi guys, the best info that I have ever had was by using the Mels Speed Method (i found it on google) without a doubt the no.1 treatment that I've tried.

[@sq7900]

Hi Dave, have 2 users on my IMac. Is the storage the same for both?? How to save things to the hard drive instead of the RAM?? Thx and great work, videos etc..😊

[@micwarmington1]

what do you think of the 'clean my mac' software from macpaw ?

[@windsurfed1]

Firevault: You say a major cost in performance if it's on? How much for surfing the web or using Final Cut Pro?

[@philipsutherland5441]

We're ready now for 2021 update for Big Sur.

[@raymondkasar7167]

Please do a class on Onyx usage. Thank You!

[@ChristianW1971]

Great video as always.

[@TechTalkAmerica]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@henderson678]

I freed up 40GB. Thanks!

[@9kirkwood]

Love the video. I will install apps recommended. When I try to back up with time machine, I get a pop up ‘ bask up disc not available’. I have an external hard drive and can run backup with it. Suggestions ?

[@TechTalkAmerica]

It's either not plugged in or it could be experiencing errors. This is where you might want to run Onyx or Disk Utility on your external hard drive (remember: ALL drives fail)

[@mikez2501]

Make sure Time Machine is pointed to the external disc you want to use as a backup. If disc names even change you may get that error.

[@annacoffee]

Freed up 3.49GB - 7% so not bad. Many thanks.

[@danteshelby2990]

hey, david. thank you so much for your videos. can you please recommend a free virus removing / scanning software for ios. please. i'm afraid that my desktop may have a virus.

[@jerrytai5714]

Very useful information and you are so funny! Cool

[@charleskay2605]

Great video thanks. You used to recommend CleanMyMac - is there a problem with it now?

[@TechTalkAmerica]

There are ASPECTS of CleanMyMac that I really like. The problem is (1) it isn't for everyone (2) it totally FAILS at finding Malware and (3) It's hard to recommend an app when I have to explain what parts of it are less than adequate and which parts have great value (the Shredder is a great feature). They need to improve their game and deliver what they promise. Malware is a huge issue right now and I dont want people to think they're protected only to discover they're not.

[@karenhuske1515]

I thought I downloaded AppCleaner, but I ended up with MacKeeper and it keeps asking me to subscribe for over $100 a year. I must have done something wrong.

[@juliecomitini1446]

I went from 204.9mb to 34.95gb. Thank you so much.

[@orlandowoods1234]

Great video knowledge! Dave, how do I ungrey my applications on my macbook air?

[@joemalon9523]

thanks for the tips. Went from 10.33 GB free to 34.85GB free!

[@gruv2nz]

Great video, thanks.

[@leom5894]

David - what if "Date last Opened" shows no information? Thanks

[@kathleennoblemckee6279]

This was awesome information! I'll be watching more videos for sure and passing the info along.

[@roshaan]

Freed up 33 GB! Thank you!

[@biancanmd]

Thanks! Went from 14.45 to 56.56 :)

[@mikerisner]

AppCleaner is my hero! Another great video.

[@2196kj]

Went from 777gb of free space to 816gb. Thank you. The only difference between the free and paid version of Malwarebytes for Mac, is that it will include finding malware 24/7. The three other features is for Windows only. Stops Exploit Attacks*. Blocks Ransomware Attacks* Shields Against Malicious Websites* *Windows Only. Is it really worth the extra money for that one feature? Also deceptive advertising. Says save 25%, but you only save 12%. I did download App Cleaner and that works great.

[@artdorgallery2888]

I have photos in my library and videos that where clear and are now blurry can you explain why this has happened and is it possible to adjust them they are from the 1990’s

[@lenmueller9702]

That is a terrific and informative video. I’d like your opinion on the following utility apps that I’m running on my Mac. Disk Doctor, Memory Clean 2, PhotoSweeper

[@AmazingGrace945]

I would like to know how to print all my notes on one page. Thank you for making these videos, Very helpful to people like me who is up there in age

[@petermorrison4838]

Thanks so much for this. I started with 349.5 GB available space on my 1TB HD. On my iMac (on which I also run Windows 10 under Parallels). I did everything you mentioned and I known I was deleting lots of files including 2 copies of old windows8.1.pvm files each of 32GB. Also many other files of above 0,5GB and many higher than that. So I’m really Surprised that after all that I have LESS free space with only 339.4GB I am wondering if this is because the large amounts of files that I have in iCloud have decided that they can download more of themselves onto the hard disc given that the space has been freed up.

[@marcib2655]

Great video thank you

[@MrConnearn]

Thanks David: you helped me to get an extra 112Gb - very happy!

[@RustyX111]

Great informative video Dave! Thanks so much.

[@ThisSeasonsGold]

Literally just doing it this week!!

[@YeshusTeja]

I went from 277gb free to 378gb!! Thanks a lot!!

[@flyfisherjames]

Great video. One question - I've decided my Late 2012 MBP 13" is due for an upgrade and am awaiting delivery of a shiny new MBP 16". Would you recommend a clean install, or simply migrate everything using Time Machine? BTW, you've convinced me to upgrade Malware Bytes to the pro version!

[@TechTalkAmerica]

Clean Install. Restore your data via iCloud drive.

[@jimhannah6235]

Very appreciated and greatly needed. .... Thank you. You

[@antoniocarluccio777]

Nice video to get a nap after lunch.

[@cherayiljoseph2618]

How to wipe old details of previous owner relocation problems can you help