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The other day, I was using Disk Utility on my Macbook and saw it was using over 40 GB of data. It is of no issue; however, I would like tips on what documents, downloads, etc, to keep or dispose of. I do have documents that have been in there long-term, but I am asking for how to organize properly so that I will not have to be concerned about lack of storage later on.
 
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Windows22 said:
The other day, I was using Disk Utility on my Macbook and saw it was using over 40 GB of data. It is of no issue; however, I would like tips on what documents, downloads, etc, to keep or dispose of. I do have documents that have been in there long-term, but I am asking for how to organize properly so that I will not have to be concerned about lack of storage later on.
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You're the only one who knows what is on there.
 
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Windows22 said:
My apologies, I meant determining with other factors besides the size of the data and how much space they take up and essentially moving them over to an alternate storage device, like a USB drive.
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??

I'm speculating that you are referring to personal files, not system files.

If the size and space they take up is immaterial, keep them all.

If you....for whatever reason......don't want to keep them all, then I'd guess you'd have to do 1 of these 2 things:

1; make a judgement based on the file name alone.....then delete or keep.

2; open the file and then make a judgement based on the contents you see with your own eyes.........then delete or keep.

If you choose to keep, it would make some sense to keep the ravioli recipes in a folder called "recipes".......but some people are so disorganized that they would name the ravioli recipe file as "Friday" and keep it a folder called "neat stuff". There is no help for them.

Actually....I suppose there is a 3rd choice. Delete or copy as many files as you care to at random for no apparent reason.

Or are you NOT referring to personal files?
 
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There are a few free an/or trial (paid) cleaners out there (including CCleaner) even for Macs...

(Perhaps you coud use trail version of CCleaner, jot down what all locations/folders it is clearing, and then get those yourself if not included in the free version)
 
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Lafong said:
??

I'm speculating that you are referring to personal files, not system files.

If the size and space they take up is immaterial, keep them all.

If you....for whatever reason......don't want to keep them all, then I'd guess you'd have to do 1 of these 2 things:

1; make a judgement based on the file name alone.....then delete or keep.

2; open the file and then make a judgement based on the contents you see with your own eyes.........then delete or keep.

If you choose to keep, it would make some sense to keep the ravioli recipes in a folder called "recipes".......but some people are so disorganized that they would name the ravioli recipe file as "Friday" and keep it a folder called "neat stuff". There is no help for them.

Actually....I suppose there is a 3rd choice. Delete or copy as many files as you care to at random for no apparent reason.

Or are you NOT referring to personal files?
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I am referring to system files that appear after downloads sometimes.
 
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