Need to clean up my data.

Roverno · 4 Feb 2012 at 11:53

I currently have a 500GB HDD but im going to be upgrading speed and downgrading size to 256GB SATA2 SSD.

I Have 150GB used space at the moment but id like to try and clean some stuff out. I think i have junk leftover from apps i have downloaded and deleted from a while ago but i don't know where to look really.

Basically im looking for tips to clean up space. Thanks

uniQ · 4 Feb 2012 at 18:36

Empty trash can.

Clear out downloads folder.

Grab a demo of daisy disk will let you visualise where and what is using your space.

Grab a demo of CleanMyMac, again helps visualise what you might be able to free up then use the free Onyx.

Use something like Singlemizer to find and remove duplicates.

Roverno · 4 Feb 2012 at 18:46

If i use singlemizer to delete duplicates, how does it know which one to delete? surely i could end up with a file in a differnet location to where i would normally find it and it could be impossible to find?

uniQ · 5 Feb 2012 at 10:00

You're at university? RTFM or at least read the products description:

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/singlemizer/id410263119?mt=12

Roverno · 5 Feb 2012 at 12:47

uniQ said:
You're at university? RTFM or at least read the products description:

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/singlemizer/id410263119?mt=12

Just because it says it can do something, doesn't mean it works well...