You’ll notice that I refer to offloading data as an alternative to upgrading Mac storage.

In this case, if the amount of available storage got to about 100 GB, it would be time to upgrade or offload. A good rule of thumb is to consider upgrading storage or offloading data when your Mac is down to about 10% of available storage. The Mac in this example has a total of 994.66 GB (gigabytes) of storage, with 803.37 GB used. Wait for a moment, and a striped bar appears displaying storage usage: About This Mac storage tab When the About This Mac window appears, click the Storage tab. The easiest way to find out is to click the Apple () menu and select About This Mac. How do I know if my Mac needs more storage?ĭo you need more storage? Your Mac may be in fine shape.

How to determine if your Mac needs more storage.

That’s usually on either a hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-state disk (SSD) in your Mac.

Are you running out of storage space on your Mac? Storage refers to where data is kept on your Mac.

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