
Here the Mac shows us how much each thing we have occupies, depending on whether they are applications, documents, downloaded songs, photos, etc. The next thing we are going to see is in the list that we have immediately after. If this happens, you already have this option activated. If we already have this option activated, the most likely thing is that two things will happen: that we will not see this option, or that it will be shown to us together with a green check mark. And best of all: we are not going to have to do absolutely anything else. And if we are used to always having the trash can full with lots of files, we are going to notice a lot of the difference. Automatically empties the Trash makes every 30 days your Mac automatically delete all the files that we have in the recycle bin. The one that interests us is the first of all. Then, just below, we see a section in which we are shown three options. If we have a Windows partition, we won’t be able to do it from here. But we can only manage the files and applications that we have installed and saved in macOS. To do this, click on the All volumes button. If we have partitions, in this case, they will also be shown to us.

But it will show us the space of our SSD. It is important that you know that you will not see the consumed iCloud storage space here. In this section we will see, first of all, an indicator of how much space we have full in the local memory of our Mac. That is why, if we want to maximize the local storage of our Mac, we have to go to System Settings > General > Storage. Although we can use cloud services or external hard drives, our computer will always need enough memory space to house files and all the applications we have installed. If we have bought a Mac with “little” memory, and in a medium-long period of time, we notice that it begins to fill up, we may be overwhelmed if we realize that the memory of all Mac models sold in recent years can not be expanded. So we will only talk about the management of files and applications on the local SSD hard drive of the Mac.

The parameters that you are going to see are used to optimize the local memory space of the computer. Before we begin, we are going to point out something important: in this post we are not going to use iCloud at any time.
