How to use Optimized Storage on the MacWhat is Optimized Storage and how do I use it?
Updated April 2017: Added steps for optimizing storage using Photos on Mac. Included a link for how to disable Optimize Storage.
As we use desktop and laptop computers, we tend to fill up our hard drives with stuff we've collected over the years. It's like an attic, basement, or garage that slowly fills up over the years. Some stuff gets used often, other stuff sits in a box gets forgotten about. Eventually, though, the clutter becomes too much and you have to start getting rid of things. But how do you sort the import stuff from the trash? On macOS Sierra, that's where Optimized Storage comes in.
Optimized Storage takes files you've been storing in iCloud and moves them off of your computer if your local storage gets too full. It also leaves behind an icon of the item that has been removed so that, when you finally do want to access it again, you don't have to go somewhere different to find it. You can just click on the file and it w...
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How to use Optimized Storage on the Mac
