Managing your downloads is an important task on any device. They pile up over time, you forget that they’re there, and they can take up a ton of space. Luckily, macOS makes it pretty easy to manage ...

NOTE: In macOS Monterey and later, Other storage was renamed System Data. Here’s how to delete System Data on a Mac. Storage space on your Mac is precious, especially if you have a 128GB or 256GB SSD.

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

When it comes to quickly taking care of daily tasks, the command line can be both powerful and dangerous. Take the commands in this article as an example: the rm command allows you to remove (or ...

If you haven't been organizing and discarding files as you go, it's likely your hard drive is stuffed with downloads, unwanted photos, file copies and other digital dust bunnies. This can reveal ...

Moving a file to the trash on your PC or Mac gets rid of it for good, right? Not so fast. These files can be seen by others later, and they could be slowing down your machine. Tap or click for my ...

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