How to Free Up Mac Disk and Increase Storage Space?

How to free up and extend Mac drive space without losing data?

"Hi guys, do you know what to do when the Mac hard drive is full? I'm having this problem that my MacBook Pro is nearly full and I cannot store any more data inside the drive anymore and the computer is very slow now.
So I want to know is there any way to free up my Mac drive space and leave more available space to optimize my Mac computer performance? I'm wondering to know if I can remove saved data to a new storage device and delete useless files to free up Mac disk? If there is a fast and easy way than Copy & Paste to transfer Mac data to external storage device, things will be perfect. So if you know nay free simple way to free up and extend Mac hard drive space without losing data, please help me. Thanks."

If you are looking for a simple and secure way to free up Mac disk without losing any data, you are at the right place. Here in the below, we'll show you how to free up and extend Mac disk space without losing any data within 2 steps. 

Step 1. Backup Mac drive data to external hard drive

To avoid expected data loss error, it's highly necessary for you to backup important Mac drive data to external hard drive, USB or other devices. Here we'd like to show you how to backup all Mac drive data to new external hard drive at one time:

 
1. Download, install and launch EaseUS Todo Backup for Mac on Mac computer;
Note: With EaseUS Todo Backup for Mac, you'll effectively backup all Mac data to new drive without copying and pasting files and data again and again.

2. Click the first Backup tab or simply click + button at the left corner on the left pane to create a backup project - name the backup project and click OK;

3. Set up the backup destination where you want to store Mac files as backups, automatically backup frequency etc and click OK;

4. Add files and folders to the backup project;
Click File+ to selectively choose files and folder to backup and click the blue start button to backup your Mac to another drive or external device now.

 
Wait for the Mac hard drive data backup process finish. 

Step 2. Free up Mac disk space

Now that you can follow to remove and clean up useless files and data from Mac hard drive with below tips:

1. Delete files and data that have been backed up to external hard drive;
2. Clean up useless files on Mac desktop;
3. Clean up Downloads, Movies and Music folders;
4. Clean up cache files on Mac:

• Open Finder > Go > Click Go to Folder;
• Type: ~/Library/Caches and delete the files or folders that are taking up the most space;
• Click Go to Folder and type: /Library/Caches and delete folders and files that take up the most space once again.

5. Remove old iOS backups and old iTunes Library backups:

• Open Finder > Go > Go to Folder;
• Type: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ > Find and select outdated old iOS backups there and delete them from Mac computer;
• Type: ~/Music/iTunes/Previous iTunes Libraries and find the old iTunes backups and delete from your Mac drive.

After this, you'll successfully free up Mac disk without losing any important data. If your Mac is full or you want to extend space on Mac hard drive, just follow to get jobs done here now.