- Only the terminal command lines worked for me.I have a SSD installed in my Mac. – user244378 Jul 9 '17 at 15:15 Disk Utility and then Info tells you as well, as does 'about this mac', and the storage tab there.
- Here's how to check how much storage space you have left on your Mac using macOS. Click on the Apple logo in the top left of your screen and select About This Mac: Click on the Storage tab at the top of the panel. On macOS 10.12 Sierra, it will look like the panel below.
- Use iCloud to Free Up Storage Space; Optimize your disk space with MacKeeper; How to check disk space on your Mac The first way: About This Mac. Starting with Mac OS 10.7, Apple also included a built-in tool to view both free disk space and detailed disk usage, which you can get access through the 'About This Mac' window. Here's how to see it.
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Ever wonder how much free space is available on your Mac's hard disk or partitions? It's easy to check in OS X. Plus, if your Mac is running Mac OS 10.7 or later, the interface shows which types of files are taking up the most space, a feature that could help you track down space-hogging files and applications.
Solution 1 Preview storage device. When you select a file in the Finder of Mac and press the blank.
Checking Available Hard Drive Space on Mac OS 10.7 or Later
Ever wonder how much free space is available on your Mac's hard disk or partitions? It's easy to check in OS X. Plus, if your Mac is running Mac OS 10.7 or later, the interface shows which types of files are taking up the most space, a feature that could help you track down space-hogging files and applications.
Solution 1 Preview storage device. When you select a file in the Finder of Mac and press the blank.
Checking Available Hard Drive Space on Mac OS 10.7 or Later
If your Mac is running OS 10.7 or later, here's how to check to the available hard drive space on your Mac:
How To Access Storage On Mac
From the Apple menu, select About This Mac. The window shown below appears.
Click More Info. The About This Mac window appears.
Click Storage. The window shown below appears.
Use this window to check how much hard drive space is available on your Mac. The startup disk is shown at the top of the list; other partitions are shown below. Notice that you can see how much of your hard drive space is being consumed by audio files, movies, etc. This information could be useful when your hard drive is nearly full and you need to delete some files.
Checking Available Hard Drive Space on Mac OS 10.6 or Earlier
If your Mac is running Mac OS 10.6 or earlier, here's how to check to the available hard drive space on your Mac:
Switch to the Finder, and then open a new Finder window.
From the sidebar, select your hard disk by clicking it once, as shown below.
From the File menu, select Get Info. The window shown below appears.
The window shows the disk space available on your Mac's hard drive. Unfortunately, there's no slick interface like the one in 10.7 or later, but at least you'll know whether or not you're running out of space on your hard drive.
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