But do you use them all? For example, Apple offered you apps like Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and GarageBand did you download them, and do you use them? If not, getting rid of them can save a lot of space. When you bought your Mac, it came with a number of applications installed, and you may have downloaded and installed many others. The first place to look to sweep out unneeded cruft on your Mac is in your Applications folder. In this article, I’m going to show you how to uncover and delete some unneeded files that may be taking up a lot of space on your Mac. This is especially important if you have a Mac with an SSD and limited storage. Still, there are more insidious files cluttering your Mac these can be hidden in folders you may not see, or, sometimes, in plain sight.

This is the first step toward cleaning out your Mac and freeing up space on your drive. In a recent article, we looked at how you can get rid of duplicate files on your Mac.

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