A mac’s performance can slow a whole lot when there is too much on it’s hard drives.  There is an app called DaisyDisk that I like to use when I am out of disk space — It makes the practice of cleaning up your hard drive a whole lot easier.  You can get it here.

1. Run a scan on the primary disk

2. Drill down on largest items

 

You can drill down on the largest items by clicking on them:

2. Choose & Clear out folders

 

In DaisyDisk, you can right click to display a menu that will allow you to show files in Finder.  Once you’ve got a file up in Finder, move it to your trash, right click your trash can, and select ‘Empty Trash‘.

Check out more Essential Mac Tools here.