How to speed up my Mac and the free space on the disk?
MY Mac book is 6 years old and I need more space. Can I "Redo" the hard drive so to start again?
Please after the release of EtreCheck
<https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6174> or <http://etrecheck.com>
This will show the configuration of your system, as well as all the 3rd party additions that you added, some of which may be responsible for your performance problems.
Regarding the research of storage for free, try OmniDiskSweeper (free download)
<http://www.omnigroup.com/more>
When you use OmniDiskSweeper, or any utility that displays all the files... See the article after if you want to run it as root
<http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/how_to_recover_missing_hard_drive_space>
Warnings of boiler plate:
If you have a subscription, to run out of disk space, problem, then OmniDiskSweeper can help identify the space where goes. View files and suspected places will help the forum help you to understand. Don't forget, we can not see in your drive, you must give us information to work with.
DO NOT delete files in your folder-> Library Home Page tree as there are things like backups of your iPhone, your emails, your application preferences, etc... If you think that you found something in your file-> Library Homepage which can be removed, you must ask first.
DO NOT remove the files outside your home folder, you can end up removing something essential to Mac OS X and transform your Mac into a costly "door Stop."
I want to say that you will find a few very large files in private-> var-> vm (these are Mac OS X virtual memory paging files (swapfiles) and where Mac OS X stores the RAM copy when your Mac is paused). The swapfile (s) is deleted on reboot, and the sleep image will just be recreated when you put your Mac to sleep.
If you think that you found something to remove outside your home folder, it would be better to ask first before deleting. There are many examples of people deleting files outside their home folder, rename files, or change the property or file permissions and then their Mac stops running. Don't be one of those people. Ask first.
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