To delete a file using this method, first open up the Terminal, located in the Applications/Utilities folder. Type in "rm -f " without the quotation marks, and with the space after the f. Then find the file that wont delete, and drag it to the Terminal window, and the path to that item should appear.
To delete several files at the same time, open a Finder window and go to the folder where you have got the files you need to delete. Then, hold the Command key and choose the files you want to delete, and finally, drag them to the Trash.
You'll see iOS Files on your Mac if you've ever backed up an iOS device to your computer. They contain all your precious data (contacts, photos, app data, and more), so you should be careful about what you do with them. If you still back up to your Mac, you might not want to remove these files at all.
It might be because you have chosen to keep your Desktop and Documents files on iCloud and that's why your files disappear from the desktop. If this is the case, then all you need to do is to check your iCloud settings in "System Preferences">"iCloud">"iCloud Drive" options.
Use Mac OS X Spotlight search to find missing files
- Press Command-Space to open Spotlight.
- Enter the name of the file you are looking for.
- The results appear in the list below.
- Hold down the Command key to view the path directory. Click a file while holding down Command to open Finder at that file's location.
Apple took away a useful feature.All My Files was default feature of the Sidebar that, when selected or shown when opening a new Finder window, listed every file created on your Mac in reverse chronological order. It disappeared in High Sierra, replaced by a Recents item.
The desktop and documents folders will be moved to the iCloud section of your Finder sidebar. If you find the folder disappeared from Mac desktop, you can turn off iCloud to recover the lost documents folder. Step 1. Go to "Apple menu" > "System Preferences" > "iCloud".
No data is lost by deleting the corrupted files as Mac Finder only creates . DS_Store files to store viewing options, such as the positions of icons, size of the Finder window, and window backgrounds. To delete a corrupted . DS_Store file, you will need to use Terminal.
Type in ~/Library/Caches/ and then click Go. Your system, or library, caches will appear. You can now choose what to delete. Here you can open up each folder and delete unneeded cache files by dragging them to the Trash and then emptying it.
In a Finder window, go back to your Pictures folder (or whichever folder you copied your library from) and move Photos Library to the trash. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash to delete the library and reclaim disk space.
Here's how to free up hard drive space on your desktop or laptop, even if you've never done it before.
- Uninstall unnecessary apps and programs.
- Clean your desktop.
- Get rid of monster files.
- Use the Disk Cleanup Tool.
- Discard temporary files.
- Deal with downloads.
- Save to the cloud.
It's simple, if you know where to look. Go to File > Show Recently Deleted. You will see all of your deleted photos, with the number of days remaining before each is permanently deleted. It's similar to the Recently Deleted album in the Photos app for iOS, but the Mac app features no such album on the Albums view.
Available disk spaces does not increase after deleting files. When a file is deleted, the space used on the disk is not reclaimed until the file is truly erased. The trash (recycle bin on Windows) is actually a hidden folder located in each hard drive. To completely delete the file, another step must be performed.
Cleanup
- Clean User Cache. Go to /Library/Caches and selectively delete or delete all the files and then empty your trash bin.
- Clean System Logs.
- Remove Mail Attachments.
- Remove old iOS data.
- Remove incomplete downloads on iTunes.
- Empty Trash Bin.
- Remove Malware.
- Remove Browser Cache.
