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USE SYSTEM PREFS Or open
System Prefs and, in macOS Catalina,
click Apple ID, then iCloud; in earlier
versions, click iCloud. Beside iCloud Drive,
click Options. You’ll see Desktop &
Documents Folders.1
USE STORAGE OPTIONS From the
Apple menu, select About This Mac,
click Storage, then Manage to open
Storage Management. Select iCloud Drive
for the option to Enable iCloud Desktop
and Documents.3
ENABLE ICLOUD SYNC Enabling
this will sync the contents of
Desktop and Documents folders (in your
Home folder) to iCloud Drive. This gives
you an offsite backup, but also has a
space-saving benefit.HOW TOTake control of iCloud
Besides documents, you could be losing
space to apps, plugins and other
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extensions
Browser plug-ins can have
undesired effects, such as
redirecting you
to advertisements.
In Safari, go to Safari >
Preferences > Extensions. There
may be nothing here, but if
there’s anything you don’t
recognize, uncheck it to see if
that solves the problem; you can
then click Uninstall to remove it.
Other browsers have their own
plugin options so you’ll need to
check online for how to go about
managing those.If an app came with
an installer, it
probably also has an
uninstaller – use it.1
Delete tidy apps
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