You can partition a hard drive with Windows' Disk Management utility by shrinking the existing partition and formatting the ...

Spotlight in macOS stores some of its indices and search data on your Startup Disk. Here's how to minimize Spotlight using disk space. Spotlight is Apple's file indexing technology, which stores a ...

Apple's addition of Sandboxing in macOS added predefined app folders to the operating system. Here's how to remove some of those folders that you probably don't need and get some drive space back.

Merging disk partitions is useful to optimize disk space, especially when managing multiple partitions on a single disk. However, Windows Disk Management can only merge adjacent partitions, and it ...

If you keep a lot of valuable information on your Mac, encrypting it will help you keep the data safe. Apple’s built-in FileVault disk encryption on macOS is an effective way to do this. But what ...

There are many ways to clear some room on your computer's drive. Emptying your Recycle Bin is just the start. Want to free up space on your computer? With the right tools, you can quickly eliminate ...

Swapping an SSD? How much SSD storage do you need? It’s good to know the critical SSD parameters before trying to replace one, such as capacity, read/write speed, and interface types (M.2, NVMe, PCIe, ...