

Highlight the folder Backup then press Space to bring up the Quickview window (which will tell you the total size of the Backup folder). Navigate to the Processes tab and click the Memory header. You may need to click More details to expand to full view. To check for yourself, press Shift+ Cmd+ G while you're in Finder, and enter the folder name ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync. Open the Task Manager by clicking Start and typing Task Manager into the search bar, or by using a keyboard shortcut by holding down Ctrl+Shift+Esc or Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

I have an iPad Mini and an iPhone 5S - I see four subfolders under ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup and they are about 15GB each. It's free and I find it invaluable.Īlso, if you have an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, then check your iTunes sync settings - you will probably find that your iPhone (for example) gets backed up to your computer every time you sync it.

At least take a look at their web page so you can see what I mean about the user interface. How to free up space on a Mac Step 1: Clear your desktop Step 2: Go through your folders Step 3: Remove duplicate items Step 4: Use automatic tools Step 5. You can see instantly at a glance, what the biggest space hogs are. You can hover the mouse pointer over each block to find out the path/filename of the offending file. But basically it uses colour coded blocks - different colours for different types of data - and those blocks are sized according to how big the file or folder is. It's got a fantastic graphical representation that I am struggling to describe using text. My favourite tool for this is Disk Inventory X.
