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Finder, files and apps

Contrary to myth, thousands of small files all over your Mac’s startup drive won’t normally affect its performance. Nor do you need to defragment your hard drive, like in the old days – macOS takes care of that. The time to worry about space is when your drive gets within a few dozen gigabytes of full, and the place to do something about it is the Finder. We’ve also got tips and shortcuts for customising your workspace and organising your apps, windows, files and folders.

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