Mac Disk & Storage Tools

Manage disks, free up space, and recover deleted files or partitions on macOS.

Recovery is never guaranteed. If you've lost files, stop using the affected drive and recover to a different one.

Disk Management

Check, partition and erase disks.

Disk UtilityBuilt into macOS
Check, repair, partition and erase disks, and create disk images.
Open:Disk Utility (in Applications > Utilities, or Spotlight)
All versions of macOSApple documentation

Freeing Up Space

See what's using space and remove it.

GrandPerspective
A free disk usage visualiser for macOS.
Open SourceMac
AppCleaner
Removes apps from your Mac along with their leftover files.
FreeMac

File Recovery

Try to recover deleted files. Recovery isn't guaranteed.

TestDisk and PhotoRec
Tools for recovering lost partitions and files.
Open SourceWin / Mac / Linux

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