Freeing up space · Free Up Space wizard and button
What is the yellow "Want more space?" panel after Free Up Space?
Short answer: It follows a Free Up Space run that couldn't free much, offering one-tap chips to the next best step: move big apps, relocate large folders, keep iCloud files online-only, or manage local snapshots.
It appears after a Free Up Space run that couldn't reclaim much, with one-tap suggestions based on what's actually using your space:
- Open Apps window — when your Applications folder is large, so you can move big apps to your fast drive.
- Open Data Parking — to relocate big folders, such as parts of Documents, to your fast drive.
- Open iCloud settings — for files synced to iCloud, so you can keep them online-only.
- Manage snapshots — when your Mac's own local snapshots are holding space you've already freed.
Each chip just opens the right place; nothing happens until you act there. See when the Manage snapshots chip appears.