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What's Using Space is the window that shows what's actually on your disk — measured on your Mac, not estimated. It has four main parts:

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Rows Storage Studio can act on have a Move to fast drive button, and Relocated in the header lists everything already moved. Open it from the More menu ••• → What's Using Space. Full detail: What's Using Space manual.

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Freeing up space · What's Using Space (Storage Inspector)

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What does the What's Using Space window show me?

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Short answer: It's the window that shows what's really on your disk, measured on your Mac: what changed since last time, your biggest folders to any depth, space held by backups, and common quick wins.

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What's Using Space is the window that shows what's actually on your disk — measured on your Mac, not estimated. It has four main parts:

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  • What changed — what grew since the last measurement, split into Gone, Pinned and Reclaimed.
  • Biggest on this disk — your largest folders, which you can drill into to any depth.
  • Space held by backups — how much your Mac's local snapshots hold and how old it is.
  • Known quick wins — common caches and leftovers.
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Rows Storage Studio can act on have a Move to fast drive button, and Relocated in the header lists everything already moved. Open it from the More menu ••• → What's Using Space. Full detail: What's Using Space manual.

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