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In Finder press Command-F, choose This Mac, and set the first criterion to Kind — for example Movie, Image or Archive. For a specific extension, type it in the search field (for example .dmg) and choose to match the name.

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Switch to List view and sort by Size to see the biggest results first. Searches only cover places Spotlight indexes.

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Mac storage basics · Finding big files, Downloads and the Trash

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How do I find all videos (or disk images, or archives) on my Mac?

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Short answer: In Finder press Command-F, choose This Mac and set Kind (Movie, Image, Archive), or search a file extension by name. Sort the results by Size.

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In Finder press Command-F, choose This Mac, and set the first criterion to Kind — for example Movie, Image or Archive. For a specific extension, type it in the search field (for example .dmg) and choose to match the name.

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Switch to List view and sort by Size to see the biggest results first. Searches only cover places Spotlight indexes.

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