How to Check Storage on External Hard Drive on Mac?

How to Check a Mac's Free Hard Drive Space

1. Open the Apple menu , then select About This Mac. 2. Click the Storage tab in the toolbar to see how much disk space you have available.

How do I Check my External Hard Drive Space on a Mac?

From the Apple menu  in the corner of your screen, choose About This Mac. Then click Storage to see the amount of storage space available for your data.

How do I Find out how Much Space is Left on my External Hard Drive?

Select the hard drive in the Finder and press commandi or choose File > Get Info. Edit: Alternately, you can doubleclick the hard drive and look at the bottom of the window. You may need to choose View > Show Status Bar if the free space is not displayed there.

How do I Make Space on my External Hard Drive Mac?

Select the drive image from the desktop.
Select Finder > Empty Trash .
Voila.

How to Repair a Mac Disk with Disk Utility

Choose View > Show All Devices if available from the menu bar or toolbar in Disk Utility. The sidebar in Disk Utility should now show each available disk or other storage device, beginning with your startup disk. And beneath each disk you should see any containers and volumes on that disk.

How do I Know if my Mac Hard Drive is Failing?

Strange whirring or clicking noises.
Overheating.
Freezing or stuttering.
Sluggish performance.
Files or folders disappearing.
Files or folders inaccessible.
Apps running erratically.
Boot up failure.

How do I Know if I have an SSD or HDD Mac?

Click the Apple logo in the top left corner of the desktop.
Click About This Mac.
Click Storage.
Under the hard drive icon will be a description of the hard drive type such as Flash Storage which means it has an SSD installed.