In short, your Mac gets choked with excess files the more you use them. Think of those repeated file downloads as well. On top of these, you will be adding duplicate copies of photos, documents, music and videos on your own. The same goes for the case of Apple Photos.
When you add music into iTunes, for instance, duplicate files are created. You won’t know their impact until you see a ‘Disk Space Full’ warning from your Mac.Īs it happens, you cannot simply prevent your macOS from creating duplicate files. But how about getting rid of them for a new year’s resolution?ĭuplicate files are shady. They have troubled you for the past years, and they might trouble us in 2021 as well.
Duplicate files is a silent killer as far as your Mac is concerned.
