Old Files

Find the space you forgot about.

Old Files finds old iPhone and iPad backups, installers still sitting in Downloads, and large files you haven't opened in months. They're often the biggest wins on a full Mac.

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Old Files with its size and time filters: over 500 MB and not opened in a year.

Four kinds of forgotten files.

iPhone and iPad backups

Backups Finder made on this Mac, by device and date, oldest first. Old ones from a replaced phone are often tens of gigabytes.

iOS update files

Update files an older iTunes downloaded. Your iPhone or iPad downloads a fresh one when it needs it.

Installers in Downloads

Disk images and installers downloaded more than two weeks ago. Once the app is installed, they aren't needed.

Large files not opened

Big files with no sign of use, based on the last-opened date macOS keeps. Pick over 100 MB, 500 MB or 1 GB, and 6 months, a year or 2 years.

How it works

Three steps, no surprises.

1
Set the filters
Choose a minimum size and how long a file has gone unopened. Changing them scans again.
2
Find old files
Disklumo checks your home folder and lists what it found by kind.
3
Choose and move
Tick what you don't need, Quick Look anything you're unsure about, and move it to the Trash.

Safe by design

You stay in control.

Nothing is selected for you: backups have no Select all.
Each file is checked again before it moves, and anything that changed since the scan is kept.
A backup made after the scan is never moved.
Everything goes to the Trash, and Recover files puts it back.

FAQ

Questions.

Where are iPhone backups stored on a Mac?

In your Library folder, under Application Support › MobileSync › Backup. Finder makes them when you back up an iPhone or iPad to this Mac. Old Files lists them by device and date.

Does removing an old backup affect my iPhone?

No. Your iPhone isn't touched. You only lose that backup, so keep the newest backup of any device you still use.

Why does Old Files ask for Full Disk Access?

macOS protects the folder where backups are kept. Without Full Disk Access, Old Files still finds installers and large files, and tells you backups need access.

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