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How do I check to see how much space my music library takes up on my iMac

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 3:06 AM

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Limnos

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Dec 22, 2020 9:52 AM in response to ruinstone

Get info on your Music folder. You can also get some idea by going to the About This Mac item under the Apple in the upposer left corner and then look at tabs showing you main file storage types.

ruinstone Author

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Dec 22, 2020 2:29 PM in response to Limnos

Thanks

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