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Safely remove videos from HD Disk on Mac

I have many large video files under "Large Files" on HD disk taking up 428.5 GB. I have backed up all of my movies to an external disk, can I safely delete these movies on HD to free up space?

Posted on Jan 4, 2021 11:15 AM

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leroydouglas

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Posted on Jan 4, 2021 11:48 AM

dawnfromgrimsby wrote:

I have many large video files under "Large Files" on HD disk taking up 428.5 GB. I have backed up all of my movies to an external disk, can I safely delete these movies on HD to free up space?

yes.

There is an old adage, if you value your user data—

3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.

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