This is a short tutorial on how to free up space on your mac's hard drive. Find hidden files that are taking up a ton of space and you didn't even know! Brave Browser Download: https://brave.com. I deleted all movie files from My macbook pro but says i still have 13.37GB Movies? Discussion in 'MacBook Pro' started by Smiller4128, Jun 12, 2012.

'A problem about my Mac hard drive kept bothering me. When I opened About Mac > Storage, it said that there're 20.29GB movie files, but I'm not sure where they are. I found it hard to locate them to see if I could delete or remove them from Mac to free up the storage. I have tried many ways but all of them didn't work. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?'

For Mac users, some of the movies files that take up the hard drive are mysterious because locating them can be tricky. So the problem would be where the movie files are and how to find and delete movies from Mac. This article will tell you how to fix it.

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1. Where Are Movies Stored on Mac?

Usually, the movie files can be found through the Finder > Movies folder. You can quickly delete or remove them from the Movies folder. But if the Movies folder option doesn't show up in Finder, you can make the change of the preferences by following the steps as:

Step 1 Open Finder Application;

Step 2 Go to the Finder's menu at the top of the screen;

Step 3 Click on the Preferences and select the Sidebar;

Step 4 Click on the Movies option.

Then the Movies folder will appear on the left column of Finder. You can find the movie files on Mac easily and quickly.

2. How to Delete Movies from Mac

Having known about where are those huge movie files stored on Mac, you can choose to delete them in several ways.

Delete Movies on Finder

Step 1 Open a Finder window;

Step 2 Select Search windows and type in the code kind:movies;

Step 3 Click on This Mac.

What you will see are all the movies files that located in Mac. And then choose all and delete them to reclaim space on your hard drive.

However, after deleting and removing the movies from Mac, maybe there is no obvious change in About This Mac > Storage measurements. So you need to use Spotlight re-index the boot drive. Below are the steps:

Step 1 Open System Preferences and choose Spotlight > Privacy;

Step 2 Drag and drop your boot hard drive (usually named as Macintosh HD) to the Privacy Panel;

Step 3 Wait for about 10 seconds then select it again. Press the minus button at the bottom of panel to remove it from Spotlight Privacy.

By this way can it re-index your hard drive and recover the accuracy of the storage measurement in About This Mac. You can then see how much free space you get by deleting movies on Mac.

Delete Movies from iTunes

You may have downloaded some movies files in iTunes. Now how to undownload the movies to free up hard drive space? You may follow the steps to delete movies from iTunes. Launch iTunes and click Library in the upper left corner;

Step 1 Change the button Music to Movies;

Step 2 Choose the appropriate tag in the left column of iTunes to view all your movies;

Step 3 Click on the movies or videos you want to remove, then press Delete on the key broad;

Step 4 Select Move to Trash in the pop-up window.

Then empty the trash bin manually, and the movies would be deleted from your hard drive. If you don't want to permanently delete the movies but want your free space back, you may go to iTunes Media folder via this path: /Users/yourmac/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media and move the iTunes videos files to a spare hard drive.

Use FonePaw MacMaster

Many users rather seek an easier way to remove movie files once for all than to delete them manually, especially the big ones, because sometimes it will waste a lot of time to locate them. Fortunately, there is a tool to do that easily — FonePaw MacMaster. This program is often used to clear up Mac to free up space, including the big movie files. MacMaster speeds up the cleaning process by:

Step 1 Download and install this program on Mac;

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Step 2 Launch the program and select Large & Old Files in the left column;

Step 3 Click Scan to locate all your big files;

Step 4 You may choose to view the file by its size, name by clicking Sort By; Or you can enter the format of the movies files, for example, MP4/MOV, to filter out the movies files;

Step 5 Select the files you want to remove or delete then click Clean.

The big movie files have been successfully deleted or removed. You can save a lot of time and energy to clear up space through MacMaster. And you can continue to free up your Mac space with MacMaster by removing system caches and logs, duplicate files, similar photos, mail trash and more.

Hopefully, this article can provide some ideas to help you clear up the movie files. If you find it useful, share this article with your friends or give us comments if you have better solutions.

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If you’ve ever tried a professional-level video-editing application on your MacBook, you probably felt discombobulated. In iMovie, though, all the controls you need are easy to use and logically placed.

To launch iMovie, click the iMovie icon in the Dock. (It looks like a star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame.) You can also run Launchpad and click the iMovie icon there.

Follow these strenuous steps to create a new movie project:

1. Choose File→New Project (or press cmd+N).

   iMovie displays a sheet.

2. Type a name for your project.

3. Select the aspect ratio (or screen dimensions) for your movie.

   You can select a widescreen display (16:9), a standard display (4:3), or a display especially suited for an iPhone (3:2). If compatibility with the familiar SDTV (standard definition TV) format is important, choose the standard (4:3) ratio.

   If you’re shooting in 16:9 format, choosing 16:9 for an SDTV set will result in those familiar black letterbox bars at the top and bottom of the screen, but you won’t lose any content from the sides of the frame if you use 16:9. On the flip side, choosing 4:3 results in pillarboxing (black bars on the left and right) when shown on an HD set.

4. Choose the frame rate.

   The default frame rate is 30 frames per second (fps), which is normal for the North American NTSC video standard. However, you can choose a slower frame rate if necessary, such as the 25 fps setting for the international PAL and SECAM video standards.

5. Click a Project Theme thumbnail to select a theme to apply to your finished movie.

   If you choose a theme, iMovie automatically adds the transitions and titles that correspond to that theme. (Typically, this is what you want to do. However, if you want to add transitions and titles manually, click the Automatically Add Transitions and Titles check box to deselect it.)

   If you decide not to use a theme (by selecting the None thumbnail), iMovie can still add an automatic effect between clips. Select the Automatically Add check box and click the pop-up menu to choose the desired effect.

   You can also create movie trailers in iMovie. Generally, however, it’s recommended that you create your trailer project after your movie project is complete. Why? For the same reason that studios create trailers when the filming is finished: After you complete your movie, all the clips will be imported already, and you’ll have a better idea of what you want to include while “teasing” your audience!

6. Click Create.

   You’re on your way! This is the whole enchilada, in one window.

The controls and displays that you’ll use most often follow:

• Monitor: Think of the monitor as being just like your TV or computer monitor. Your video clips, still images, and finished movie play here.

• Media Browser toolbar: This row of buttons allows you to switch between your media clips (video clips, photos, and audio) and the various tools that you use to make your film. The selected items fill the right side of the browser pane below the monitor.

• Event Library: This list (lower left) displays all the video clips you can add to your project, including video clips you’ve created in iPhoto. These clips are organized as events.

• Event pane: If you select a video clip in the Event Library list, iMovie displays a thumbnail of the content in the Event pane. If you decide to include the clip, you can add it to your project.

• Project Library/Project/Trailer pane: iMovie displays the movie projects that you create in the Project Library pane. Note that when you double-click a project in the Project Library pane, it turns into the Project pane, which displays the elements you added to that specific project (such as video clips, still photos, and audio clips).

  If you drag an element into the Project Library pane, it turns into the Project pane for the selected project; if you’re working on a movie trailer, the Project Library pane turns into the Trailer pane.

• Playhead: The red vertical line that you see in the Event and Project Library panes is the playhead, which indicates the current editing point while you’re browsing clips or creating your movie. When you’re playing your movie, the playhead moves to follow your progress through the movie.

• Editing toolbar: This strip of buttons allows you to control editing functions such as cropping; audio and video adjustments; voiceovers; and selecting items.

• Camera Import window: Click this switch to import DV clips from your DV camcorder or your MacBook’s built-in FaceTime HD camera.

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Those elements are the major highlights of the iMovie window. A director’s chair and megaphone are optional, of course, but they do add to the mood.