Does storing files on icloud free pc space

Does storing files on icloud free pc space?

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By turning off your icloud back-up, does that in any way "free up" space?

By turning off your icloud back-up, does that in any way "Free up" space on your iphone?

No.

Deleting files doesn't free up space on external drive

Hi all,
I've actually found the answer to my initial query, I would imagine its a common issue. But I have a couple of questions.
When you delete files from an external HD the amount of space available doesn't change and according to what I have found, you need to empty your trash in order for free space to be recognised.
Basically I'd like to know...
1. Why this is the case. I like the fact that external files are added to the local trash in case you mistakenly deleted anything but considering it's been moved to another file system why would it not free up space?
2. Is there a way to delete certain files from the trash? In a case where I wanted to free up space on an external drive but didn't want to empty my trash.
Many thanks
Mikee

Expaning a bit on #1 -
Every volume (volume = a drive/disk or a partition on a partitoned drive) has its own Trash, which is actually an invisible, specialized folder.
For user interface convenience, the Trash folders for all mounted volumes are displayed as a common item, the visible Trash.
One way to see this is to place something on a removoable, writeable volume such as an external drive into the Trash. When you open the Trash you will see the item in there. Then dismount the external drive, and look in the Trash again - the item will be gone. Remount the external drive, and look in the Trash again - the item will be back.
If you have things in the Trash from different volumes, you can also do a Get Info on one from each volume; the pathname for the item (shown in the Where info line in Get Info) will reveal that the items are actually on separate volumes.

*_debug and *_profile files - delete to free some space

Hi, I have found that I have a lot of *_debug and *_profile files taking a lot of space.
From
/Users/angr/USBHDOS10.2/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Fr ameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Versions/A/HIToolbox_debug
to a collection of
/usr/lib/libobjc.A_profile.dylib
/usr/lib/libobjc_profile.A.dylib
/usr/lib/libobjc_profile.dylib
/usr/libexec/gdb/symfiles/libobjc_profile.A.dylib.syms
Is it safe to delete all that? I do build some unix tools sometimes, but never profile... at max I try to add extra -O flag and compare performance. Debugging is more sensitive stuff as one never knows...

Anton Grigoriev wrote:
But these are not exactly languages that affect, rather architectures.
Quite. You asked about the problems with Monolingual which I had referred to and I raised the Rosetta issue in that context. Indeed, had Monolingual stuck to language-removal many of the problems would have been avoided. It did not, however, and many users were caught out by this.
I am a proud PPC user and I do not delete Intel part in case I ever get a newer Mac.
BTW the trick with find and remove lproj folders was initially revealed by Bombich in DeLocalizer (the line was formed in GUI placed in the buffer for possible inspection).
I know. Trimmit uses it, too. I came across Trimmit before DeLocalizer, though.
I wonder If the same easy trick is known for architectures part - would be nice to know how much Intel stuff takes on PPC.
It is not quite as easy in this case because you can't tell just from the names. Generally, a single binary will support multiple architectures so to "slim" an application in this way you have to alter the binary. Apple supplies a tool you can use to do this (and that's what Trimmit and, presumably, Monolingual and XSlimmer) use to remove support for (hopefully) unwanted/unneeded architectures. I do use Trimmit on applications, though not Apple ones. I figure if I ever move to intel, most of the apps I now have will have released new versions anyway so it wouldn't make sense (for the most part) to transfer existing applications. What I like about Trimmit is that, by default, it creates a backup so you can test the "trimmed" version before committing yourself by deleting the original!
- cfr

Removing files doesn't free the space

Dear Arch Community!
I use Arch on my quite old laptop, even though I am not enough advanced user, so please be patient and explicite.
I always try to solve problems searching forums/wiki and spending a lot of time to try to learn, but this time I didn't manage to find any similar problem posted.
Behaviour:
When I delate files/directories (both ways: putting them to trash and then emptying it or 'rm' them form command line) they do disappear from the files tree, but there is no space on the disc freed. It happens most of the time, but not always.
Also I remember that few months ago with some system update suddanly I got about 3G of home directory space back. That time I had no time to investigate.
I have no idea what part of the system may be responsible for such a strange behaviour, what tools to use to detect it.
What information should I provide you?
Thanks in advance,
Mirto

Hi All,
* ncdu ~
(nothing surprising, IMHO)
----------------/home/lena ------------
15.3GiB [##########] /Mus
7.5GiB [#### ] /fil
7.4GiB [#### ] /Pic
2.1GiB [# ] /Books
1.9GiB [# ] /Vid
500.3MiB [ ] /alc
354.7MiB [ ] /stu
328.0MiB [ ] /.scribus
304.5MiB [ ] /.config
261.9MiB [ ] /dwhelper
207.0MiB [ ] /Art
91.6MiB [ ] /A6
77.8MiB [ ] /.mozilla
69.9MiB [ ] /.thunderbird
51.0MiB [ ] /.gimp-2.6
50.8MiB [ ] /Downloads
48.3MiB [ ] /.gimp-2.8
46.8MiB [ ] /.wifi
43.4MiB [ ] /Mko
28.2MiB [ ] /Doc
26.0MiB [ ] /.thumbnails
25.2MiB [ ] /.widelands
17.5MiB [ ] /.claws-mail
14.1MiB [ ] /.cache
13.9MiB [ ] /friki
9.0MiB [ ] /.local
8.0MiB [ ] /.fra
6.4MiB [ ] /.dictionaries
5.7MiB [ ] P.mp3
5.5MiB [ ] /.adobe
5.4MiB [ ] /Ra
3.5MiB [ ] /ba
1.9MiB [ ] /.gnome2
1.2MiB [ ] /.java
1.0MiB [ ] programme-guide-2012_en.pdf
964.0KiB [ ] /.gstreamer-0.10
912.0KiB [ ] /.quodlibet
844.0KiB [ ] /.fontconfig
748.0KiB [ ] /.purple
624.0KiB [ ] /.gconf
576.0KiB [ ] /anaphraseus
H 552.0KiB [ ] Parent Bulletin November 14 2011.pdf
476.0KiB [ ] /.e16
448.0KiB [ ] /.xchat2
332.0KiB [ ] /.omegat
304.0KiB [ ] /.freeciv
H 216.0KiB [ ] .recently-used.xbel.GX7K1U
188.0KiB [ ] /.dvdcss
184.0KiB [ ] es.pdf
168.0KiB [ ] /.kde4
120.0KiB [ ] application_form.pdf
84.0KiB [ ] euaggelion
76.0KiB [ ] I move - part 1.abw
72.0KiB [ ] application_form.doc
68.0KiB [ ] /.nautilus
64.0KiB [ ] /.xine
64.0KiB [ ] /.themes
52.0KiB [ ] /.python-eggs
48.0KiB [ ] /.fluxbox
44.0KiB [ ] I move 2.abw
H 40.0KiB [ ] .recently-used
40.0KiB [ ] /.pulse
40.0KiB [ ] /.gnupg.bck
36.0KiB [ ] FR.doc
36.0KiB [ ] /.macromedia
32.0KiB [ ] ad.doc
32.0KiB [ ] /.gnupg
28.0KiB [ ] /.designer
28.0KiB [ ] /.ssh
28.0KiB [ ] /.zenmap
20.0KiB [ ] /.AbiSuite
20.0KiB [ ] /.emacs.d
20.0KiB [ ] /.mc
16.0KiB [ ] notes.odt
16.0KiB [ ] /.gegl-0.0
16.0KiB [ ] /.lftp
12.0KiB [ ] not.odt
12.0KiB [ ] belg
12.0KiB [ ] /.irssi
H 12.0KiB [ ] .xsession-errors.old
12.0KiB [ ] I move.odt
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12.0KiB [ ] /.icons
12.0KiB [ ] /.wireshark
H 8.0KiB [ ] .bash_history
H 8.0KiB [ ] .freeciv-client-rc-2.2
8.0KiB [ ] /.gconfd
8.0KiB [ ] .viminfo
8.0KiB [ ] /.Esperantilo
8.0KiB [ ] /.links
H 8.0KiB [ ] .ICEauthority
8.0KiB [ ] /.vim
8.0KiB [ ] /.gphoto
8.0KiB [ ] /.mplayer
4.0KiB [ ] /.wicd
e 4.0KiB [ ] /Desktop
e 4.0KiB [ ] /.wapi
e 4.0KiB [ ] /.gnome2_private
H 4.0KiB [ ] .xsession-errors
4.0KiB [ ] ixquick.xml
H 4.0KiB [ ] .lesshst
H 4.0KiB [ ] .civserver_history
H 4.0KiB [ ] convert_wavs.sh
H 4.0KiB [ ] .pulse-cookie
H 4.0KiB [ ] .xinitrc
4.0KiB [ ] .gtk-bookmarks
H 4.0KiB [ ] .mysql_history
H 4.0KiB [ ] hostapd.sh~
H 4.0KiB [ ] hostapd.sh
H 4.0KiB [ ] .bashrc
H 4.0KiB [ ] .xsession
H 4.0KiB [ ] .dmrc
4.0KiB [ ] .Xauthority
H 4.0KiB [ ] .esd_auth
H 4.0KiB [ ] .bash_profile
0.0 B [ ] lista FR
0.0 B [ ] fb4.odt
e 0.0 B [ ] /.gvfs
H 0.0 B [ ] .gksu.lock
* lsof
[root@mirto lena]# lsof -n | grep deleted
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/lena/.gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
lxtermina 817 lena 14u REG 8,3 8 327 /tmp/vteINN7GW (deleted)
lxtermina 817 lena 15u REG 8,3 0 340 /tmp/vte14A7GW (deleted)
lxtermina 817 lena 16u REG 8,3 0 651 /tmp/vteK7A7GW (deleted)
lxtermina 817 lena 17u REG 8,3 10803 753 /tmp/vteGSWCHW (deleted)
lxtermina 817 lena 18u REG 8,3 1120 766 /tmp/vte62WCHW (deleted)
lxtermina 817 lena 19u REG 8,3 1027 813 /tmp/vteZ6TYGW (deleted)
lxtermina 817 lena 20u REG 8,3 128 842 /tmp/vteZDUYGW (deleted)
lxtermina 817 lena 21u REG 8,3 896 1412 /tmp/vteW9UYGW (deleted)
lxtermina 817 lena 24u REG 8,3 378 1785 /tmp/vte4UL7GW (deleted)
lxtermina 817 lena 25u REG 8,3 24 1832 /tmp/vte31L7GW (deleted)
gmain 817 821 lena 14u REG 8,3 8 327 /tmp/vteINN7GW (deleted)
gmain 817 821 lena 15u REG 8,3 0 340 /tmp/vte14A7GW (deleted)
gmain 817 821 lena 16u REG 8,3 0 651 /tmp/vteK7A7GW (deleted)
gmain 817 821 lena 17u REG 8,3 10803 753 /tmp/vteGSWCHW (deleted)
gmain 817 821 lena 18u REG 8,3 1120 766 /tmp/vte62WCHW (deleted)
gmain 817 821 lena 19u REG 8,3 1027 813 /tmp/vteZ6TYGW (deleted)
gmain 817 821 lena 20u REG 8,3 128 842 /tmp/vteZDUYGW (deleted)
gmain 817 821 lena 21u REG 8,3 896 1412 /tmp/vteW9UYGW (deleted)
gmain 817 821 lena 24u REG 8,3 378 1785 /tmp/vte4UL7GW (deleted)
gmain 817 821 lena 25u REG 8,3 24 1832 /tmp/vte31L7GW (deleted)
midori 918 lena 19r REG 8,4 99560 24617 /home/lena/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home (deleted)
midori 918 lena 20r REG 8,4 32768 32869 /home/lena/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home-a2e41f12.log (deleted)
gdbus 918 919 lena 19r REG 8,4 99560 24617 /home/lena/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home (deleted)
gdbus 918 919 lena 20r REG 8,4 32768 32869 /home/lena/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home-a2e41f12.log (deleted)
midori 918 920 lena 19r REG 8,4 99560 24617 /home/lena/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home (deleted)
midori 918 920 lena 20r REG 8,4 32768 32869 /home/lena/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home-a2e41f12.log (deleted)
dconf 918 922 lena 19r REG 8,4 99560 24617 /home/lena/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home (deleted)
dconf 918 922 lena 20r REG 8,4 32768 32869 /home/lena/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home-a2e41f12.log (deleted)
midori 918 923 lena 19r REG 8,4 99560 24617 /home/lena/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home (deleted)
midori 918 923 lena 20r REG 8,4 32768 32869 /home/lena/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home-a2e41f12.log (deleted)
midori 918 932 lena 19r REG 8,4 99560 24617 /home/lena/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home (deleted)
midori 918 932 lena 20r REG 8,4 32768 32869 /home/lena/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home-a2e41f12.log (deleted)

Safari could not download file not enough free disk space message

When I try to download anything on my MacBook I am getting a disk space full message but that's really not the case. This problem started occurring since the update to mountain Lion. Any idea how I can solve the problem?

Triple-click the line below to select it:
~/Downloads
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Show Info
from the contextual menu. An Info dialog should open.
Does the dialog show "You can read and write" in the Sharing & Permissions section?
In the General section, is the box labeled Locked checked?

How can I free up space by deleting old photos from i photo? Have deleted files from iPhoto but that does not seem to free space- is it stored at a different site?

Want to free up disk space by deleting photos but unable to do so

To delete photos from iPhoto:
Drag the image from the iPhoto Library (Either Events or Photos view) to the iPhoto Trash. Empty it. Then empty the system trash as well.
If space is an issue you can run a Library from an external drive:
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
Or move part of the Library to an external drive.
Regards
TD

TS4009 How do I clean up mail in my icloud? I have already deleted old mail on all devices, and emptied the junk & deleted files, but it still shows that I am at max on my icloud. What do I do to free up space? (photos & apps do not take up that much roo

How do I clean up mail in my icloud? I have already deleted old mail (from all my e-mail accounts) on all devices, and emptied the junk & deleted files, but it still shows that I am at max on my icloud. What do I do to free up space? (photos & apps do not take up that much room). When I go to manage storage on any device & it will display how much room each program or app is using, it still shows that my e-mail is taking up the most room. Is there a way to actually log on to the icloud server to manage what it stored there? If so, how do I do it? Also, on a related subject, why does my mail not sync accross all devices? ie. when I delete an email on one device, why do I still see it on all my other devices? How can I change this?
I have an iphone5, ipad2, ipod 4th gen, ipod 3rd gen, all running on my same apple id - but I have a PC not a Mac home computer - is this part of the problem? Looking to upgrade to a Mac sometime this year...
Thank-you for the help!

beckyfromoz wrote:
I do have the Time Capsule and spoke to Apple Care here in Sydney about it yesterday. They told me my mail is not backed up there unless I create a special folder. I just tried ringing them again but Apple Care is closed today...
Mail is backed up automatically. If you make backups automatically, open Mail application and then, open the Time Machine app (in /Applications/Utilities). You will access to the Time Machine interface, and you will be able to see all your mails of all the backups you have, and you will be able to restore them. It means that your mails are backed up onto the Time Capsule

So, iDisk (great with MobileMe) is closed! Ok. I got the most expensive iCloud Plan and LOVED storing files online. Is that REALLY OVER??!! (besides Numbers', Pages', and Keynote's docs sync).. Will I REALLY have to downgrade to "free" on iCloud?!!

So, iDisk (great with MobileMe) is closed! Ok. I got the most expensive iCloud Plan and LOVED storing files online. Is that REALLY OVER??!! (besides Numbers', Pages', and Keynote's docs sync).. Will I REALLY have to downgrade to "free" on iCloud and PAY for "DropBox", "Google Drive" or "Microsft's Sky Whatever.."?!!
I could not log in to this Support Community with my UPDATED Apple ID (and this is another issue I can't believe Apple just says "NO, you CAN'T!" - deleting other (old) Apple IDs we've created by mistake or a long time ago and being able to have it all on ONE SINGLE UPDATED Apple ID - ALSO saving Apple's storage servers, etc.).
Anyway, my Apple ID for better communication is [email protected] (but I really couldn't log in here - it kept saying that the e-mail is already registered, etc. I know it, I'm trying to use it here, that's all...
So, really. Of course a lot of people don't care about the iDisk issue. That's fine, we all love and hate specific apps or software.. But why has Apple just shut it down, since it was so EASY to use (as DropBox) on all our Apple devices?!! So, we really can't upload/store any kind of files anymore and that's it?!
I used iDisk when MobileMe was still alive, and it was great to have my files from work, home, any backup (whatever we want) uploaded and synced and used in our Macs, iPhones and iPads. If we have the OPTION of an iCloud Plan (the top one, for example), but we just don't like the automatick backups for the iPhones and iPads, nor the Pictures' sync function.. Why can't we just have the SAME simple and efficient/great service of the iDisk installed in each device?!
Do we really have to go back and downgrade back to the free iCloud Option (just for keeping the e-mail) and paying extra for DropBox, Google, Microsoft, any other services?! I have nothing against them - I actually have DropBox and it works great because it REMINDS me of iDisk!! But WHY NOT just keep it simple and closed with 1 company/platform/option - Apple's iOS, OSX, etc.
That's why I decided to have a Macbook Pro, an iPhone 4S and an iPad 3rd. Generation (for example, along with other products and services such as Apple TV).. I know I'm CHOOSING to stay with 1 world, that's fine. And that's why I didn't (yet) go for a Samsung phone or another tablet.. I wanna stick with 1 pattern and I have chosen Apple's..
Just can't understand such an innovative company make such decisions (such as shutting down iDisk or not letting us just DELETE Apple IDs we do NOT use anymore).. Please, just some guidance or confirmation if that's correct: No way of uploading files others than Numbers', Pages' or Keynote's!!??
Thank you very much!!
Peace.

Thank you Roger.
That's exactly what I was afraid of...
During all the time I have been a loyal customer of Apple's products and services, these have been the only 2 issues that I really can't understand (specially when we look at Apple's strategies and management)...
1) Not being able to DELETE (simply delete or deactivate) old or duplicated Apple IDs... I have 3 different Apple IDs but only one is the real Apple ID I use for everything, with all my purchases and services (such as e-mail) related to it (Why won't Apple jus let people delet, deactivate or - at least - merge Apple IDs?! That would help everyone, including Apple when we think about costs, storage, database maintenance, etc.) - Actually, even when I gave up on trying to delete other Apple IDs, I tried to have the one I really use and have organized to use my @me.com address as the Apple ID itself (as Apple asks us to do - and makes sense, of course). But never worked. Just because I created that Apple ID with a @hotmail.com account (since it asks for a valid e-mail when you create an Apple ID, it NEVER lets me now change my Apple ID to my @me.com e-mail address - I mean JUST having my @me.com e-mail address as my primary e-mail and my Apple ID (for example, having that old @hotmail.com e-mail address out of it, cleaned..)!
2) The other issue was this one, about iDisk. Of course there must be reasons for having it shut down, maybe the apps used by iPhone and iPad, along with the folder on Mac OSX, is way too complicated, expensive, full of bugs, I don't know. But if we decide to pay for 50GB of online storage, why even THINK about different options for files we use?! I have Dropbox, I've read about Google Drive and Microsoft SkyDrive, etc. But I just wanted to STICK with a single ALL-APPLE solution.. That is.. Pay the annual fee for the 50GB and just still keep any file I want on the cloud with iDisk. So, what Apple tells me is that if I have other files than iWork or PDF (and some few exceptions), I should actually downgrade to "free" iCloud and decide to PAY for another solution (organization), such as DropBox, Google Disk or Drive (I don't really know), Micrsoft's SkyDrive..
Of course there's the strategy of getting more and more people to use Pages, Numbers and Keynote (buying them for iOS and Mac OSX, as I already have and love them). But "killing" iDisk and just telling users to look for other storage solutions doesn't really sound like Apple.
I have seen so many questions here about both issues (deleting or merging Apple IDS + iDisk back since we pay for storage) that I really believe Apple should reconsider these issues or, at least, open the issue and let us know what would be the best "partner solution" for iCloud...
Thanks a lot!
All the best...
Eduardo Rocha.
[email protected]

New to macbook pro and have msmoney files (mbf) stored on an external hard drive. I want to transfer them to MoneyWiz and need to convert them to qif. Does anyone know of any free software available and how do I do it. Thanks.

I am new to macbook pro and have msmoney files (mbf) stored on an external harddrive. I want to transfer them to MoneyWiz and need to convert them to qif. Does anyone know of any free software available and how do I do it. Thanks.

iTunes>Preferences (Cmd+,)>Advanced
Choose the Ext HD (and the appropriate folder) as the location for your library.

Exfat drive does not free up space after deleting files

My external exfat formatted drive does not free up space after deleting files using a mac....however if I delete files using a PC, it will free up space.
I've even tried the *erase free space* using Disk Utility, but nothing.....
Thoughts/Suggestions??

Thanks for the suggestion.
I ran WhatSize and here is the result. Oddly, it says there is 40.2 GB used (in the top-left) which conflicts with the information directly below it: "Capacity 108 GB, Used 103GB, Available 4.27 GB". Not so helpful.
Disk Inventory X solved the problem, however. Much thanks! I wasted most of my weekend troubleshooting this sad issue. Anyway, Disk Inventory X revealed a bug where my external hard drive for photos was still appearing as a mounted volume, even though the HD was no longer connected. Freaky.
After moving it to the trash and deleting it, I've recovered the space.
Again, thanks! Contact me if you're curious about the details, as this might help you diagnose similar problems in the future.
- Mike

How do I move files from my mac to icloud drive to free up space on my mac

How do I move files from my mac to icloud drive to free up space on my mac?
I moved one file; then when I went to delete it from the Mac it said i was deleting it from the iCloud drive. How do I leave it in iCloud drive, but get rid of it on my Mac?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Are these videos in your camera roll or purchases made from iTunes.

HT4859 How can I verify that my App data is actually stored in iCloud. With Dropbox, I can actually see my stored files. With iCloud, itseems I'm supposed 2 just trust that Appl has the data. Short of doing a restore is there no way to check the data?

How can I verify that my App data is actually stored in the iCloud. I can see and access my notebook, contacts etc. on the iCloud website, and I can see my photos in a folder on my Windows-based desktop compter (iCloud/Photostream). But no app data.
With Dropbox, I can actually see all of my stored files. With iCloud, it seems, I'm supposed to just trust that Apple has my back. Short of deliberately trashing my app data and then attempting a restore, is there no way to check the data?

You can't access them on Windows (unless you have iCloud enabled Windows programs) and I don't think any are, yet.
iCloud data is accessed via Apps/Programs, the Windows programs vendors will have to step up (just to make it worse Microsoft have not yet enabled their Mac programs, such as Office yet) I doubt that iCloud access is much of a priority for them, complain to MS, when enough Windows users complain maybe they'll do something.

I moved all my files around on my computer to free up space now itunes library is empty?

i moved all my itunes folder, music,photos etc.. on to d drive to free up space on my computer as c drive was full as i was unable to backup my iphone or update software due to memory space. After i did this i went back in to itunes but all my music,apps etc are gone. It also does not recognise that this is the computer where all my files for my iphone & itunes library are stored. It will not let me backup my phone or update without wiping everything off my iphone first, as it says plug your phone into the computer where your files are stored to update or it will update my phone using this itunes library which is empty??Can anyone advise please?

I have the similar issue. Can someone please help us?

How do I move my iTunes movies to my iCloud? I need to free up space

I need to free up space on my MacBoo hard drive and thought a good place to start would be moving my movie library to the iCloud. How do I make that transfer?

Probably the easiest way is to drag the files from the iTunes window to the external drive. Make sure they have copied. Delete them from iTunes. Hold down the option key and drag the copied files back to iTunes. This will add them back but mapped to their new location and the option/alt key will stop the files from being copied to your Media folder on the internal drive.
In future if you are adding a batch of files in one go you can set preferences temporarily to store media on the external drive, then change back again. See also: iTunes 12 for Mac: Change where your iTunes files are stored - http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19507

Does storing files on icloud free pc space

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