How To Free Hard Drive Storage & Extend RAM On PCs & Macs

If your Windows PC or Mac is running out of RAM? Installing RAM is ideal but not always possible. Many desktop computers and laptops don’t allow RAM expansion, or may already be maxed out. Alternatively, you can allocate ROM from the hard drive to extend the RAM. But, what do you do if you don’t have enough storage space or even enough hard drive space to save large files? Here some things you can do to free up storage space which in turn can be used to extend your RAM memory.

• Be sure to delete any movie or music files taking up space on your computer. Movies sitting in iTunes or Prime Video or other service can take up a ton of space. Once you are done with the movies, delete them!
• Use a backup hard drive to store large files and remove from your PC/Mac. If you’ve got large files (or large amounts of small files) that are not in use why not move them to another hard drive? Keep in mind, it’s always recommended to have at least two backups of files. So, see our next suggestion.
• If you have a cloud service such as iCloud, Google Drive, or OneDrive consider moving large files or older files to free up space
• Go to your download folder and remove any installation files that are taking up space and can easily be downloaded from the internet. 
• Lastly, consider setting up an external hard drive as a secondary “scratch disc” for your applications. The apps will consider the hard drive as secondary RAM if your primary RAM capacity is already maxed out.