{"id":13348,"date":"2018-11-15T14:21:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T20:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs2\/?p=13348"},"modified":"2021-05-20T09:16:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T14:16:20","slug":"manage-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/","title":{"rendered":"File Management Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13348\" class=\"elementor elementor-13348 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92c363e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92c363e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a1861b\" data-id=\"0a1861b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-769cadd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"769cadd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5874c45\" data-id=\"5874c45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e13067a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e13067a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">File Management<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a81d5e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a81d5e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Cloud First\" Storage Strategies for LPS Staff<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb2735b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb2735b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LPS users are encouraged not to keep files on their laptop or desktop computer. There are many reasons for this. <\/span>Some major considerations:<\/p><ul><li>After July 18th, 2021, LPS will no longer be backing up files from your laptop automatically.<\/li><li>Computer hard drives are generally reliable, however, they have become less \u201crepairable\u201d when damage occurs.<\/li><li>Files containing privileged work-related data kept on your computer are a potential security risk for the district if it is lost or stolen. Files kept in Google Drive are secured and accessible by you and those with whom you collaborate.<\/li><li>Required software updates demand more free space on computers.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a8a224\" data-id=\"7a8a224\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1529850 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1529850\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22944\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/np_upload_98319_16478e\/\" 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class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3559e41 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3559e41\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7e955b\" data-id=\"c7e955b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be9a649 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"be9a649\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-cloud-upload\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-909063d\" data-id=\"909063d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6888448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6888448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Keep Your Data in the Cloud<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0233f2a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0233f2a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92bfe2e\" data-id=\"92bfe2e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4b5e8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4b5e8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>LPS provides as much storage space as you need for file storage through Google Drive and other tools. For many reasons we recommend taking advantage of the secure &#8220;cloud&#8221; based nature of Google Drive for all of your file storage needs.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5cf06eb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5cf06eb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3059913\" data-id=\"3059913\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eeb620 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6eeb620\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Downloads, Documents, and Desktop Folders<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94aa41f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94aa41f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Consider this; if you downloaded a file once, you can probably download it again if needed. Users should not use the <b>Downloads<\/b> folder on their computer as a storage location. Other locations where files often end up on your computer are the <b>Documents<\/b>\u00a0and <b>Desktop<\/b> folders.<\/p><p>If there are important files <i>anywhere<\/i> on your computer, it is important that you move them to your LPS Google Drive\u00a0for proper storage before deleting them. To do this:<\/p><ol><li>Open the <strong>Chrome<\/strong> web browser on your computer and navigate to your <strong>LPS Google Drive<\/strong> via the <a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2016\/08\/08\/the-lps-portal\/\">LPS Portal<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li><li>Select any important files from your computer and drag those files into your <strong>LPS Google Drive<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Once you can see the important files appear in Google Drive,\u00a0drag all of the files from your <strong>Download<\/strong> folder into the <strong>Trash<\/strong>. (If dragging the files is proving difficult, simply open the <strong>Edit<\/strong> menu and <strong>Select All<\/strong>. Then, click <strong>File<\/strong> and <strong>Move to Trash<\/strong>.)<\/li><li><b>Empty your trash<\/b>, as described below.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75487cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75487cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23049\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/drag-drop-drive-50\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Drag-Drop-Drive-50.gif\" data-orig-size=\"829,447\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Drag-Drop-Drive-50\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Drag-Drop-Drive-50-300x162.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Drag-Drop-Drive-50.gif\" width=\"829\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Drag-Drop-Drive-50.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-23049\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23049\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/drag-drop-drive-50\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Drag-Drop-Drive-50.gif\" data-orig-size=\"829,447\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Drag-Drop-Drive-50\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Drag-Drop-Drive-50-300x162.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Drag-Drop-Drive-50.gif\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b28a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b28a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Google Drive<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca40206 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca40206\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your <strong>@class.lps.org <\/strong>Google account, Drive provides you with<em>\u00a0<strong>as much storage space as you need<\/strong><\/em>. You should keep as many of your work related files in Drive as possible. After they are securely uploaded to Drive, you can safely delete them from your laptop (remembering to empty the trash when you are done).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83110c5 elementor-button-info elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"83110c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2017\/12\/15\/google-drive\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn more about Google Drive<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-532c5c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"532c5c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Within Google Drive, users can upload most file types into Drive for storage.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac40960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac40960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While using the Google Chrome browser, users can open up Google Drive and simply drag individual files or entire folders from their computer right into Google Drive, as shown above.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3c927e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3c927e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Settings \/ MS Office File Conversion<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e81515c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e81515c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whether you\u2019re dragging files directly into Google Drive or using the File\/Folder upload option, you can automatically convert like-files if that would be helpful moving forward. This means your Word documents would automatically convert to Google Docs, PowerPoints to Slides, etc.. To turn this function on, in the top-right corner of Google Drive, click on the\u00a0<b style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">Gear\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17078\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/drive-gear-2019\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Drive-Gear-2019.png\" data-orig-size=\"40,40\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Drive Gear 2019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Drive-Gear-2019.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Drive-Gear-2019.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17078\" src=\"http:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Drive-Gear-2019.png\" alt=\"Google Drive Settings icon\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/>\u00a0&gt; Settings &gt; Convert Files on Upload.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>If you are only using Drive to <i>store<\/i> files without editing them in Google Docs, then you may not want to change this setting. However, most of us want to edit the file online and collaborate with others.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6704f6\" data-id=\"d6704f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b8124 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"06b8124\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Finder-Screenshot.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Finder Screenshot\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjMwMDQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ob21lLmxwcy5vcmdcL2NzXC9maWxlc1wvMjAxOFwvMTFcL0ZpbmRlci1TY3JlZW5zaG90LnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/finder-screenshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Finder-Screenshot.png\" data-orig-size=\"919,593\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Finder Screenshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Finder-Screenshot-300x194.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Finder-Screenshot.png\" width=\"768\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Finder-Screenshot-768x496.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-23004\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Finder-Screenshot-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Finder-Screenshot-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Finder-Screenshot.png 919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-attachment-id=\"23004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/finder-screenshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Finder-Screenshot.png\" data-orig-size=\"919,593\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Finder Screenshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Finder-Screenshot-300x194.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Finder-Screenshot.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d7d7de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d7d7de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Media Files<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d26f39d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d26f39d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Apple tends to help you store Movies, Music, and Pictures in their special folders on your Mac. Be sure to check those folders for any files that can be moved to LPS Cloud storage locations. For example:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50ac290 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50ac290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pictures<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d835e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d835e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Staff members have access to <b>Google Photos<\/b> from their LPS (@class.lps.org) Google account. You can find it in the LPS Portal. Google Photos offers one of the best cloud based photo management environments available today.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2017\/12\/18\/google-photos\/\">Learn more about it here.<\/a><\/p><p>You can drag &amp; drop any photos stored on your LPS laptop into your LPS Google Photos account before deleting them from your computer.<\/p><p>Students do not have access to Google Photos.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9fa93c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9fa93c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Movies<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60703c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60703c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can move video files to Google Drive, however LPS uses a tool called\u00a0<b>MyVRSpot<\/b> to manage the storage and sharing of video content. <a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2016\/10\/10\/myvrspot\/\">Learn more about MyVRSpot here.<\/a>\u00a0It can be found in the LPS Portal.<\/p><p>You can upload any movies stored on your LPS laptop into MyVRSpot before deleting them from your computer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45449a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e45449a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Music<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b82b33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b82b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can upload any music files stored on your LPS laptop into EITHER Google Drive or MyVRSpot before deleting them from your computer.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01e3f29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01e3f29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Student Data Security<\/b><\/h4><p>Take care to never store LPS work product in non-LPS storage solutions such as Apple iCloud, personal Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a20fb6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a20fb6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53e92ee\" data-id=\"53e92ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0cf017 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"a0cf017\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-trash\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7e164a\" data-id=\"a7e164a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-957db92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"957db92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Delete Files<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7d9d15 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f7d9d15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da049a2\" data-id=\"da049a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecf1472 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecf1472\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The truth is that we generally don&#8217;t need to keep most of the files we tend to keep. We could probably delete a lot of them.\u00a0Occasionally, it\u2019s healthy for all users to go through files and folders to clear out old, outdated, or unneeded files., then delete them from your computer.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2a17e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2a17e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Empty Your Trash<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5faf439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5faf439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Files in your trash are still taking up space on your computer, and open to security concerns. You should regularly delete the files from yoru trash.<\/p><p>There are a few different ways to empty your trash. One simple strategy is to <strong>click the Trash icon<\/strong> in the Dock of your Mac. In the window that appears, click the <strong>Empty<\/strong> button in the upper-right corner of the window.\u00a0In the warning message that appears, click <strong>Empty Trash<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Another strategy would be to\u00a0<b>right-click<\/b> on your trash and select <b>Empty Trash<\/b>.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong><\/span> Once the files are emptied from your Trash, they\u2019re deleted forever. Please make sure you aren\u2019t housing needed files in your Trash.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df9a501\" data-id=\"df9a501\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73c1726 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"73c1726\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8a8e94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c8a8e94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2021-05-19_14-55-37.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"2021-05-19_14-55-37\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"If you open the Finder Preferences, you have the option to have your trash auto-delete after 30 days. This might be a seamless way to make sure your trash is always nearly empty!\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjI5ODksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ob21lLmxwcy5vcmdcL2NzXC9maWxlc1wvMjAxOFwvMTFcLzIwMjEtMDUtMTlfMTQtNTUtMzcucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22989\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/2021-05-19_14-55-37\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2021-05-19_14-55-37.png\" data-orig-size=\"582,492\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2021-05-19_14-55-37\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;If you open the Finder Preferences, you have the option to have your trash auto-delete after 30 days. This might be a seamless way to make sure your trash is always nearly empty!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2021-05-19_14-55-37-300x254.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2021-05-19_14-55-37.png\" width=\"582\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2021-05-19_14-55-37.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-22989\" alt=\"30 Day auto-delete of trash\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2021-05-19_14-55-37.png 582w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2021-05-19_14-55-37-300x254.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" data-attachment-id=\"22989\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/2021-05-19_14-55-37\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2021-05-19_14-55-37.png\" data-orig-size=\"582,492\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2021-05-19_14-55-37\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;If you open the Finder Preferences, you have the option to have your trash auto-delete after 30 days. This might be a seamless way to make sure your trash is always nearly empty!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2021-05-19_14-55-37-300x254.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2021-05-19_14-55-37.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><p><b>TIP:<\/b> If you look in your Finder\/Preferences, you have the option to have the Trash to auto-delete files after 30 days. A great idea!<\/p><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4928291 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4928291\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c66ffa\" data-id=\"9c66ffa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8fc78f elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"a8fc78f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-lightbulb-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a26a792\" data-id=\"a26a792\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b7f060 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b7f060\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other Strategies and Tips<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce4660c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce4660c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28ee0ff\" data-id=\"28ee0ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dbe4f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7dbe4f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Personal Files<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b6818d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b6818d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-874a758\" data-id=\"874a758\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77e2d59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77e2d59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>LPS allows for incidental personal use of your staff laptop as long as it does not interfere with your ability to use the device as intended for work purposes. Incidental implies that the use is not permanent. Your personal photos, videos, and other files should be kept on <strong>non-LPS<\/strong> devices, especially if there are so many of them that they are impacting your needed storage space.<\/p><p><b>NOTE: <\/b>Never move LPS work to non-LPS storage, as it is likely not FERPA compliant.<\/p><p>Further, we offer a reminder that for legal reasons, you are cautioned against storing personal media (photos, video, documents) on LPS devices or storage locations. In the event of litigation or public records request, all files and logs on district computers are subject to discovery.\u00a0<\/p><p>Likewise, staff should not store work files on personal devices or storage locations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c712e5c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c712e5c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c80b55\" data-id=\"6c80b55\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dec3f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1dec3f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5909f85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5909f85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Locate large files that are taking up space on your computer<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06bc3c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06bc3c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sometimes a handful of large files (movies, music, application files) take up large chunks of space on your hard drive. These files can often be deleted or moved to a cloud-based space (Google Drive, MyVRSpot) in order to recover needed space.<\/p><p>It can take a significant amount of time searching through all folders on your computer looking for large files. Luckily, MacOS makes this process a little easier. To start seeing how storage is used on your computer, click on the <b>Apple<\/b> in the top-left corner of your screen and select <b>About this Mac<\/b>. From here, click on the\u00a0<b>Storage<\/b> tab, and then the\u00a0<b>Manage<\/b> button.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73527c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"73527c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17054\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/2019-09-17_15-22-23\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2019-09-17_15-22-23.png\" data-orig-size=\"698,286\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"121GB File Space Available\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2019-09-17_15-22-23-300x123.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2019-09-17_15-22-23.png\" width=\"698\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2019-09-17_15-22-23.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-17054\" alt=\"121GB File Space Available\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2019-09-17_15-22-23.png 698w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2019-09-17_15-22-23-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" data-attachment-id=\"17054\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/2019-09-17_15-22-23\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2019-09-17_15-22-23.png\" data-orig-size=\"698,286\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"121GB File Space Available\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2019-09-17_15-22-23-300x123.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/2019-09-17_15-22-23.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cf7b69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cf7b69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While looking at the Manage screen, you\u2019ll see many recommendations and areas to scan for large files. Pay special attention to any of these files that can be <b>selected<\/b> and moved to the Trash with the <b>Delete&#8230;<\/b> button at the bottom of the window.\u00a0Remember, hard drive space is not actually recovered until you empty the Trash, as described above.<\/p><p>Notice how many files you have listed in iTunes, Photos, Mail, and other areas. While it\u2019s possible these are for teaching needs, it\u2019s also possible these are personal files and could be moved off of the computer to a personal storage space (thumb drive, external hard drive, or personal cloud storage).\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-924205b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"924205b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17060\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/manage-large-files\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Manage-Large-FIles.png\" data-orig-size=\"913,644\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Manage Large FIles\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Manage-Large-FIles-300x212.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Manage-Large-FIles.png\" width=\"913\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Manage-Large-FIles.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-17060\" alt=\"Managing large files on your computer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Manage-Large-FIles.png 913w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Manage-Large-FIles-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Manage-Large-FIles-768x542.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" data-attachment-id=\"17060\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2018\/11\/15\/manage-files\/manage-large-files\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Manage-Large-FIles.png\" data-orig-size=\"913,644\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Manage Large FIles\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Manage-Large-FIles-300x212.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2018\/11\/Manage-Large-FIles.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File Management &#8220;Cloud First&#8221; Storage Strategies for LPS Staff LPS users are encouraged not to keep files on their laptop or desktop computer. 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