storage opimization

On my very old iMac I have just one VM and that one is for Windows XP. I was investigating my storage and I saw that Parallels VMs was using 60+ GB. I can't believe it needs all that so what can I do that will decrease the amount of storage space that it's using?

I have found several features invaluable: download video, download audio, convert video (these work better than clipgrab), create gif, unit converter. However, what I have needed for a while is an easier way to monitor drive space. I have NTFS for Mac, and it works great. But for those...

Hello, When I go on my storage monitor My MAC tells me that Parallels Desktop virtual machines use 61,74 GB of storage. And when I go to Document/Parallels I have a Windows10.pvm which use 61,74 GB too. So Parallels ends up using 123,48 GB storage space. Is it normal? Thanks

I just installed Windows 10 Education using Parallels from an iso. Before downloading Parallels and the iso for windows and installing windows, I had about 20 GB left on my hard drive. Hence the install to an external disk during Parallels setup. Now however I just checked my storage and I only...

I would like a shortcut (widget) to show the amount of remaining free space on my SSD, especially since I am downloading all these video and audio files.

Both from backup, and internal storage optimization points of view, it will make lots of sense to create snapshots on external media: Have the VM itself on the Macs internal disk, and once the external backup disk is connected, create a snapshot and store on the external disk. Just like...