Why Old Videos Take Up Space on MacBook Air
Old Videos — videos you no longer need taking massive space — are one of the most common storage wasters on the MacBook Air. Each one averages 100-500MB each, and they accumulate silently over weeks and months of normal use.
On a MacBook Air with 256GB of total storage, even a few hundred old videos can consume a significant percentage of your available space.
How to Manually Delete Old Videos
Open the Photos App
Launch the Photos app on your MacBook Air and go to your Library.
Browse and Select
Manually scroll through your photos looking for videos you no longer need taking massive space. Tap Select and choose each one.
Delete Selected
Tap the trash icon to move selected items to Recently Deleted.
The manual method works but is extremely time-consuming. For a library with thousands of photos, it could take hours to find all old videos.
The Faster Way: Use PX Cleaner
PX Cleaner sorts videos by size so you can delete the biggest space-wasters first. Instead of manually hunting through your entire camera roll, PX Cleaner scans your MacBook Air in minutes and groups old videos for easy batch deletion.
Install PX Cleaner
Download PX Cleaner free from the App Store on your MacBook Air.
Run the Scan
PX Cleaner's AI automatically detects all old videos in your library.
Review and Clean
Swipe left to delete, right to keep. PX Cleaner handles the rest safely.
Why PX Cleaner for MacBook Air?
AI-Powered
Machine learning detects duplicates, blurry photos, and similar shots automatically.
Swipe to Clean
Tinder-style interface makes cleanup fast and intuitive.
100% Private
Everything happens on-device. No photos are uploaded anywhere.
Lightning Fast
Full library scan in 1-3 minutes. Clean up in under 10 minutes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Most MacBook Air users have 100-500 old videos without realizing it. Heavy camera users may have over 1,000.
At 100-500MB each, removing a few hundred old videos typically frees up 1-5GB. Users with large libraries save even more.
Yes. All deleted items go to your Recently Deleted folder and stay there for 30 days before permanent deletion.
See PX Cleaner in Action
