How to increase disk space

[Susja]

I have MacBook Pro 2015. Recently I needed Windows OS and I installed Bootcamp. Total size of my Hard Drive is 120 GB. It perfectly worked for my needs both Mac and Windows.

Now I need extra 15 Gb temporarily in order to install one application. Application does not allow to use this space externally i.e. it should be recognized as part of PC.

I use NAS Synology with a plenty of space and it's accessible from my computer either by Map network drive or via 'Add network location'. Hence my question: how could I add this space to PC in order to be visible like part of Disk Storage?

 

[MBAir2010]

i would move 20GB of data temporarily on another usb drive.
data space still adheres to the laws of physics were one can only fit what the space can handle.

 

[Shirasaki]

Not even on Windows you can install an application on a network shared drive. You have to make space for that 20GB to install that application locally.
There are various technologies to allow users to launch applications remotely. If your NAS can somehow support installing VM (some NAS do), maybe give it a shot.

 

[Susja]

Not even on Windows you can install an application on a network shared drive. You have to make space for that 20GB to install that application locally.
There are various technologies to allow users to launch applications remotely. If your NAS can somehow support installing VM (some NAS do), maybe give it a shot.

Thanks
I didn’t know that cannot trick my Window partition with external drive
Likely will try to find temporary another PC because I doubt that I find 20 Gb to move

 

[Nguyen Duc Hieu]

I have MacBook Pro 2015. Recently I needed Windows OS and I installed Bootcamp. Total size of my Hard Drive is 120 GB. It perfectly worked for my needs both Mac and Windows.

Now I need extra 15 Gb temporarily in order to install one application. Application does not allow to use this space externally i.e. it should be recognized as part of PC.

I use NAS Synology with a plenty of space and it's accessible from my computer either by Map network drive or via 'Add network location'. Hence my question: how could I add this space to PC in order to be visible like part of Disk Storage?

You can spare the whole 120GB of internal SSD for Windows, and run Mac OS on an external SSD.
Or vise versa.
Not a very big problem. Disk access speed maybe slower a little bit, but not much noticeable in real life, as your MacBook Pro has USB 3.0.

I'm running Windows on an external USB 2.0 box, and it still smooth enough. (16GB of RAM)

 

[Steve Adams]

Install a bigger SSD inside the notebook. Case closed.

 

[maflynn]

MacBook Pro 2015

Take a look at OWC, you may be able to upgrade your internal drive.

how could I add this space to PC in order to be visible like part of Disk Storage?

You really can't. I'd look to using apps like OmniDiskSweeper that show a sorted list of space so you can maybe move some of the larger files offline to your NAS or delete outright.

 

[iHorseHead]

Delete old users and temp files?

 

[carylee2002]

Try using disk cleanup and get rid of any junk files.