There are also icons for the trashcan and the amount of free disk space available.

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High definition titles purchased from VUDU can be stored on the consumer's VUDU box or in the VUDU Vault, a free online storage option for movies and TV shows that enables consumers to free up disk space while still retaining access to all their purchased titles.

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DropBox, Google Drive and all of the other cloud storage services really offer the same thing: free or cut-rate disk space.

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All you need is a USB flash drive with at least 1GB of free space, and the OS X Recovery Disk Assistant.

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