Steam overhauls download page and storage management in latest update
Steam’s latest update improves download and storage management with a fresh look and new features.
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What you need to know
Steam has a large update available that brings a long list of changes and improvements. The update completely overhauls the downloads page of Steam and adds new options for managing downloads. Valve has tested these changes in beta for several months, but they are now generally available.
The refreshed downloads page shows the total progression completed of a download or update. Before this update, Steam’s downloads page showed the progress of downloading content but not the disk allocation process. Partially completed downloads and updates show a faded progress bar alongside a completion percentage following the update. People can also drag and drop items in the download queue.
Storage management has also been redesigned within Steam. A new user interface for Steam library folders makes it easier to manage content across drives.
Here’s the complete changelog fromSteam:
New Downloads Page
Storage Management
Library
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The update started rolling out on September 9, 2021. It should download automatically. You can also manually check for an update by clickingSteamin the menu bar of the app and selectingCheck for Steam Client Updates.
You know what Steam is. It’s where you buy and play most PC games. You can grab its latest update now.
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