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Why is my Mac taking up so much space?
Mac “System” taking up too much space in macOS High Sierra or Mojave? here are some free methods to clear the huge “System” storage on your Mac. Some days ago, I found one Reddit user’s post telling the “System” taking up a huge space on Mac. It was the first time I met the Mac “System” storage problem. And it was described as follow:
How much storage space does a Mac have?
As you can see, System currently takes up 10.84 GB of storage. You can find some easy ways to save Mac storage space if you click Manage. Click the button to the right of the recommendation and see if that helps you cut down on the System in Mac storage.
What does the system do on a Mac?
The “System” in Mac storage consists of mainly backups and cached files. It’s designed to store your Mac’s temporary files. Your Mac’s storage space starts to fill up quickly when it saves a bunch of temporary files.
How to reclaim disk space from’system’in macOS High?
Once my “System” disk usage is at an acceptable level, I stop deleting but you can delete all of them if you want to reclaim all of the disk space. Back at the terminal, type tmutil deletelocalsnapshots where will be one of the dates from your backup. This will be in the form of xxx-yy-zz-abcdef. Try to start with the oldest snapshot. Hit enter.
How big is the system storage on a Mac?
And there were two new categories named “iOS files” and “Music creations” being separated. And the sum of the storage size of these three parts (System, Music Creation, and iOS Files) is 43.38GB, equal to the size of the huge System storage I showed before on the storage bar.
Why is my system storage taking up 90gb O?
From your post, I understand that you have some concerns over the storage on your MacBook Pro. Specifically, you’ve recently gotten an alert that your storage was almost full, and have noticed that 90GB of storage is allocated to “System Storage”, and you’re not sure why or what to do.
How big is the hard drive on my MacBook Pro?
To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question. I’ve encountered a problem on my brand new MacBook, but haven’t been able to find a solution after working on it for most of today. In a nutshell: When I go to “About This Mac > Storage” the System files were taking up a whopping 90+ GB of my hard drive. Here is a screen shot: