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BEACHBALLING, CRITICALLY LOW HARD DRIVE SPACE

I just did an Etrecheck Report on my Mac Air as I have been experiencing a lot of beach balling, and sometimes the screen goes blank. I would like assistance in interpreting the report and what I should immediately do. There are several major problems in particular critical low hard drive space. I

Posted on Feb 17, 2020 4:29 AM

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Feb 17, 2020 7:42 AM in response to jacquie150

To reclaim disk space please read How to free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support.

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Feb 17, 2020 8:25 AM in response to jacquie150

Well, it would help if you posted it here so we can have a look.

FWIW, you should always maintain an absolute minimum of 10-15 GB empty space at all times for the OS to function properly.

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Feb 18, 2020 5:18 PM in response to jacquie150

Not sure what you tried, but you need to post it here using the little additional text icon (third from right).

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Feb 18, 2020 3:22 PM in response to John Galt

Thank you. I will upload my Etrechck Report to the post below.

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Feb 18, 2020 3:25 PM in response to jacquie150

Thank you for your comments. I have enclosed the Etrecheck report and look forward to receiving your comments

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