Disk says full. too much memory is being used by system 40GB

How much free space is on the Hard Drive?

Have you emptied the Trash recently?

Hi JGBIGPAPA,

I see that your hard drive is full, here is some recommendations, Before you read the recommendations, how much space do you have left on your hard drive?

-Delete useless applications, and documents.

-Turn on auto empty trash.

-Optimize storage.

-Reduce Clutter

I'm trying to update to the new operating system but i get a warning that says I don't have enough disk space. I've emptied trash, etc., but it looks like the majority of storage is taken up in mail. how do open up more storage?

Any luck yet?

You need to create your own discussion. See:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-11261