my system disk space is too large and I can't get rid of anything

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 1:10 PM

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Aug 17, 2020 1:14 PM in response to kc2215

Then you need to copy some of your data to an external drive, i.e. files to which you don't need continuous access, then delete those files from your internal drive. External storage is pretty cheap, a 1 TB external drive is $50-75.

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