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Upgrading to Big Sur

I have 33.77GB of space on my Mac laptop but when I try to load Big Sur (which says it needs 12GB of space), I get an error message that there isn't enough disk space to install. What gives?


MacBook Air

Posted on Nov 21, 2020 10:11 AM

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Posted on Nov 21, 2020 10:52 AM

See: macOS - How to Upgrade - Apple




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Dec 21, 2020 6:32 PM in response to Lanny

Thank you Lanny for clarifying that it needs more room during the install. My problem is that the room needed is over 25% of my drive space. I have had serious issues with Mac Mail crashing and Apple recommended that I upgrade the OS and even after cleaning up my disk and storing much of my work on an external drive, I am about a couple of gigs short to install the new OS. I hope to buy a new laptop in the next year and will keep my fingers crossed that my mail doesn't crash altogether.


Thanks again! Happy holidays!

Upgrading to Big Sur

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