can't upgrade to Sur--download would not install--"need space on selected volume"????

how to upgrade to Big Sur--downloaded, but then when i went to install a message said there wasn't enough space on selected volume--what to do

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 5, 2020 1:46 PM

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dialabrain

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Dec 5, 2020 1:47 PM in response to ylldbill

You need 35.5GBs of free space on your drive.

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