Will I have any storage left AFTER installing Big Sur?

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Will I have any storage left AFTER installing Big Sur?

I have a 121 gb macbook air and apparently I also need 33 gb on top of the 12 gb for the update to big sur. My question is, will Big Sur take up the whole 45 gb forever after the installation or will I get any of that storage back?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 6:12 AM

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dialabrain

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Dec 8, 2020 6:15 AM in response to IAm_MK

You will get most of it back once installed.

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Dec 8, 2020 6:16 AM in response to dialabrain

great!! thanks a ton

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dialabrain

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Dec 8, 2020 6:18 AM in response to IAm_MK

You're welcome. FWIW, you only need 35.5GBs total if you are running Sierra or later.

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Dec 8, 2020 8:05 AM in response to IAm_MK

update: I actually have more storage than before the update now!

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Will I have any storage left AFTER installing Big Sur?

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