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Cleaning up Big Sur

Please, no responses of the "You shouldn't do that/Why would you want to do that?" variety.


I'd like to remove a good bit of the crap that Apple installs with the OS, i.e. - fonts, voices, loops, foreign language support files, user pictures, printers, various apps and, perhaps, a few more types.  Is this really not possible with Big Sur?


Please, no responses of the "You shouldn't do that/Why would you want to do that?" variety.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 12:30 PM

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Dec 22, 2020 5:28 PM in response to docfi

docfi wrote:

Please, no responses of the "You shouldn't do that/Why would you want to do that?" variety.

You realize that now someone has to post that, right :)


Apple logo (upper right of screen) > About this Mac > Storage > Manage.


That should help you sort some of it out. Just remember, removing fonts could kill your Mac.


P.S. Don't start without having a full backup of your computer.

Cleaning up Big Sur

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