Not enough space

Not sure why I cannot upgrade to Big Sur. I believe I have very little stored on this machine

Posted on Dec 26, 2020 9:38 AM

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Eau Rouge

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Dec 26, 2020 10:15 AM in response to Bugga13

Have you read this article,

How to upgrade to macOS Big Sur - Apple Support

Does your mac qualify for the upgrade, do you have enough free space,

minimum 35.5GBS needed before install.

Dec 26, 2020 10:04 AM in response to Bugga13

How much free space do you have?

Jan 22, 2021 2:51 PM in response to Bugga13

I have nothing on my hard drive apart from the operating system and 2gb of apps. I have literally everything on oneDrive and can't get more than 20Gb available. Anyone able to suggest anything?

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