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What do I do if it says my MacBook Air hard drive does not have enough space to install Big Sur (I have a MBA 13inch 1.6GHZ DC Intel Core i5 128GB GOLD1.00SFVFYV5NXLYWL, bought in 2019 and it says zI have 16GB available)?

What do I do if it says my MacBook Air hard drive does not have enough space to install Big Sur (I have a MBA 13inch 1.6GHZ DC Intel Core i5 128GB GOLD1.00SFVFYV5NXLYWL, bought in 2019 and it says zI have 16GB available)?

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Posted on Feb 25, 2021 8:37 AM

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Posted on Feb 25, 2021 10:29 AM

Big Sur requires 35GB of disk space to install on your mac. Follow the steps here to free up some storage and possibly have enough to install Big Sur. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206996



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What do I do if it says my MacBook Air hard drive does not have enough space to install Big Sur (I have a MBA 13inch 1.6GHZ DC Intel Core i5 128GB GOLD1.00SFVFYV5NXLYWL, bought in 2019 and it says zI have 16GB available)?

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