Storage Issue

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Storage Issue

My MacBook Air has a lot in the other volumes in container. It takes up a massive amount of storage on my MacBook. After it updated to Big Sur, this has become the problem. Under disk utility it has a Macintosh HB, Macintosh HD - Data, and an untitled APFS system that says macOS 11.1. Do I need all of these? If not, what do I need to do?

Tim

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Apr 8, 2021 6:47 AM

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dominic23

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Apr 8, 2021 10:37 AM in response to Timba73

A user has no control over "Other' category.

Try deleting files and optimizing the storage.

Please don't delete any storage containers/volumes that system may need.

Storage

Other: Contains files that don’t fall into the categories listed here. This category primarily includes files and data used by the system, such as log files, caches, VM files, and other runtime system resources. Also included are temporary files, fonts, app support files, and plug-ins. You can't manage the contents of this category. The contents are managed by macOS, and the category varies in size depending on the current state of your Mac.

https://support.apple.com/guide/system-information/see-available-storage-space-syspf9b375b9/11.0/mac/11.0

Delete files

https://support.apple.com/guide/system-information/find-and-delete-files-syspf5a64aa6/11.0/mac/11.0

Optimize storage

Click the “Manage”button. Wait until Green “Completed” button appears.

https://support.apple.com/guide/system-information/optimize-storage-space-sysp4ee93ca4/11.0/mac/11.0

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