Hi, I recently bought MacBook Pro M1 and I have recently noticed that the available storage keeps decreasing by 10MB every 5-10 mins, even when I'm not downloading anything. Can someone please explain what is going on?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2
Hello hayoh,
It sounds as though you're seeing your storage usage increase while not downloading content on your Mac. Apple Support is a great place for help! To clarify, are you noticing the storage increase when creating documents such as a Pages document, PDF, numbers, or other information such as that? This can also include using PhotoBooth. performing tasks in apps, or updating documents can cause the storage usage to increase.
If you'd like to manage the storage on your Mac you can find some great information in the following article.
How to free up storage space on your Mac
If you continue to have issues, or notice the storage increasing without use you may want to reach out to Apple for the best support. You can find their contact details via the Get Support website.
Take care!
We appreciate those additional details hayoh,
That's a great question, and ensuring that the best support and information is provided from here is important. It would be recommended to click the 'Get Support' link in the previous message, and reach out to Apple next.
Have a wonderful week!
No, I wasn't creating/writing any sort of documents. The storage space available just seems to fluctuate at times, and would sometimes return to normal when I reboot my computer. I asked this question on several other support forums and was told that this was due to memory swapping, can you confirm?
Storage space keeps decreasing
