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diskspace insufficient to install

I want to install OS Monterey on my Macbook pro (15 inch, 2016) pop up message NO SPACE AVAILABLE how do I proceed

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Nov 4, 2021 10:30 PM

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Posted on Nov 5, 2021 7:39 AM

You have to free up space on your internal drive. You do that by deleting user data: music, docs, movies and etc.


You can move them to an external drive or upload them into a cloud storage service. iCloud is not a storage solution.


Apple has guidance on freeing up space: Free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support

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Nov 5, 2021 7:39 AM in response to gmbrekelmans

You have to free up space on your internal drive. You do that by deleting user data: music, docs, movies and etc.


You can move them to an external drive or upload them into a cloud storage service. iCloud is not a storage solution.


Apple has guidance on freeing up space: Free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support

diskspace insufficient to install

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