Macintosh HD - Data is taking up a HUGE amount of space, how can I access/delete/update?

egnolan wrote:

As you can see on the image below the system says I have nearly 114gb of available space, however, in Disk Utility, it shows my "Macintosh HD - Data" is taking up 225gb, leaving only ~12gb of available space.

How can I access and deal with "Macintosh HD - Data"?

Thanks

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/6c83b462-225b-41e9-a3de-5e5e8d7b8613

This is your user data— do some house cleaning...

Empty your Trash — Delete files and folders on Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/delete-files-and-folders-on-mac-mchlp1093/mac

How to free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206996

See used and available storage space on your Mac

https://support.apple.com/guide/system-information/see-available-storage-space-syspf9b375b9/10.14/mac/10.15

User tip: "Other and What Can I Do About It ?"

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142

Try something like OmniDiskSweeper for a GUI to get a good look at itemized file size and location:

OmniDiskSweeper http://www.omnigroup.com/more

egnolan wrote:

I've done that, hence the 114gb of available space according to Storage. The issue is that deleting and moving files have not affected the amount of space used by "Macintosh HD - Data".

In one place (STORAGE) it shows I have 114gb of available space

In another (DISK UTILITY) it shows I have 12gb of available space

When I take action towards deleting apps, files, etc. it adds space to my STORAGE, but it doesn't become usable space as DISK UTILITY is still too full to do certain things (like update OS)

Disk Utility? Are you having some issue here...

If you are using iCloud Drive— try making some changes there.

Access and manage your files in iCloud Drive - Apple Support

From the Finder if you select Macintosh HD the Command i will open the info pane—here you can see

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