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I have 28 GB free space on my MacBook Air but can't install macOS Monterey

I have 28 GB free space on my MacBook Air but can't install macOS Monterey. How do I install the MacOS Monterey


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 30, 2022 8:06 AM

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Posted on Mar 30, 2022 8:15 AM

From: How to upgrade to macOS Monterey - Apple Support

"If upgrading from macOS Sierra or later, your Mac

needs 26GB of available storage to upgrade. If upgrading from an earlier

release, your Mac needs up to 44GB of available storage."

You need more free space.

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Mar 30, 2022 8:15 AM in response to sastry162

You have to free up space. You do that by deleting user data (documents, movies and such) after copying it to an external destination such as an external hard drive or a cloud storage service. iCloud Drive is not a long term autonomous storage solution.


Once copied and verified, delete those copied files and folder off your internal drive. Do not delete any system files or folders.

I have 28 GB free space on my MacBook Air but can't install macOS Monterey

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