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I have Macbook Pro (Retina - 13 inch, Late 2013) with 8GB memory 1600 MHz DDR3, 256 GB running on MacOS Mojave Version 10.14.6. Out of 256 GB, 221 GB is used by System. This seems not correct. Please let me know if I should reinstall OS or what are the steps to be followed. I have shutdown and booted in safe boot mode and tried as well. Any suggestions welcome. Dont see this in any of my other systems.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14
Actually, had a chat with Apple engineer and he was very helpful. He walked me through a few steps and found that hidden files were occupying most of the space and was classified under system. Command + shift + . to find hidden files and there were tons of them from various applications. So cleaned them up and got 200 GB back. Thanks for replying.
Actually, had a chat with Apple engineer and he was very helpful. He walked me through a few steps and found that hidden files were occupying most of the space and was classified under system. Command + shift + . to find hidden files and there were tons of them from various applications. So cleaned them up and got 200 GB back. Thanks for replying.
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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.
Satsubr Said:
"'System' Storage taking too much space"
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Satsubr Said:
"'System' Storage taking too much space: Command + shift + . to find hidden files and there were tons of them from various applications. So cleaned them up and got 200 GB back. Thanks for replying."
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What apps were these? Where were these file located within the macOS?
"System" Storage taking too much space
