How can I remove apps like Chess and Siri from my macbook
How can I uninstall apps that were already loaded on MacBook like Chess and Siri which I never use and now I need more space
MacBook, macOS 10.13
How can I uninstall apps that were already loaded on MacBook like Chess and Siri which I never use and now I need more space
MacBook, macOS 10.13
sorry, you cannot delete apps that are included with macOS. and removing most apps would not free up much space anyways. for example, chess only takes up 4.7 MB of disk space, and Siri is only 2.5 MB.
but, if you are running low on space, you can purchase an external HDD or SSD of sufficient capacity and move your larger files (videos, pictures, documents, etc...) to it. once they are on the EHD, you can simply erase the same files from your internal drive. and, if it's just going to be used for storage, you can use an HDD and save a few bucks over the cost of an SSD. FWIW, i personally keep very little on my internal drive.
also, you may want to read these two articles:
Optimize storage space on your Mac
sorry, you cannot delete apps that are included with macOS. and removing most apps would not free up much space anyways. for example, chess only takes up 4.7 MB of disk space, and Siri is only 2.5 MB.
but, if you are running low on space, you can purchase an external HDD or SSD of sufficient capacity and move your larger files (videos, pictures, documents, etc...) to it. once they are on the EHD, you can simply erase the same files from your internal drive. and, if it's just going to be used for storage, you can use an HDD and save a few bucks over the cost of an SSD. FWIW, i personally keep very little on my internal drive.
also, you may want to read these two articles:
Optimize storage space on your Mac
You can't remove Siri which is intertwined with the OS, not sure about Chess, but Chess is only 8 MB which is nothing these days & won't help your needing space.
Terminal code to clean DocumentRevisionsfolder…
System Memory OS 10.12.6 Sierra - Apple Community
System Memory OS 10.12.6 Sierra - Apple Community
4 suggestions…
Look for iOS backups…
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
OmniDiskSweeper shows you the files on your drive, largest to smallest, and lets you quickly Trash or open them.
https://www.omnigroup.com/more/
Purging local backups
Please note that although this doesn't affect your remote backup from Time Machine, this will get rid of the redundancy (at least until the next Time Machine backup) that a local backup disk will provide. If you need such redundancy or are worried about the recovery of your data then you would be best served to let macOS determine when to purge these files.
Start Terminal from spotlight.
At the terminal type tmutil listlocalsnapshotdates.
Hit enter.
Here, you'll now see a list of all of the locally stored Time Machine backup snapshots stored on your disk.
Next you can remove the snapshots based on their date. I prefer to delete them one at at time. Once my "System" disk usage is at an acceptable level, I stop deleting but you can delete all of them if you want to reclaim all of the disk space.
Back at the terminal, type tmutil deletelocalsnapshots YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS , where will be one of the dates from your backup. This will be in the form of xxx-yy-zz-abcdef. Try to start with the oldest snapshot.
Hit enter.
Repeat for as many snapshot dates as required
http://www.thagomizer.com/blog/2018/03/27/cleaning-up-time-machine-local-snapshots.html
tmutil deletelocalsnapshots / # deletes all the snapshots
BobHarris file sizes…
sudo du -hx | sort -h
sudo du -hx ~/| sort -h
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Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
Notation - If the user is using a cloning software like Carbon Copy Cloner - suggest tweaking the Safety Net Feature in this software. It may be making addition Snap Shots that are not being Cloned to the Eternal Drive. If this should be the case, these Snap Shot could be using additional space on the drive
The final word from Apple on Managing the " Other/ System Data “ Category
Other / System Data: 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.
You can't.
Can not be done is the short answer
Reason - Applications that are Baked Into the Operating System can not be removed
They can be removed from the dock but the Applications themselves will still reside in the Applications Folder of the computer
See if this article helps: Free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support
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How can I remove apps like Chess and Siri from my macbook