remove other storage mac

I have been trying to remove items in"other" but have not had luck after contacting apple twice. I was told once I upgrade that I will be able to manage that but i cannot upgrade because i do not have enough storage space.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 11, 2022 8:15 AM

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Posted on Sep 11, 2022 6:25 PM

To reiterate what Apple probably already told you, first please review Free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support and Optimize storage space on your Mac - Apple Support.


If you are still unable to create sufficient space for the upgrade after exhausting all those steps, the workaround is to create a Time Machine backup, completely erase the Mac, install the latest version of macOS (read • below), and finally transfer the contents from that Time Machine backup when asked. To learn how to use Time Machine please read Back up your files with Time Machine on Mac - Apple Support.


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Sep 11, 2022 6:25 PM in response to justyouraverageunicorn

To reiterate what Apple probably already told you, first please review Free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support and Optimize storage space on your Mac - Apple Support.


If you are still unable to create sufficient space for the upgrade after exhausting all those steps, the workaround is to create a Time Machine backup, completely erase the Mac, install the latest version of macOS (read • below), and finally transfer the contents from that Time Machine backup when asked. To learn how to use Time Machine please read Back up your files with Time Machine on Mac - Apple Support.


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