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Ridiculous updates!
I have to remove my stuff just to empty space for Monterey updates, again!
With my 256 GB I can’t even keep pictures on my Mac, just some word/pdf files.
I just no longer buying Apple products.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.6
There does not seem to be a question here, but folks with small SSD's often put their Photos Libraries on an external drive. I had to before I got my iMac 24.
Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support
There does not seem to be a question here, but folks with small SSD's often put their Photos Libraries on an external drive. I had to before I got my iMac 24.
Move your Photos library to save space on your Mac - Apple Support
Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac
What is “Other” storage on a Mac, and how can I clean it out?
Free up storage space on your Mac
How to delete Time Machine snapshots on your Mac
See used and available storage space on your Mac
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.
I’m having trouble fitting into a terabyte, and will be increasing capacity with a future replacement. 256 GB isn’t as much as it used to be, and I well remember fitting into (or trying to fit into) 16 KB and 64 KB systems and onto 140 KB (or smaller) floppies.
If you’d like to discuss identifying unexpected storage usage, a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper or GrandPerspective can potentially help locate what is occupying storage.
Monterey problem
