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Application taking too much space in macbook pro macOS 'Monterey'

Storage data in 'About this Mac' is showing that my 'Apps' is taking 170 GB of space but in 'Finders' when I use 'Get Info' for 'Applications', it shows only 13 GB. I tried the spotlight re-indexing but it didn't work. Please help.

MacBook Pro 13″

Posted on Jan 12, 2023 11:08 AM

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Posted on Jan 12, 2023 11:58 AM

That suggests you have some items labeled as Apps, that are not placed in the /Applications folder.


Consider the approach described in this article to track them down:


What is “Other” storage on a Mac, and how… - Apple Community


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Application taking too much space in macbook pro macOS 'Monterey'

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