APFS Snapshot com.apple.os.update-... 8.9 GB disk1s1s1

Can the above be deleted without any deleterious effects? This on a 2018 Mac Mini.

Mac mini, macOS 13.2

Posted on Mar 16, 2023 4:29 AM

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Posted on Mar 16, 2023 10:20 AM

As the name of the snapshot suggests, this is a pending OS update that will be installed on the next reboot. Sometimes macOS may even be booted from that snapshot.


The only APFS snapshots you can remove are any backup snapshots or snapshots you create yourself, but you do risk causing a problem with the backups if a backup snapshot is removed before the snapshot has been successfully transferred to external media.

View APFS snapshots in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support


It is best to leave alone everything outside of the "/Users" folder as everything outside is considered a system area.




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Mar 16, 2023 10:20 AM in response to Alex Jameson

As the name of the snapshot suggests, this is a pending OS update that will be installed on the next reboot. Sometimes macOS may even be booted from that snapshot.


The only APFS snapshots you can remove are any backup snapshots or snapshots you create yourself, but you do risk causing a problem with the backups if a backup snapshot is removed before the snapshot has been successfully transferred to external media.

View APFS snapshots in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support


It is best to leave alone everything outside of the "/Users" folder as everything outside is considered a system area.




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