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Just updated to Sonoma on my iMac (M1 chip) and it is taking 159gb of System data!
How do I free up that much space?
iMac 24″, macOS 14.0
You can use disk space visualizer programs, such as Disk Drill (tiles - a free option in this program), and DaisyDisk (shareware), to search for large files and folders on your disk. Many programs leave behind garbage and hidden folders.
For me, the strangest discovery was finding a large .Trash hidden folder in the system subfolders under /var/ (left over from a deleted user) and a 22-gigabyte cache file from the Telegram messenger.
Do you regularly shutdown your iMac or do you leave it running all the time. Regular restarts are good for housekeeping.
I am having the same issue. System data taking slightly over 120GB... eager to get a fix
The upgrade just got the Storage regenerated and that's why it's showing up now. It's been mentioned in Ventura and Monterey.
Neither restart into SafeBoot nor deleting Caches helped!!!
Try Downloading CleanMyMac, It has shown all of the files taking up that space, for me it was all in "recently relocated" folder, so maybe you will have the exact same problem.
@Old Toad
@rkaufmann87
Thoughts on Parallel's "Free Memory" and "Disk Cleaner"?
I use it mainly for the VM but you can also get these additional tools if you want.
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System data taking 155gb on Sonoma macOS
