If I wipe my Macbook Air and start over from scratch, will it free up some of the "System" and "Other" storage? Literally can't do anything anymore with my Macbook because I keep trying to shuffle storage around.

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If I wipe my Macbook Air and start over from scratch, will it free up some of the "System" and "Other" storage? Literally can't do anything anymore with my Macbook because I keep trying to shuffle storage around.

I got an early 2015 Macbook Air. It works amazing. But my 128GB limitation has got me really limited now. 66GB of which is System or Other storage. I am wondering if I wipe it clean and then redownload the most recent MacOS, can I get rid of some of that extra storage? I have cleared as much storage as I possibly can and even use external hard drives but it is getting in the way now. I'd get a new computer if I had the money but I don't and it seems a waste as this laptop works like a charm otherwise.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 12, 2023 5:05 PM

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ku4hx

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Oct 13, 2023 11:59 AM in response to bhwing

If you wipe the drive (everything will be gone) and install a fresh copy of the OS, it'll be exactly like a new Mac and start up to the initial setup screen.

But with the tiny drive you have, it's likely you'll have the same problem all over again sooner or later . My solution for a tiny drive was to reserve the internal drive for macOS system only and have all personal data on an external drive.

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If I wipe my Macbook Air and start over from scratch, will it free up some of the "System" and "Other" storage? Literally can't do anything anymore with my Macbook because I keep trying to shuffle storage around.

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