My Apps are taking up 225 gb accoring to storage, but that is not possible.

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I was checking my memory and it says that apps are taking up 225 GB of my storage, but when I open the files it is barely 70 GB, What gives?

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.0

Posted on Dec 18, 2023 6:06 PM

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Answer 1

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Check '/Users/{Your Username}/Library/Application Support'. The Library is hidden, so press Command + Shift + . to show it

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Answer 2

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Some applications may generate huge files there that you no longer need, check sizes of folders inside

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Answer 3

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So in app support, my I cloud folder held 161 GB, once I got rid of that it cleaned everything up nicely.

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Answer 4

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Ok, I did that, but what am I looking for?

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