"Can't find the app library" error while opening apps on iMac with macOS Ventura.

This is on my iMac runnign Ventura 13.6.3. Recently I've had several apps show similar errors saying they can't find the app library, including Apple Music. Google Chrome also prompts me to clear space consistently. These errors started up around the same time. I've tried clearing the cache and some history from Chrome but I still get the error message. I have about 50 GB of space left in my storage. What can I do to solve these issues, and are they likely related?


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iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.6

Posted on Mar 21, 2024 9:56 PM

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bhrangerfan0809 wrote:

I have about 50 GB of space left in my storage. What can I do to solve these issues, and are they likely related?

You probably don't. Apple describes storage in terms of "available" which actually means "used". Your hard drive is completely full. You will need to look for large files you can delete. If you want to keep them, you can copy them to an external hard drive. Do not attempt to delete any files in any hidden directories. Then, you'll have to wait a day or so for the operating system to completely clean up the deleted files. Don't stop until you have at least 200 GB of free stores as described in Disk Utility.

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Mar 22, 2024 10:22 AM in response to bhrangerfan0809

bhrangerfan0809 wrote:

I have about 50 GB of space left in my storage. What can I do to solve these issues, and are they likely related?

You probably don't. Apple describes storage in terms of "available" which actually means "used". Your hard drive is completely full. You will need to look for large files you can delete. If you want to keep them, you can copy them to an external hard drive. Do not attempt to delete any files in any hidden directories. Then, you'll have to wait a day or so for the operating system to completely clean up the deleted files. Don't stop until you have at least 200 GB of free stores as described in Disk Utility.

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