How to free up space with 105GB on my iMac

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How to free up space with 105GB on my iMac

iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021)

Caches/CloudeKit/com.apple.bird takes up 105 GB out of a possible 250. Previously, rebooting the Mac sometimes helped. Now 1-3 GB are free all the time. What to do?

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iMac (M1, 2021)

Posted on May 21, 2024 6:16 AM

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BDAqua

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May 21, 2024 8:03 AM in response to marina_zima

It means you have lots of files waiting to upload to the cloud, do you have iCloud Drive enabled or what iCloud services?

Info hear on how to clear the ache or diagnose which files/Apps are the problem...

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/220007/what-is-com-apple-bird-why-does-it-grow-so-big#:~:text=%27Bird%27%20is%20part%20of%20the,cleaner%20than%20you%27re%20thinking.

You ca Open the Cache.db using DB Browser for SQL.app

https://sqlitebrowser.org/#:~:text=DB%20Browser%20for%20SQLite%20(DB4S,a%20full%20SQL%20query%20facility.

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