How to free up space by managing Google Drive sync

... and for me it kept filling until I had no space available on my HD. After going through all advise on Apple Support to no avail, I realised that my Google Drive Sync is actually downloading the files on my HD. After pausing drive sync and deleting synced files on my HD it also decreased the SYSTEM DATA.

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MacBook Air, macOS 15.0

Posted on Oct 3, 2024 6:27 AM

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Rudegar

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Oct 3, 2024 7:44 AM in response to Tuffe

that is how all these cloud things, dropbox, onedrive, google drive and...

does it at least by default

Tuffe Author

Level 1

5 points

Oct 4, 2024 12:27 AM in response to Rudegar

Exactly so as you say. My posting was to offer a potential solution to the unanswered questions regarding the ever growing system data. Even the Apple Support-service didn’t know about this option.

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