Macbook Air - not enough space to upgrade to Monterey

I have cleaned files, cache and reduced applications to a minimum but still am around 30gig short. The frustrating thing is that there is 34gig 'other' in files that I cannot access or see to remove. I have followed numerous you tube vids and can see the Library, system files etc but the files in there are nowhere near the 34gig, so I really have no idea what the files are made up of. I have used Cleaner One Pro but it only goes so far without charges and Clean My Mac X is too expensive. Can anyone offer any support or suggestions?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 4, 2025 9:18 AM

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Mar 5, 2025 1:47 AM in response to PhilT1705

OP wrote " I have used Cleaner One Pro but it only goes so far without charges "


Sorry, you got what you paid for - zero


In fact using a Third Party Disk Cleaner by any name or brand may have made a bad situation even worse


CleanMyMac , aka “ BrickMyMac


New macOS Malware "Cthulhu Stealer" Targets Apple Users' Data


Un-Like Microsoft Windows, which does have “ Disk Cleanup “ and “ Defrag “ as part of their Operating System 


➡️ Apple does not  nor are they required  ⬅️


Consider you options carefully, moving forwards


Always have a recent and up to date Time Machine Backup  before doing anything


MacKeeper,


Dr Cleaner Pro Plus


Open Cleaner one Pro


Macmechanic


Clean my Mac x.


MacBooster


Macscan


MacCleanse 


CCleaner 

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Mar 4, 2025 1:08 PM in response to tbirdvet

Thanks for that, was hoping for some better news but if that's how it is then I will have to find another way. Just one question, the size of 'other' is 34gig, does this seem high or about what it should be? My other option is to remove applications until install is complete then reinstall. Appreciate your help.

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Macbook Air - not enough space to upgrade to Monterey

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