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primalady Author

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Cleaning my Mac book air

My Mac book air 13 needs a good clean up to have enough storage to install macOS Big Sur. any advice on which cleaner to use would be very much appreciated.

MacBook Air 13″, 10.15

Posted on Oct 19, 2025 9:34 AM

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BobTheFisherman

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Posted on Oct 19, 2025 9:36 AM

primalady wrote:

My Mac book air 13 needs a good clean up to have enough storage to install macOS Big Sur. any advice on which cleaner to use would be very much appreciated.

Do not use any third party app that claims to clean, protect, manage, etc. Such third party apps are not needed, use system resources while providing no benefit, and they may cause problems.

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