OS: Tahoe 26.2
HW: Apple M1 Max
I booted my Mac up after 2 or 3 days and found out that it had no space. Turns out the "System Data" is occupying more than 700Gb of my 1 Tb storage. I rarely use this machine and I know I did not download so much stuff on it. it is obviously a bug or something. Happened a month after my upgrade to Tahoe 26.2.
Any ideas, guys ?
Part 1 of 2
Respectfully, the image presented is more like " Eye Candy "
It does not give a true representation of the the Used versus Free Space on this 1 TB Capacity drive
Go get that information
Use Disk Utilities.
Finder >> Go >> Utilities >> Disk Utilities
Part 2 of 2
Reducing System/Volume/Data is a common question.
1 - System data taking too much in MacOS Sono… - Apple Community
2 - Time Machine Local Snapshot won't delete - Apple Community
3 - Over 60% storage blocked by System Data - Apple Community
How to free up ‘System Data’ and other storage on your Mac from a fellow colleague @ neuroanatomist
Turn On Optimize storage space on your Mac
Turn On " Empty Bin Automatically "
Use another application to see where space is being used Storeograph on the Apple Apps Store
View APFS snapshots in Disk Utility on Mac
Suggest getting an External SSD Drive and start moving your Pictures, Videos, Music and any other large files you have control over, OFF the Internal drive and Onto the External
Understanding iCloud Drive from a well written User Tip from @ Richard.Taylor
1. Quick Fix Actions:
For Apple Silicon computers, use Disk Utility to erase a Mac.
For Apple Intel computers, use Disk Utility to erase an Intel-based Mac, then reinstall macOS.
Always make a Time Machine backup before proceeding.
Migrate only the user account, not the entire system.
Reinstall only the necessary applications from the Apple App Store or directly from the developers.
Part 1 of 2
Respectfully, the image presented is more like " Eye Candy "
It does not give a true representation of the the Used versus Free Space on this 1 TB Capacity drive
Go get that information
Use Disk Utilities.
Finder >> Go >> Utilities >> Disk Utilities
Part 2 of 2
Reducing System/Volume/Data is a common question.
1 - System data taking too much in MacOS Sono… - Apple Community
2 - Time Machine Local Snapshot won't delete - Apple Community
3 - Over 60% storage blocked by System Data - Apple Community
How to free up ‘System Data’ and other storage on your Mac from a fellow colleague @ neuroanatomist
Turn On Optimize storage space on your Mac
Turn On " Empty Bin Automatically "
Use another application to see where space is being used Storeograph on the Apple Apps Store
View APFS snapshots in Disk Utility on Mac
Suggest getting an External SSD Drive and start moving your Pictures, Videos, Music and any other large files you have control over, OFF the Internal drive and Onto the External
Understanding iCloud Drive from a well written User Tip from @ Richard.Taylor
1. Quick Fix Actions:
For Apple Silicon computers, use Disk Utility to erase a Mac.
For Apple Intel computers, use Disk Utility to erase an Intel-based Mac, then reinstall macOS.
Always make a Time Machine backup before proceeding.
Migrate only the user account, not the entire system.
Reinstall only the necessary applications from the Apple App Store or directly from the developers.
If after doing all the suggested fixes and no change then you will need to enter recovery mode, erase drive and reinstall OS and migrate files. This usually reduces the number quite a bit.
Mac System Data 700GB after Tahoe 26.2 upgrade
