Mac mini M1 slow startup & full storage after update

 am using mac mini m1. Tahoe 26. 2 version after this update PC turns on slowly and storage is getting full. Others storage 19. 51gb mac os 37.92 gb and system data 57.4 gb. Document 30 gb application 16 gb earlier when there was more storage than this it did not crash fl studio is so much more now.... Computer power on is slow.

Posted on Feb 20, 2026 6:44 AM

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Feb 20, 2026 7:02 AM in response to tharanath176

It sounds like you don't have much free space available on your startup drive.

If you have allowed the free space to drop too low, then you will have to remove some data from the drive to free up more space for the proper operation of your Mac.


Please launch Disk Utility and tell us what the app has to report about your startup disk capacity and free space.

Once you have launched **, select the volume Macintosh HD and see the number indicated as Free.

Also please tell us the total capacity of the drive.


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