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ewastern Author

Level 1

38 points

Why does the system use 150 GB of storage?

Dear all,

hope you can help me with this one

I just updated to Sierra from Mountain Lion on my 2013 Mac Book Pro (2.6, 8GB) I'm not happy as many of the Adobe CS6 do not work with this system, I wanted el Capitan but couldn't find it anywhere...

My main concern is why the system takes up over 150 GB of space and how can I minimise it.

I don't like using iCloud, I do backups and move files onto external hard drives.

thank you for your help

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OSX 10.8.5

Posted on Oct 18, 2016 8:08 AM

35 replies

mikefrom

Level 1

8 points

Apr 20, 2017 8:06 AM in response to ewastern

Yeah the question is really not answered; 1. how to correctly measure and 2. what to do when system does take up 150 GB 3. can I just delete files from Xcode?

mikefrom

Level 1

8 points

Apr 20, 2017 8:14 AM in response to ChiefBravo

Hi, if you delete an app from your system, use a program like app cleaner. It will delete all dependent files of a program as well

Apr 20, 2017 8:53 AM in response to mikefrom

I would never trust a mac program with "cleaner" in its name.

Csound1

Level 9

60,033 points

Apr 20, 2017 8:56 AM in response to mikefrom

mikefrom wrote:

Hi, if you delete an app from your system, use a program like app cleaner. Maybe It will delete all dependent files of a program as well

I fixed your post for you.

Csound1

Level 9

60,033 points

May 1, 2017 5:25 AM in response to MidnightHatter

Who told you that it is 'normal' to have 80% of your drive dedicated to the system?

Because whoever did is an imbecile.

Why does the system use 150 GB of storage?