I recently got a notification that my mac was almost full so i checked the storage to see what was taking up a lot of space and i deleted all the things i didn't need however I noticed that garageband is taking up like 2GB of space. I don't have the application and have never opened it. I looked up what i could do and saw some discussions but none of those solutions helped me. I'm probably doing it wrong but what else can i do?
léonie wrote:
Spotlight does not show the library files, so a Spotlight search will not help.
it's sort of hidden, léonie, but you can set the search to look through system files in Finder.
choose "Other..." to add the System files option, and set the 2nd popUp menu to "are included"
Which version of OS X are you using?
The GarageBands lessons and instruments are installed in this folder:
/Library/Application Support/GarageBand/
Open the folder Library at the top level of your System drive, then the folder "Application Support", then "GarageBand".
Move this folder to the Trash, if it exists.
There may be a similar folder in the Library folder in your Home folder. Remove that as well, if it exists.
~/Library/Application Support/GarageBand/
I tried searching everything in my Mac that has "GarageBand" in it but nothing comes up.
Spotlight does not show the library files, so a Spotlight search will not help.
Tere is really no GarageBand Folder if you open the Library folder and then Application Support at the top level of your System Drive?
You may want to try to search for GarageBand with Find Any File:
You can download a free trial version here:
I just tried looking for the folder but it doesn't exist. I tried searching everything in my Mac that has "GarageBand" in it but nothing comes up. And I'm using version 10.12.1
I wasn't doing a spotlight search, I did it from the finder menu and went to application support but there was no folders from GarageBand
I just did this and now i have 1GB of stuff from garageband left. I can't really find anything else.
Garageband taking up space
