Look how huge is the system storage:
Is anyone having the same problem than me? I do not konw why this is happening.
MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, macOS High Sierra (10.13), 13", 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM, 3,3 GHz
I went to Launchpad then "Other", then to "Terminal". When that opens, you'll see a prompt after your user name. Then type this:
sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
Be sure to include the spaces and the "/" at the end.
It will ask for your password which is the same password you use to unlock your Mac.
Then it will list the snapshots you have on your system. The rest is explained in JamBeats post from earlier in this thread. I'll paste it here:
Sep 29, 2017 7:09 AM in response to rafaelalvesgb
Turned to our good friend Google and I found that Time Machine local backups were the reason and 'sudo tmutil disablelocal' command was supposed to help, if only "disablelocal" verb had not been removed from High Sierra. So back to square one.
Did some digging a.k.a. opened the manual for tmutil. I found that there were two useful verbs "listlocalsnapshots" and "deletelocalsnapshots". Used the first one to get the exact date stamps required for the second one and deleted all local snapshots manually.
Result: "System" went from 158GB to 20GB.
Step by step I went as following:
Code:sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
This resulted:
Code:com.apple.TimeMachine.2017-09-27-005259
com.apple.TimeMachine.2017-09-27-104645
com.apple.TimeMachine.2017-09-27-114218
com.apple.TimeMachine.2017-09-27-124220
I took these four date stamps and followed the next command with each as following:
Code:tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2017-09-27-005259
So in the end if i double checked with
Code:sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
there were no snapshots and after checking "About This Mac -> Storage" I was overjoyed!
Hope this helps!
Credits to Mac Rumors user: lainvoo
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I had about 8 snapshots in my original listing. After doing this procedure, my system storage size went from over 1.2TB to just over 20gb.
Hope that helps! Thanks again to JamBeats for posting the process.
Awesome! This makes so much sense
I've entered the: sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots /
The command prompt asks me for a password. I can't enter in the password.
HEEELELLELELELLELLELELELPPPPPPPP
In terminal, it does not show what you are typing or have typed for the password. Just trust that what you are typing is being filled. Once your password is typed, press enter.
Hi... Time Machine is not enabled on my MacBook Air. My system storage is taking over 150GB from my 256GB. If not Time Machine, what else can be done to reduce system storage? Thanks in advance!
Hey, okay so I tried that but it didn't work for me? any ideas?
I tried:
tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2018-04-19-103703
and got this:
Error parsing argument 2018-04-19-103703
Hi, since I am a total amateur, is any chance to explaing exactly how to do it step by step please? It appears that 175GB out of my 250GB are occupied by the system.
Thanks!
how did you get into these files i can't find it but im sure i have the same problem
Hi, I tried your solution and the biggest item was "." and nothing else in front of it. Tried to get into the details but kept on repeating the same thing. Any idea what to do now?
Thanks in advance
Hi mate
Im having the same trouble currently with over 300gb worth of system.
When I follow your instructions i only get this.
Any help would be greatly recieved
Kind Regards
Yes! @sageonthehill thanks for posting - this was my problem too 🙂
I cannot figure out where all of the storage is being used up. I have deleted so many things.
Very frustrating.
I have never had this kind of problem, and this is my sixth Mac. This is a stupid question
but can your hard drive have more space added?
OOPS! Well I just have to live with that one. I am afraid to delete anything else
though and won't now.
My "system" takes up a whoping 755 GB storage, but when i did this terminal thing, no backups even showed up.
Nice tip, thanks.
macOS High Sierra – Huge System Storage
