I am out of disk space on my Macbook Pro running High Sierra 10.13.6. My drive is a 250GB and the system files are taking up 168.94GB. The remainder is mostly my iCloud drive. What can I remove from the system files?
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), High Sierra 10.13.6
You are definitely running low on disk space.
I think the problem is related to whatever is going on with your Photos or iPhoto library. In the sidebar, it says zero bytes used for Photos. But you seem to have two iPhoto libraries on your desktop. The "System" value appears to be calculated by simple subtraction. It takes your total disk space, subtracts out everything that it can account for, and calls the rest "System". But it seems to be having trouble accounting for those iPhoto libraries on your desktop. Plus, all that extra space for iPhoto libraries is likely what is consuming all of your disk space.
Before doing anything, make sure you have a good backup of your system and your photos.
The pop-up message is probably correct. Can you post a screenshot from About This Mac > Storage and another one from About This Mac > Storage > Manage?
Thank you for your reply. I did not realize the About his mac/storage/manage values can be incorrect. I am also getting the pop up message that my disk is almost full. How do I find the correct storage information if not through About this mac?
Yes, here are the screen shots
How do you know you are out of disk space? If you are looking about About this Mac > Storage > Manage, you should know that those values can be wildly incorrect. I have seen people report system storage at well over 2 TB. If the value is about 35 GB, then it is correct. If it is substantially higher than that, then it is just wrong.
Mac OS system files too big
