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Why don't my Macbook use all of it's storage and only some of it?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Oct 9, 2022 07:42 PM

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TheRedLegend27

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Posted on Oct 9, 2022 07:48 PM

Your mac uses that space for MacOS and built in other software. If you push manage you can see this screen and see exactly where you storage space is used.

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TheRedLegend27

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Oct 9, 2022 07:48 PM in response to bao45

Your mac uses that space for MacOS and built in other software. If you push manage you can see this screen and see exactly where you storage space is used.

Owl-53

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Oct 10, 2022 02:39 AM in response to bao45

In the image above, the computer has a small 128 GB Drive Capacity Drive.

Of that 128 GB Capacity Drive - it is using 78 GB.

It has only 17.33 GB as Empty Space

It is suggested to keep at least 15% to 20% of the Drive Total Capacity as Empty Space for good operations of the computer

If the computer uses ALL the available space - the computer will cease to Work at All

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