I cannot find any options on how to delete or minimize the amount of storage being used by system data on my mac. It uses more than of the storage. This ballooned to this after I updated to Ventura. How can I fix it?
MacBook Air 13″
ptrck_ wrote:
I cannot find any options on how to delete or minimize the amount of storage being used by system data on my mac. It uses more than of the storage. This ballooned to this after I updated to Ventura. How can I fix it?
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/074d22b0-c130-4bef-80e9-e862bdb5517d
Let see the big picture from the Terminal.app copy and paste:
diskutil list internal
ptrck_ wrote:
I cannot find any options on how to delete or minimize the amount of storage being used by system data on my mac. It uses more than of the storage. This ballooned to this after I updated to Ventura. How can I fix it?
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/074d22b0-c130-4bef-80e9-e862bdb5517d
Let see the big picture from the Terminal.app copy and paste:
diskutil list internal
Follow previous advise >> First
Pending that outcome
A fallback position to find what is occupying space on the drive.
It is generally a good computer practice to alway keep at least 15% to 20% of the Total Drive Capacity’s as Empty Space.
Allowing the computer to drop below these guidelines may eventually, cause unintended consequences.
The links below will assist in identifying what is taking up space on the Internal Drive and provide possible ways to remove data that is under the direct control of the User ( Home Folder ) .
Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac
What is “Other” storage on a Mac, and how can I clean it out?
Free up storage space on your Mac
How to delete Time Machine snapshots on your Mac
See used and available storage space on your Mac
Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
Notation - If the user is using a cloning software like Carbon Copy Cloner - suggest tweaking the Safety Net Feature in this software. It may be making additional Snap Shots that are not being Cloned to the Eternal Drive. If this should be the case, these Snap Shot could be using additional space on the drive
The final word from Apple on Managing the " Other/ System Data “ Category
Other / System Data: Contains files that don’t fall into the categories listed here. This category primarily includes files and data used by the system, such as log files, caches, VM files, and other runtime system resources. Also included are temporary files, fonts, app support files, and plug-ins. You can't manage the contents of this category. The contents are managed by macOS, and the category varies in size depending on the current state of your Mac.
260GB SYSTEM DATA ON MACBOOK AIR M1 2020
