Storage fluctuating?

888remi wrote:

I was working recently when I noticed that I was running low on storage space, around 11 GB so be exact, I edit videos so I know that the assets I use are what's taking so much space in my storage. I then deleted few files just to make room for a couple more downloads, I only cleaned around 2 GB of space. I then noticed that my storage space suddenly increased to 50 GB, I have no idea as to how this happened when I've only cleaned up so little storage.

This sometimes happens the other way, my storage space suddenly drops to 5GB or less when I know that I still have around 30 GB of storage space. Does anyone have any idea why this happens?

SSD like to have 15-20% free storage at all times... I would not choke the storage amount.

Swap files (Virtual Memory) uses storage space as needed beyond RAM

Yes storage can fluctuate, cache, local TimeMachine files etc

How to free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support

Free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support