My son's recently purchased second hand MacBook air has a storage problem. It has 499.96 gb total storage, with 420.26 gb being used of which 394.3 is system data!!
How do I remove some of this, as it is making the machine difficult to use for music and photos.
It is using sonoma 14.7.6.
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Original Title: Remove system data MacBook air
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.5
What to trim down the /System/Volume/Data to a more reasonable size ?
The more popular and effective ways to address this issue is to Start Over from Scratch
For Apple Silicon computer >> Use Disk Utility to erase a Mac with Apple silicon.
For Apple Intel computers >> Use Disk Utility to erase an Intel-based Mac followed by How to reinstall macOS
Always make a Time Machine Backup before proceeding
It is also suggest to Only Migrating the User Account and nothing more.
Emphasis on User Account Only
Reinstall the Needed and not the Wanted applications from the Apple Apps Store or Directly from the Developers
What to trim down the /System/Volume/Data to a more reasonable size ?
The more popular and effective ways to address this issue is to Start Over from Scratch
For Apple Silicon computer >> Use Disk Utility to erase a Mac with Apple silicon.
For Apple Intel computers >> Use Disk Utility to erase an Intel-based Mac followed by How to reinstall macOS
Always make a Time Machine Backup before proceeding
It is also suggest to Only Migrating the User Account and nothing more.
Emphasis on User Account Only
Reinstall the Needed and not the Wanted applications from the Apple Apps Store or Directly from the Developers
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How can I clear 394GB of system data on MacBook Air running Sonoma 14.7.6?
