What do I do if it says my MacBook Air hard drive does not have enough space to install Big Sur (I have a MBA 13inch 1.6GHZ DC Intel Core i5 128GB GOLD1.00SFVFYV5NXLYWL, bought in 2019 and it says zI have 16GB available)?
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Big Sur requires 35GB of disk space to install on your mac. Follow the steps here to free up some storage and possibly have enough to install Big Sur. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206996
Big Sur requires 35GB of disk space to install on your mac. Follow the steps here to free up some storage and possibly have enough to install Big Sur. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206996
You move data to external storage, and/or delete data and applications you no longer want or need to free up sufficient space.
There is no magic that will increase the available disk space on your Mac.
Your mac must have at least 35.5GBS of free space before it will install macOS Big Sur.
How to upgrade to macOS Big Sur - Apple Support
Read Section 1.
A bit too complicated for me to do so will ask my university IT Helpdesk to assist but many thanks for your advice.
I did read all the sections of the article on how to upgrade to Big Sur. I thus appreciate that I need 35.5GB available space but was enquiring how to do so!
So helpful, thank you!!!
What do I do if it says my MacBook Air hard drive does not have enough space to install Big Sur (I have a MBA 13inch 1.6GHZ DC Intel Core i5 128GB GOLD1.00SFVFYV5NXLYWL, bought in 2019 and it says zI have 16GB available)?
