Freeing up disk space

Why are there certain apps I cannot delete, such as Photo Booth.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Feb 24, 2023 02:28 PM

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Posted on Feb 24, 2023 02:48 PM

Certain apps such as Photo Booth are required by macOS and cannot be deleted


If you lack sufficient free space on your Mac, Free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support and Optimize storage space on your Mac - Apple Support offer some suggestions.

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Feb 24, 2023 03:22 PM in response to serafina18

With the possible exception of Xcode if you are not programming, Apps are not that big. Deleting them, if possible, would make life more difficult, because of updates.


if, after following John Galt's advice you still need more help, use one of the several utilities mentioned in this article to IDENTIFY the biggest Boat Anchors so that you can decide what to do about them. None of these utilities deletes anything automatically:


What is “Other” storage on a Mac, and how… - Apple Community


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