Making space on boot disk

System data is suddenly using 1.94 Tb on my 2 Tb boot disk. Running macos 12.7.6 on mac mini. I have tried everything I can find so far on the web, but the system data size hardly budges.

Mac mini, macOS 12.7

Posted on Feb 12, 2025 05:37 AM

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Feb 12, 2025 05:56 AM in response to beddoe

How much free space does Disk Utility show and does it show many Snapshots? I never look at System data because it is ambiguous and unreliable.

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Feb 12, 2025 08:02 AM in response to Matti Haveri

Thanks for replying. It shows 4.82 GB free, and one snapshot (145.6 MB).

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