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  1. N

    This Is How I Reduced My System Data/Storage on my iPhone 13 Pro from 56GB to 26GB!

    Hello Everyone! For the record my 13 pro is fully updated as of July 24 2023 and my total phone storage was at 91GB today. My phone is a 512GB model and I use it to make content on social media primarily for Instagram, YouTube and TikTok and I also consume content as well. So today for some...
    • ncatona
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    • 13 pro storage iphone storage iphone storage full optimize iphone storage storage storage full storage is full system storage system storage full
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
  2. R

    System storage does not match

    Hi there, I have a 2015 mac running High sierra 10.13.6. I am trying to free up some space on my mac as I have encountered a 'storage full' warning a couple of times so I am trying to prevent this from occurring again. When I look at 'about this mac', it seems that the system takes up a large...
  3. TheNameSolo

    System Storage - Takes FOREVER to Calculate!

    Is there a way around to speed up the storage system calculate faster? I’ve tried cleaning up files and throwing them away, but still nothing makes the calculating go faster! I think I am giving up on this, unless someone can help...
  4. singinius

    System storage skyrocketed after I deleted personal files

    I'm on a MacBook with macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 I was running out of disk space, so I dug in some old folders, deleted pictures, cleared the trash, etc. My personal data storage dropped from ~30 to 15 GB of document data. ? But as soon as I did that, the System Storage (which was taking...
    • singinius
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    • help storage storage full storage is full storage size system storage system storage high sierra
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
  5. cami3900

    Macbook Air running out of storage

    Hello, For the past month or so, my Macbook has been bombarding me with "running out of space" messages. I have read countless articles and forums, but I still have not solved the issue. System takes up 90 GB of my 120 GB. I tried downloading DaisyDisk and OmniDiskSweeper, but they only show...
  6. D

    OSX 10.14.5 Utilizing 106GB on SSD

    So I am trying to figure out why "System" is using 106GB of space on my SSD. I had about 85GB taken up on my old HDD (which is now in my optical bay on 2012 MBP). I installed a new SSD and used Carbon Copy Cloner to migrate over. I am currently using the old HDD for "external" storage of...
  7. S

    help recovering disk space. system taking up 200GB

    past few days my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) running mojave 10.14.3 has been slow and overheating. i then realized a new os version came out and maybe i needed to update. i tried to update and my mac has run out of storage (4 GB free disk space remaining) and my system was taking...
    • shulzach
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    • backup delete disk space documentrevisions-v100 system storage time machine trash update
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
  8. M

    System takes up almost all storage

    Hi all, My Macbook Pro (13” Early 2015, running High Sierra 10.13.6)’s storage is currently taken up by system for almost all storage. I can’t seem to free space by deleting files as the system part only grows then. At the moment system takes up over 110gb of data. I’ve attached a picture of...
  9. J

    System Storage Problems

    Hey Everyone! I'm very new to Mac's and I purchased my Mac Book Pro back in February but I just looked at my system storage for the first time and it's sitting at 143 Gigabytes! That doesn't seem normal to me. What do I need to do in order to fix this?
  10. L

    System Storage is enormous!

    I have a 2016 MacBook Pro and I have noticed that suddenly I am almost out of storage. When I go to "About This Mac" I can see that my storage is mostly "System" and it's over 153 Gb!! I had this problem on an old laptop and I cannot remember how to fix it. I should say I am NOT a super...
    • llynx59
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    • macbook pro storage size system storage
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  11. ATHiker95

    System Storage sucking up all my space

    I’ve got an iPhone 5s and with 11.0.3 and suddenly noticed that my phone started telling me it was full. I looked at my apps and noticed System Storage taking up 13GB! I tried offloading apps, clearing caches, etc, but that just increased the size of system storage. I see others with t his...
    • ATHiker95
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    • ios 11 system storage
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 11
  12. L

    Solution: Reclaim storage back from "System"

    After upgrading to High Sierra the "System" storage was 260GB (About This Mac -> Storage). I also used DaisyDisk to confirm that there were "200GB of hidden system files" that can't be shown or deleted. Turned to our good friend Google and I found that Time Machine local backups were the...
  13. Bethany03

    Issues with System Storage 200 GB of unidentified usage

    I am hoping someone can help me. I just upgraded to the 2017 imac from a time machine backup. Before doing so I had around 200 GB's of free space but now my new system is completely maxed @ 1 TB! The system storage shows 289 GB's being used and I do not know what for. I can identify all my other...
    • Bethany03
    • Thread
    • disk space hd issues help storage system storage time machine troubleshoot
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
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