Click on the apple logo in the upper left corner of the screen.

Why is mac system storage so high. Go to apple > about this mac > storage tab > manage, and you will see the storage management window. Hi, jb64, thank for your help. The quick solution is to restart your computer in safe mode.

Click window > connection doctor. * browser caches and temporary files. Mac users often freak out when they look at the storage settings in about this mac and find that system storage takes up way more space than they think it should.

Your post was very useful. How to clear system data storage on mac. Hello, hope you are doing good.

To get an idea of the space being used by system or macos files, take the following steps: My applications and documents are 12 gigs and 10 gigs. So you need delete some big other data to free up the system storage on the computer.

To see if this method will help you reclaim some disk space we need to check the macos system. (restart and hold the shift key until you see the apple icon.) once you are back to the desktop restart normal. The largest files will appear on the top of your list — move the ones you don’t need to the trash.

If large delete everything in that folder, empty the. Determining if you have a large amount of system disk usage. Click command i to see the size.