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In the sections below we will explain how to delete each type of System file. There is no Clear System or Delete System button available in macOS, so you’ll have to manage the storage yourself. Apparently it can readjust itself after a few minutes when some things that were attributed to System are relocated to iCloud or elsewhere (although that didn’t happen in our case unfortunately). When you fire up the Storage over view in About This Mac it’s worth waiting a few minutes before concluding that System is taking up an obscene amount of storage. If you have a lot of Time Machine snapshots or iOS backups, then these can often be the cause of a large build up in System.

It all depends on which files are on your Mac. Later versions of macOS may label these kinds of storage differently, but you will still be able to reclaim some space.įoundry Why is System storage on my Mac so high?

On the small window that appears, click the Storage tab.

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

To get an idea of the space being used by System or macOS files, take the following steps: But there are aspects you can delete including: old Time Machine snapshots, iOS backups, cache files, any downloaded disc images for upgrading apps or macOS, and, if you’ve enabled the FileVault encryption feature, files associated with that. It’s also the operating system files, which you obviously can’t delete. Essentially these are all the same thing: files that don’t fall into the other categories, usually data and files used by macOS, caches, temporary files, backups, plug-ins and so on. System, System Data, or macOS is something of a catch-all title for various elements that are spread across your Mac’s drive.

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