Hi Rosemary, Have a read of this. https://www.softwarehow.com/clean-mac-system-storage/
Kind Regards, Ronni Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 14 Jan 2021, at 4:42 pm, Rosemary Spark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Peter, > Sorry for the late reply. Been sick. > Status bar says 8.3 gb available. > System still taking huge amounts of space. > > Rosemary Spark > PO Box 781 > South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia > Phone: + 61 8 6397 6822 > Mobile: 0414268043 > > > > >> On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 at 09:20, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> On 1 Jan 2021, at 5:56 pm, Rosemary Spark <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all. >>> I have a Macbook Air that is constantly saying it's almost full. This >>> causes the computer to slow and apps to crash also I can't update. >>> There is very little on it..running Mojave because Family Tree Builder was >>> only 32 bit. Now it's 64 bit I can't update to Catalina because there's not >>> enough room >>> 11.4 GB apps; 8.41 GB Docs; 8.34 GB photos and 81....to 102 of system files. >>> I have re-started a number of times >>> started in safe mode >>> tried to delete logs and caches that I can find that I don't want >>> looked at activity monitor but can't see anything obvious >>> Nothing has made any difference. >>> >>> Macbook Air 13 in 2017; 121 GB Running Mojave10.14.6 >>> >>> Rosemary Spark >>> PO Box 781 >>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia >>> Phone: + 61 8 6397 6822 >>> Mobile: 0414268043 >>> >> >> Do you have the Status Bar active in your Finder Windows? If not open a >> Finder Window and press cmd-/ (or go View > Show Status Bar). This will show >> you how many items are being displayed in the current window, as well much >> available space your computer thinks it has left on the main drive. What is >> is telling you? >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >> Perth, Western Australia >> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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