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What I should do to free some storage of my MacBook Pro?

MacOS has taken 26 GB of my storage and System data has taken 40 GB of my MacBook storage, and mail has taken 20 GB of my MacBook storage. I had no games and videos or big files saved in Mac but getting no space


Could you advise that what I should do to free some storage of my MacBook


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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.2

Posted on Dec 2, 2022 3:32 PM

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Posted on Dec 3, 2022 2:03 PM

Naomi1122 wrote:

But I was so stupid to buy my MacBook Pro 4 years ago with only 128 GB storage T_T. I thought I don’t play games or download videos and wouldn’t need that much storage.

I got no space for any updates and I have 20GB basic applications downloaded like Microsoft packages. So system data, MacOS, mail taken around 90GB of total 128GB.

But it makes sense if you say that’s normal though

Your totals are normal, but you will need extra help to run with only 128 GB of storage.


You will have to use Apple menu > About this Mac > Storage > Manage and be aggressive about deleting files. You may need to purchase an external hard drive to archive old files. You might also have to purchase iCloud and aggressively use every iCloud option to move more of your data into the cloud.

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Dec 3, 2022 2:03 PM in response to Naomi1122

Naomi1122 wrote:

But I was so stupid to buy my MacBook Pro 4 years ago with only 128 GB storage T_T. I thought I don’t play games or download videos and wouldn’t need that much storage.

I got no space for any updates and I have 20GB basic applications downloaded like Microsoft packages. So system data, MacOS, mail taken around 90GB of total 128GB.

But it makes sense if you say that’s normal though

Your totals are normal, but you will need extra help to run with only 128 GB of storage.


You will have to use Apple menu > About this Mac > Storage > Manage and be aggressive about deleting files. You may need to purchase an external hard drive to archive old files. You might also have to purchase iCloud and aggressively use every iCloud option to move more of your data into the cloud.

Dec 3, 2022 1:40 PM in response to etresoft

But I was so stupid to buy my MacBook Pro 4 years ago with only 128 GB storage T_T. I thought I don’t play games or download videos and wouldn’t need that much storage.


I got no space for any updates and I have 20GB basic applications downloaded like Microsoft packages. So system data, MacOS, mail taken around 90GB of total 128GB.


But it makes sense if you say that’s normal though

What I should do to free some storage of my MacBook Pro?

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