Endless computing Systema Data size

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Endless computing Systema Data size

I have an iMac M1 (16Gb RAM) under Sequoia 15.3 which seems to work well. However, when I use the "space" tab in System Setting what I see at the bottom is an endless attempt to compute System Data space (see picture, it's in Italian but I think people can figure out...).

If I use Disk Utility tool this is what I see:

and, again,

Should I worry about the issue of MacOS trying an endless computation of System Data size ???

This is an issue I had from day one, basically, even with Ventura.

This does NOT happen on my MacBook Air (M1, same MacOS).

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Maurizio

iMac 24″

Posted on Feb 5, 2025 3:06 AM

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Answer 1

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BDAqua

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Feb 5, 2025 3:14 AM in response to maurizio277

Have you run Disk Utility's Disk First Aid on all connected drives?

In Disk Utility>View, select Show all Devices, highlight the top left entry.

Run Disk First Aid on all items in the left panel, from top down.

Are you running any VPN, Anti-Virus, or Cleaning apps?

We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...

Using EtreCheck - Apple Community

EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info. Give it Full Disk Access.

https://www.etrecheck.com/

Give etrecheck Full Disk Access before running.

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lkrupp

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Feb 5, 2025 9:47 AM in response to maurizio277

Just a thought but I resolved the same issue by trying the advice given by another user. Log out of your Apple ID/Account then log back in. My System Data now calculates in a few seconds .

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Owl-53

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Feb 5, 2025 7:06 AM in response to maurizio277

Part 1 of 3

" Time Machine backup out-of-date - The last Time Machine backup is over 10 days old. "

How to delete Time Machine snapshots on your Mac.

This often occurs if the Time Machine Drive isn’t attached to the computer and TM Backup is set to run on a schedule.

TM Backup makes snapshots on the internal drive until the Time Machine Drive is attached. Then, the snapshots are transferred to the external drive.

View APFS snapshots in Disk Utility on Mac

Part 2 of 3

Locate backups of your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Part 3 of 3

All those Items with a Red Arrow are occupy space on the drive

Suggest getting a good and large External Drive

Start moving un-needed Photos , Music, Videos and TV Shows, Podcasts, Documents etc Off the internal Drive

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maurizio277 Author

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Feb 5, 2025 5:48 AM in response to BDAqua

I have no VPN or antivirus. The issue does not appear in SAFE MODE: the space taken up by System Data is computed at about 30something GB.

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a brody

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Apr 10, 2025 5:23 PM in response to maurizio277

http://www.binaryfruit.com/ DriveDX can tell you more about the health of a drive than Disk Utility.

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Owl-53

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Feb 5, 2025 9:16 AM in response to maurizio277

Works in Safe Mode and completes it calculates ?

But not in normal mode ?

Have think on this

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maurizio277 Author

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Feb 5, 2025 4:01 AM in response to BDAqua

Thanks!

1) I did run First Aid from Disk Utility but no changes.

2) I attach below the Etrecheck Report.

3) On my MacBook Air (with only 256GB of Disk Space) I have a comparable set of files and apps (not really a clone of one another but quite similar), but I do not have the same issue: the computation of System Data is quick.

Report

Thanks

Maurizio

I also copy what I get on my MacBook Air:

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