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Macintosh HD Filling Up Rapidly - 80gb Overnight

Hi. I have been looking at the Get Info window for my Macintosh HD on my iMac. Yesterday it showed about 175gb free and today it has dropped to 91gb. I have not knowingly downloaded anything that would approach that amount of space. Since i don't have a baseline it's difficult to figure out where this additional space has gone. I did not see this type of issue before upgrading to Catalina. I upgraded several weeks ago.

Thanks.

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Nov 5, 2019 2:07 PM

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danafromportland

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Posted on Nov 5, 2019 2:13 PM

https://support.apple.com/guide/system-information/optimize-storage-space-sysp4ee93ca4/mac

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/get-file-folder-and-disk-information-on-mac-mchlp1774/mac

Show folder size

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8316463

it could be iCloud using storage space maybe.

I would start out with these to start. also check to see if you have a lot of email attachments.

if it still persists call apple support.

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danafromportland

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Nov 5, 2019 2:13 PM in response to John22

https://support.apple.com/guide/system-information/optimize-storage-space-sysp4ee93ca4/mac

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/get-file-folder-and-disk-information-on-mac-mchlp1774/mac

Show folder size

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8316463

it could be iCloud using storage space maybe.

I would start out with these to start. also check to see if you have a lot of email attachments.

if it still persists call apple support.

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