Strange MacBook Pro Memory Issue..

[BBenzzz]

PH, has anyone had the issue as shown in the below pic with the ‘system’ taking up so much of the computers available HD space?



I am reasonably computer savvy but out with the usual areas of hidden data (trash/caches etc) I cant seem to see where this memory is being used. I appreciate it’s not easy to advise without being able to get hands on with the comp itself.

I have contacted apple support but in the mean time I am looking to see who else has experienced this, and how it was remedied?

[psi310398]

I have the same issue and am stumped.

I’ve cleared everything unnecessary out, erased all unused apps etc, dumped all my files onto a memory stick and still have only about 6gb left.

The only bloatware I have is Office for Mac but that does not account for half a TB of disc space.

Edit - 500gb SSD MacBook Pro early 2016 if that makes a difference

[The Moose]

Grand Perspective app

[mikef]

By memory you mean disk storage?

A couple of easy things to check:

1. do you have any virtual machines set up on Parallels, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox? They will eat disk space, especially if you have taken snapshots (you can delete unneeded snapshot history)
2. have you set up Time Machine backups to an external drive and then not plugged that drive in for a while? Local backups can accumulate on your local disk waiting for the backup drive to be plugged in again

As noted above, there are a bunch of apps that will analyze your disk space usage

Edited to add - just checked, the one I use is called Disk Map

Edited by mikef on Thursday 25th July 07:21

[lonny]

Do you have any installers left for old versions of the os? These are 5Gb+ a piece and can get left behind.

[clumsen]

Also worth checking if you have back ups for devies connected through iTunes. I had old phones and iPads going back years on there taking almost 1ooG up.