I'll keep an eye on the size of "System", but for now I would call this solved. "System" is still using ~200GB of storage, however it appears that for whatever reason it may be including ~165GB of iTunes data (iTunes claims to be using zero kb in the storage management window).
Running "sudo tmutil disablelocal" from the terminal disables the local backup feature and has cleared all but 7GB of the "Purgeable" data. MobileBackups folder, which housed some 600GB of "Purgeable" local backup data. Scanning as admin in DaisyDisk found the. "System" has now been reduced to 168GB, but I still have 352GB of purgeable data, which still does not fall in line with the data I have stored locally or on iCloud drive.Įdit: /u/aadharsh_2 and /u/halninefounsand had it right. I have now repaired the drive by running first-aid from recovery mode. I'm running Sierra 10.12.3 on a late 2013 rMBP with a 1TB SSD.Įdit: Running first-aid from disk utility determined the drive was corrupted but could be repaired. Screenshots Edit: Updated with Daisy Disk and Disk Inventory X screenshot'sĪs far as I can with the figure mentioned above I'm personally only using ~220GB, which leaves the remainder largely unaccounted for. I have removed all videos (expect for a couple sitting in dropbox for a client, ~760MB total), and can't see anything else that would be using the space. I also have 20GB worth of applications installed. My user folder is only 200GB including 165GB of music, and ~20GB of photo's. Is anyone able to tell me what "System" includes? I've just noticed in system information that "System" is taking up 400GB of space on my drive.
Sudo tmutil thinLocalSnapshots / 100000000000 4Īfter this command if we list local snapshots again we should see nothing there, and our system folder returned to normal size! Credit goes to the posters in the link I added to this post earlier.In an attempt to free up some space for a large Final Cut project I have been removing a number of other smaller projects etc. I saw quite a few when I entered this command. The cause is that Time Machine is making snapshot files on the hard drive itself, so the more backups you do, the larger that set of files gets.īasically, we first list the snapshots saved on the computer with this terminal command: sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots / It's been driving me nuts and I was unable to find a fix for a couple months, even after talking to AppleCare. When this issue happens to me, my folder grows to 200 GB and I only have the 512 SSD on my computer. The issue is that free space magically disappears, and the System portion of the storage management in About This Mac is abnormally large. This subreddit is not endorsed or sponsored by Apple Inc.Īfter multiple tries to fix this problem, I FINALLY found a fix online for the large system file issue. If you'd like to view their content together, click here. This fundamental difference in audience is why we support two communities, r/Apple and r/AppleHelp. Apple SubredditsĬontent which benefits the community (news, rumors, and discussions) is valued over content which benefits only the individual (technical questions, help buying/selling, rants, etc.).
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