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That's way to big, mine's 11.27GB with most of that in two folders, Mail and Application Support. I'd guess it's some run away log file or something like that going on.
Open the Library folder and then in View Options check Calculate all sizes then click the size column so it arranges them biggest to smallest.
If it's the Logs folder comes up top then do the same thing again and find which folder is gobbling the space, it won't do any harm to delete huge files in there but watch and see if they re-appear right away and if so post back here and we'll go deeper.
That's way to big, mine's 11.27GB with most of that in two folders, Mail and Application Support. I'd guess it's some run away log file or something like that going on.
Open the Library folder and then in View Options check Calculate all sizes then click the size column so it arranges them biggest to smallest.
If it's the Logs folder comes up top then do the same thing again and find which folder is gobbling the space, it won't do any harm to delete huge files in there but watch and see if they re-appear right away and if so post back here and we'll go deeper.
- You just need to do the following: Open the Finder. Go to your Macintosh HD folder (access this from Devices in the left column). Hold down Cmd + Shift +. All the hidden files will become visible. (dot) a second time to hide the files again.
- By and large, the public Library subfolder that gets the most use is the Fonts folder, which houses many of the fonts installed on the Mac Finally, the Library in the Users folder is where OS X stores configuration and preferences files shared by all users.
- Jan 12, 2020 Apple hides the Library folder by setting a file system flag associated with the folder. Any folder on your Mac can have its visibility flag turned on or off; Apple just chose to set the Library folder's visibility flag to the off state.
Even once this is done, a fairly large System storage amount can be accounted for by looking at your System folder, system Library folder, and user Library folders. Check out Why Is My Mac System Storage So Big? At YouTube for closed captioning and more options. Dec 07, 2019 If the disk space on your Mac starts running low, then it is time to clean up the hard drive. You can begin with removing unneeded duplicate files, hidden files and old unused large files, as usually, these files take up the most disk space. In this article, we will tell you 3 steps how to clean up your Mac.
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