![]() ![]() It all depends on which files are on your Mac. If you see another section called Other taking up disk space and you want to address this as well read how to delete Other storage on Mac. (You may not see System here in newer versions of macOS). This means you’re on your own when it comes to clearing it out. You’ll see System at the bottom of the left hand column, but, unlike the rest of the list, clicking on it will not reveal which files are being attributed to System. On the small window that appears, click the Storage tab.Click on the Apple logo in the upper left corner of the screen.To get an idea of the space being used by System files, take the following steps: These usually include old Time Machine snapshots, iOS backups, cache files, any downloaded disc images for upgrading apps or macOS, and if you’ve enabled the FileVault encryption feature then its files will also appear in System. System (or System Data) is something of a catch-all title for various elements that are spread across your Mac’s drive. If you aren’t sure how to see how much disk space your Mac has read: How to check how much disk space you have. Read on to find out how can you reclaim the space it’s occupying. If you have limited storage space available you will be looking for ways to reduce it and if these types of storage are taking up a lot of space you may be hoping you can delete it. But that doesn’t mean you can’t follow the steps below to free up some space on your Mac. It’s also possible that you see no System or Other, or any other unidentifiable section of storage. Essentially these are all the same thing: files that don’t fall into the other categories, usually data and files used by macOS, caches, temporary files, backups, plug-ins and so on. Similarly, rather than System, you may see a section of storage labelled as System Data and another one labelled macOS. For example, prior to macOS Monterey a large amount of space may have been attributed to Other (we discuss how to delete Other storage on Mac in a separate article). Note that in some versions of macOS the types of data are labelled differently. We’ve heard of people with much much more space being attributed to System though. ![]() As you can see from the image above: System was using up 19.63GB on our Mac. This graph indicates how much of your storage is attributed to certain types of files on your Mac. ![]()
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