Real/Available Storage on Macbook Air

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blanco.juanfeli

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May 13, 2012

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• Sep 10, 2012

• #1

I'm planning to get a new Air in the next few days, but I just wanted to know what the available storage is on the 64 and 128 GB Airs, in other words how much space does the OS really take?

Thanks!

 

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Mrbobb

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Aug 27, 2012

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• Sep 10, 2012

• #2

OSX took 15G out of my 128G, leaving 104. Haven't installed any extra app yet.

 

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tiwizard

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• Sep 10, 2012

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You'll be left with a little over 100 GB (~104 GB) after you get your 128 GB Macbook Air. I'm not 100% sure about the 64 GB SSD, but if possible, I'd get the 128 GB or larger.

For more information on the space available on a new Mac, there's a blurb in my guide to Macbook Air storage space.

 

Last edited: Sep 16, 2012

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jbzcar

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May 11, 2012

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• Sep 10, 2012

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I have a 256GB SSD in my Air and with Mountain Lion, CS6 Master Collection, iLife, Office, and all my other apps installed, I am sitting right at only 50GB used.

 

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twintin

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Aug 10, 2012

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• Sep 10, 2012

• #5

My MBA had around 100.5 GB out-of-the-box.

 

Weaselboy

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• Sep 11, 2012

• #6

OS X plus the iLife apps together take a little over 20GB on my 2012 MBA 13".

 

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acosmichippo

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May 7, 2008

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• Sep 11, 2012

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If you're really short on space, you can also free up about 2GB by removing the languages and other things you don't use with the app Monolingual.

http://monolingual.sourceforge.net/

 

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House Crasher

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• Sep 11, 2012

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I have the 256. Installed MS Office and use exchange for work email. I have right now 224.8 gb available. No music but about 800 pics in iPhoto. Thats it.