Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
2015 rMB - MacOS occupies 61GB?!?!
- Thread starter Music Lover
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
This seems like a lot to me. Does this include Applications such as Garage Band, that you may not use too much if at all ? When I get a new mac, I do remove the applications that I will never use on the first day. I do not remember how much space is available after that, but I think much less space is used than what you report.
Last edited:
I don't have GarageBand installed. Never used that App so I removed that when I installed my med MB.
Also, 61GB is ONLY Sierra.
Nothing else.
All apps are outside this 61GB.
iPhone back is also outside the 61GB.
How do I make a clean install of 10.13 High Sierra with Office 2016?
Clean install of 10.12 Sierra is just around 13 GB. I just checked my backup install.
That's from a standard clean install. You've got some junk in your install. It sounds like you have not done a clean install.
BTW, How do you know that the iPhone backups are outside the 61 GB? Have you specifically cleaned those out? They are usually hidden files so you wouldn't find them unless you look for them or specifically:
About This Mac --> Storage --> Manage... --> iOS Files
Actually, the Manage... screen will show you a lot of spots where you may be using space unnecessarily.
In telnet:
for user directory
> cd ~/Library
> du -ch -d1
Check for any big directory
> cd Application/ Support
> du -ch -d1
Check for any big directory inside Application Support
cd /Library
Repeat again for System
> sudo du -ch -d1
Check for any big directory
> cd Application/ Support
> sudo du -ch -d1
Check for any big directory inside Application Support
for user directory
> cd ~/Library
> du -ch -d1
Check for any big directory
> cd Application/ Support
> du -ch -d1
Check for any big directory inside Application Support
cd /Library
Repeat again for System
> sudo du -ch -d1
Check for any big directory
> cd Application/ Support
> sudo du -ch -d1
Check for any big directory inside Application Support
hmm... Sierra? or High Sierra? You said "new Sierra", so assuming High Sierra (?)
I just did a clean install (format, then new install of macOS) of High Sierra: NO additions of any kind. Only the install, choosing NOT to enter an AppleID account, and setting up with a simple user account. Removed the VM folder that appears at the root directory of the fresh High Sierra install (which size was dependent on the RAM installed, I think, and removed about 1GB on my system), and that fresh macOS install of High Sierra is 11.26GB. That's your basic macOS install, with nothing else added.
61GB, means that you probably have Time Machine set up, but the backup drive is not connected, plus a LOT of other stuff.
I just did a clean install (format, then new install of macOS) of High Sierra: NO additions of any kind. Only the install, choosing NOT to enter an AppleID account, and setting up with a simple user account. Removed the VM folder that appears at the root directory of the fresh High Sierra install (which size was dependent on the RAM installed, I think, and removed about 1GB on my system), and that fresh macOS install of High Sierra is 11.26GB. That's your basic macOS install, with nothing else added.
61GB, means that you probably have Time Machine set up, but the backup drive is not connected, plus a LOT of other stuff.
Sorry High Sierra it is!
Fresh install, but still about 60GB...strange.
Use external HDD for Time Machine.
Any othe items to check?
[doublepost=1507611354][/doublepost]
Where do I execute these commands?
Thanks in advance!
In the terminal (Go in the Finder, then select Utilities, and you will be able to launch the terminal).
The command "du" means "disk usage" and reports the space used by each sub-directory in a directory.
I mentioned "filelight" above; it is just a GUI on top of that.
Doing either will show you what directory contains large files, and then you (or we) will be able to say what is taking far more space than normal, and why.
I had this initially on my late 2013 SSD 15" MBP after install High Sierra. It was about 60ish GB. After a restart and a few hours it went down to 41GB.
[doublepost=1508168662][/doublepost]There is a post on MacRumors that discusses this very issue and it turns out its from local snapshots from Time Machine. Do you have Time Machine turned on?
[doublepost=1508168662][/doublepost]There is a post on MacRumors that discusses this very issue and it turns out its from local snapshots from Time Machine. Do you have Time Machine turned on?