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How much actual free space on the 256 GB SSD (M1)?
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on my system the total available SSD space is 245.11 GB and I think OS itself was taking about 10-15 GB if I am not mistaken, so your usable free space should be around 230 GB on a brand new system.
Like @Fishrrman said, you'd have to swap the mainboard to get more internal storage.
External storage would work pretty well but it pretty much anchors you to a desk.
External storage would work pretty well but it pretty much anchors you to a desk.
Wow, thats a relief, because I have a 512GB MBP and iMac and the OS on those takes up 100GB+.
Looks like M1 is way more optimized.
11 GB is pretty reasonable if you a ask me. That's only like 4% or something.
It will be more, if you also take swap and hibernation files in consideration. If you connect an iPhone and let it take a backup, it will also consume a considerable amount of space. If you plan on using full xcode (not just command line tools) or virtual machines etc. You will quick run out space. Also consider that ssds need at least 10-20% free space for housekeeping to perform optimal and reduce wear.
The OS doesn’t take up nearly that much space on any Mac. What you are seeing is most likely files that have been retained from when you upgraded the OS.
I don't know if it's still a thing.... but I'm sure all the numerous built in language files used to take up about 1Gb...
There's apps to remove them. Or - was...?
There's apps to remove them. Or - was...?
This should work with removing language files from OS X/MacOS/macOS
I tried it with Mojave and it worked for me.
There is also a manual mode (and some commercial applications have the option for doing the same, that Monolingual is doing):
mackeeper.com
I tried it with Mojave and it worked for me.
There is also a manual mode (and some commercial applications have the option for doing the same, that Monolingual is doing):
How to Delete Language Files on a Mac
MacKeeper ⭐ Do you want to know how to delete language files on Mac? ✅ Read our article to learn how to find and remove localization files on your Apple laptop
mackeeper.com
Regardless. If you sync itunes/music it will do a local backup unless you go out of your way and disable or cancel it every time. The setting to not backup does not stick. At least that is my experience, but have 1tb so I don't need to worry
One thing to keep in mind on the M1's is that Big Sur uses snapshots differently and has a larger recovery. On my M1 Air Big Sur takes up twice as much space and the SSD is 6GB smaller than on my 2020 i5 Air. Both are 512 and the Intel Big Sur install is almost 20Gb smaller.