Just found some files that take up a lot of space - do I need them?

[jbrown]

In Hard drive>Library>Updates are all the .pkg files from updates.

Once the updates are done - do I need these files?

cheers

 

[GGJstudios]

In Hard drive>Library>Updates are all the .pkg files from updates.

Once the updates are done - do I need these files?

Generally speaking, if you're not sure what something is used for, don't delete it. This is especially true in the /Library folder.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

No. If the updates have been installed, those files can be deleted, though as far as I know, they automatically get deleted anyway.

 

[Mal]

Normally, those are deleted once an update has been installed successfully. Are you sure those are updates that have already been installed? If so, go ahead and delete them, and then I would repair permissions in case the permissions have been messed up on the Updates folder.

jW

 

[matrix07]

My library has no Update folder.

 

[Mal]

My library has no Update folder.

Yes it does, if you look in the right Library folder. Your user library does not, but the root library does (found at /Library, instead of /Users/[yourusername]/Library). That's unless you're on an older version of OS X, perhaps, where they might have been stored differently.

jW