You will see how much space is occupied by different categories like apps photos system trash other etc.
Mac system storage taking up space.
Wait for a few seconds.
However if they wait a bit the storage meter will continue to calculate what takes up space and allocate it to icloud drive and other things.
Click on the apple logo from the top left and choose about this mac.
When storage space is needed only space saving optimized versions of photos are kept on your mac.
When storage space is needed only the messages and attachments you recently opened are kept on your mac.
Click on your desktop or the finder icon from the dock.
When storage space is needed only the messages and attachments you recently opened are kept on your mac.
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How to delete other on mac storage.
Learn more about messages in.
Store all messages and attachments in icloud.
When storage space is needed only space saving optimised versions of photos are kept on your mac.
To download the original photo or video just open it.
Mac users often freak out when they look at the storage settings in about this mac and find that system storage takes up way more space than they think it should.
Some days ago i found one reddit user s post telling the system taking up a huge space on mac.
Hi mac users system is taking an incredibly large amount of space.
It can be 5 gb or it can be 15 gb.
To download the original photo or video just open it.
Usually this is normal and again usually you should not worry about system storage if you still have a lot of free space.
The first thing you.
How to check storage on mac.
If you are concerned with how much storage space you have remaining on your mac computer you can check its usage folder to see how much space each category is taking up including other.
Store all messages and attachments in icloud.
Select the apple menu icon in the upper left corner of.
What is other on.
System storage size can vary a lot.
Even once this is done a fairly large system storage amount can be accounted for by.
Take the mouse pointer to colored sections.
How to check your storage space on your mac.