Hi Rosemary That “storage” part can sometimes get a little lost, so it just dumps things into one spot. Best way is to have all the folders in List View and turn on “Calculate All Sizes” (from View menu - Show View Options. Then let it calculate folders. You can then narrow down where a lot of space may be used. (Some can be in hidden folders as well, especially if you have back ups of iPhones/iPads etc. (and old models, as it saves them all). Also, if you have iPhoto Library and Photos Library (in Pictures) then this can take up more room than needed.
That’s a fairly “quick” way to get a rough idea of where it may be. Then can work through it. (Sometimes not always an easy thing to narrow down straight away). Another Application that can help with it sometimes is WhatSize - https://www.whatsizemac.com (But you have buy it to get all the feature set, so sometimes the free trial only gives you a rough idea of space). Hope something there helps. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 12 Pro --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. > On 29 Oct 2020, at 9:07 pm, Rosemary Spark <arkaysp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi there, > I keep receiving a message saying my disc is almost full. When I go to the > storage section it says only 859mb out of 121 gb is free. 103.77GB is > allocated to system files. This seems excessive. The library folder has 86gb > alone. I have deleted a couple of large backup files but not sure what else > to do. > I'm keeping this running Mojave because I'm running Family Tree Builder 32 > bit (until the 64 bit one comes out) and Dreamweaver CS6 as for the amount of > use I now get out of it it's not worth asubscription. > > MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) > MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 > 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 > > Regards, > Rosemary Spark > PO Box 781 > South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia > Phone: + 61 8 6397 6822 > Mobile: 0414268043 > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
