Out of curiosity, I ran CleanMyMac again for a quick scan. But as reported by other Mac users who experienced the same issue, they said Apple also considers app caches and iTunes backup files as System files. This puzzles me and makes me believe that Apple definitely has counted some other files (not real system files) in the System category. The interesting part is that the System file size shown in CleanMyMac is much smaller than the size shown in System Information. Step 3: The file breakdown below indicates that some Library and iOS Support files are the culprits. In this case, I clicked “System” folder to continue. Step 2: Soon it’ll show you a folder/file tree and you can hover your cursor over each block (i.e. Open it, under “Space Lens” module, first click the yellow “Grant Access” button to allow the app to access your Mac files and then select “Scan” to get started. Step 1: Download CleanMyMac and install the app on your Mac. Note that CleanMyMac isn’t freeware, but the new “Space Lens” feature is free to use and it allows you to scan your Macintosh HD, and then show you an in-depth overview of what’s taking up disk space on your Mac. Since I tested the app in our best Mac cleaner review, it immediately came to my head when I saw “System Data” was greyed out in Storage. Since it’s greyed out and we are unable to click on that category for deeper analysis, we’ll have to use a third-party app to assist.ĬleanMyMac X is perfect for this kind of analysis. Adobe video cache files), disk images, plugins & extensions in the System Data category. Clean Trash and other unnecessary files.ĭuring my research, I found many people report that Apple counts application leftovers (e.g. Sort all files by size and delete old large files.
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