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I've always been a bit tight on storage on my MacBook, at 500GB.
Lately though something has guzzled an extra ~40GB, and it's hard to know what.
OmniDiskSweeper, which has always been useful, isn't able to peer into /var, and I suspect it's there (36 GB for Multipasss!), or in logs somewhere, that the storage is being consumed.
A restart can claw back a few GB, but they disappear again soon.
It's a bit rubbish to have to go on a file hunt in 2025, but what do you recommend?
Daniele
I've always been a bit tight on storage on my MacBook, at 500GB.
Lately though something has guzzled an extra ~40GB, and it's hard to know what.
OmniDiskSweeper, which has always been useful, isn't able to peer into
/var,
and I suspect it's there (36 GB for Multipasss!), or in logs
somewhere, that
the storage is being consumed.
A restart can claw back a few GB, but they disappear again soon.
It's a bit rubbish to have to go on a file hunt in 2025, but what do you recommend?
Daniele
I've always been a bit tight on storage on my MacBook, at 500GB.
Lately though something has guzzled an extra ~40GB, and it's hard to know what.
OmniDiskSweeper, which has always been useful, isn't able to peer into /var, and I suspect it's there (36 GB for Multipasss!), or in logs somewhere, that the storage is being consumed.
A restart can claw back a few GB, but they disappear again soon.
It's a bit rubbish to have to go on a file hunt in 2025, but what do you recommend?
On 28/08/2025 09:44, D.M. Procida wrote:
I've always been a bit tight on storage on my MacBook, at 500GB.
Lately though something has guzzled an extra ~40GB, and it's hard to know
what.
OmniDiskSweeper, which has always been useful, isn't able to peer
into /var,
and I suspect it's there (36 GB for Multipasss!), or in logs
somewhere, that
the storage is being consumed.
A restart can claw back a few GB, but they disappear again soon.
It's a bit rubbish to have to go on a file hunt in 2025, but what do you
recommend?
Daniele
EfA+ Warning: Your Mac Is Secretly Hoarding Gigabytes!
Hey Daniele,
Before you dive into the steps below, know this: your Mac has been
quietly stockpiling 36rC>GB of Multipass VMs, logs, and caches, like a digital squirrel hoarding nuts. EfE+N+A
Read on carefully rCo these tips will help you rescue all that lost space
and stop your Mac from silently guzzling storage like itrCOs a never-
ending buffet.
https://chatgpt.com/share/68b035ba-2778-8013-a88c-626d8761688f
EfAe Mission Accomplished (Hopefully!)
Congrats, Daniele! If your disk space starts looking healthy again, you
can pat yourself on the back. If notrCa well, at least your Mac isnrCOt secretly hoarding any more rCLdigital snacksrCY without your permission. EfyA
It's a bit rubbish to have to go on a file hunt in 2025, but what do you recommend?
On 28/08/2025 09:44, D.M. Procida wrote:
I've always been a bit tight on storage on my MacBook, at 500GB.
Lately though something has guzzled an extra ~40GB, and it's hard to know what.
OmniDiskSweeper, which has always been useful, isn't able to peer into /var,
and I suspect it's there (36 GB for Multipasss!), or in logs
somewhere, that
the storage is being consumed.
A restart can claw back a few GB, but they disappear again soon.
It's a bit rubbish to have to go on a file hunt in 2025, but what do you recommend?
Daniele
On 28 Aug 2025 at 08:44:49 GMT, "D.M. Procida" <daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:
It's a bit rubbish to have to go on a file hunt in 2025, but what do you recommend?
I have often found the obscure 'System Data' to balloon to 80GB and more on our MBPs. (You can check in System Settings >General >Storage.)
It seems to be a temporary storage for all sorts of things, TM snapshots etc.,
but it isn't user manageable. I once saw it drop dramatically as I was looking
at the bar graphic :)
Another place to check is ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
I think, it can contain iOS updates and device backups.
Martin-S <invalid@nomail.com> wrote:
On 28 Aug 2025 at 08:44:49 GMT, "D.M. Procida"
<daniele-at-vurt-dot-org@invalid.com> wrote:
It's a bit rubbish to have to go on a file hunt in 2025, but what do you >>> recommend?
I have often found the obscure 'System Data' to balloon to 80GB and more on >> our MBPs. (You can check in System Settings >General >Storage.)
It seems to be a temporary storage for all sorts of things, TM snapshots etc.,
but it isn't user manageable. I once saw it drop dramatically as I was looking
at the bar graphic :)
Another place to check is ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
I think, it can contain iOS updates and device backups.
The amount of space given in the footer may be wildly unreliable.
(and fluctuating)
As for the System Data: A restart may liberate a lot
of god only knows what in system files,