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Hi. So lately I have a problem with my mac. The system files took 300+ GB, now I'm only left with around 4 GB. Right now I'm on macOS Sierra 10.12.1. How do I fix this madness? thanks :) 

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1 minute ago, dawidyadhana said:

How do I fix this madness?

Use Windows.

 

Real though you probably need to check ImageMagick image editing library as it rampantly creates large files at /private/var/tmp

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Here's how to fix it:

1) Throw away Mac

2) Buy a Windows pc or custom build

3) And, like magic, your problem is solved!!!!

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7 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Use Windows.

 

1 minute ago, JDK319 said:

Buy a Windows pc

that's some youtube level responses

i would agree it's probably some temporary directory overflowing , like premiere's preview files which will always overrun a windows OS disk real fast.

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Check to see how much space the cache is using up

https://macpaw.com/how-to/clear-cache-on-mac

4 minutes ago, JDK319 said:

Here's how to fix it:

1) Throw away Mac

2) Buy a Windows pc or custom build

3) And, like magic, your problem is solved!!!!

not helpful, plus some people actually need macs and as a whole macos is a more user friendly os.

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1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

Check to see how much space the cache is using up

https://macpaw.com/how-to/clear-cache-on-mac

not helpful, plus some people actually need macs and as a whole macos is a more user friendly os.

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I mean window also have this issues as well, if you don't clear your temp/recycle bin. Or even a virus. 

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so did you see the "manage" button? Click that button. There are tools that will clean up files and there is a tool in there that will tell you what is taking all the space.

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2 hours ago, SCHISCHKA said:

so did you see the "manage" button? Click that button. There are tools that will clean up files and there is a tool in there that will tell you what is taking all the space.

Yes, but the non system files are just like 20 gb, I also cant delete those system files

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17 hours ago, dawidyadhana said:

Hi. So lately I have a problem with my mac. The system files took 300+ GB, now I'm only left with around 4 GB. Right now I'm on macOS Sierra 10.12.1. How do I fix this madness? thanks :) 

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I had the same thing but with the applications folder, to fix it I made spotlight re-index with this terminal command 

sudo mdutil -i on /  It will take along time there are a few other things you could do as well but I would start with this. 

17 hours ago, JDK319 said:

Here's how to fix it:

1) Throw away Mac

2) Buy a Windows pc or custom build

3) And, like magic, your problem is solved!!!!

We all know that MacOS is just better then windows lol.

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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6 hours ago, fixitnow said:

I had the same thing but with the applications folder, to fix it I made spotlight re-index with this terminal command 

sudo mdutil -i on /  It will take along time there are a few other things you could do as well but I would start with this. 

We all know that MacOS is just better then windows lol.

Ok, thanks. btw, finally some REAL answer. but do you know other method to fix this, thanks :)

 

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1 hour ago, dawidyadhana said:

Ok, thanks. btw, finally some REAL answer. but do you know other method to fix this, thanks :)

 

Yeah, sorry was running out of time earlier Open finder press the detail view, the lines to show the details or what ever you want to call it lol. Then press the settings icon or gear and select show view options and calculate all file sizes then you will have to wait a bit, then go for a hunt for the biggest file then google it and see if its relevant, 

My guess is that you used to have el capitan or Yosemite and then upgraded and for whatever reason some of the old files didn't get deleted. 

You could also give ccleaner a try to see if that clears anything up.

 

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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10 minutes ago, fixitnow said:

Yeah, sorry was running out of time earlier Open finder press the detail view, the lines to show the details or what ever you want to call it lol. Then press the settings icon or gear and select show view options and calculate all file sizes then you will have to wait a bit, then go for a hunt for the biggest file then google it and see if its relevant, 

My guess is that you used to have el capitan or Yosemite and then upgraded and for whatever reason some of the old files didn't get deleted. 

You could also give ccleaner a try to see if that clears anything up.

 

i tried but i still don't know what took a lot of space, but the storage indicator says its the system.

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Try the finder thing mention in my last post and use this website to show hidden files on a mac to find the big file.As the disk tool says its in hidden space

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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3 minutes ago, fixitnow said:

Try the finder thing mention in my last post and use this website to show hidden files on a mac to find the big file.As the disk tool says its in hidden space

what website?

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1 minute ago, dawidyadhana said:

ok, so if you add all of the size up, there is no way it could take up 300+ GB, other method?

I can't think of anything else, try running first aid on the drive in disk utility, and see if that helps. 

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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4 minutes ago, fixitnow said:

I can't think of anything else, try running first aid on the drive in disk utility, and see if that helps. 

it says it has no problem

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1 minute ago, dawidyadhana said:

it says it has no problem

Strange,what happens if you start to copy a big file to the drive. I am now really out of ideas, sorry. 

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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7 minutes ago, fixitnow said:

Strange,what happens if you start to copy a big file to the drive. I am now really out of ideas, sorry. 

ok, btw i have no idea what i just do but the system file shrink to 40 GB

Thanks for your help! :) 

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