How to Clear System Storage on MacOS High Sierra - (Other Space)

Mac High Sierra taking up to much system storage? Delete other space on mac and how to remove/delete system storage/ with Other category learn in this video! by deleting old time machine backups! macOS High Sierra – Huge System Storage - Apple Fixed in this video

Terminals codes -
sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots /

tmutil deletelocalsnapshots 2017-12-19-151241

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[marceloorellana]

My system storage went from 353 to Wow, that really worked!!

[circlestv]

This guy kind of sounds like Jason from The Good Place?? Super helpful though! Thanks!

[jltplease]

Dang...I have no snapshots on mine and system STILL takes up the most space.

[gameslame]

Every time I paste the first code into terminal and then my password I get nothing just my MacBook name again. Please help! also I am on High Sierra. And password request does not show up after first code until I press enter just so you know. If ant one can help This extra storage is using latterly 80% of my Mac's storage

[metoo]

This video was very helpful! I use an external drive for my time machine backups. When reading on of the comments below, I thought that i would not try this because I use an external drive. But, instead I followed my first mind and I love the results! I had 12 time machine backups on my computer. I don't know why or how as I have been plugging in my external drive for the backup but it seems to default to my computer. Now my entire "other" section has been deleted! Thank you for the video Royal Tech!!

[blindside]

I don't know how this happened. I was thinking about this yesturday and then this video showed up on my recomended for you. Totally works thanks!

[jurpyg]

Can you please make an updated version of this video, when i use the first code in terminal, nothing happens

[simonsandovalrocha]

HELP HELP HELP, after that enter "sudo tmutil listlocalsnapshots /" and my password, my terminal shows "(base) MacBook-Pro-de-Simon:~ simonsandoval$", but not the list of number and codes... please, someone help me.... thanks a lot.... (pd. MacBook Pro 256GB with Mojave)

[rafaelgutierrez]

Lots of thanks!

From 80GBs down to 33GBs, and it took me just 5 minutes to do it!

[xchhhhhhhh]

For those running the new beta, the filesystem has changed. MacOS Catalina now uses system and user data volumes that are separate. The new volume is mounted at /System/Volumes/Data.
As local snapshots may be located in that volume, run:

tmutil listlocalsnapshots /  

 

[cmbiam]

My 400GB system storage shrunk to 40GB!!! Very helpful! thank you!

[tinkot]

before you try this check you main hdd folder, any files/folders here are also marked as 'system' storage. Perhaps you dropped some big file into it

[AdventuRojas]

Great ! My wifes macbook pro was having this problem. I coul dnot figure out how to get into the system files. This will help!

[amandawolpink]

Thank you! I was deleting EVERYTHING! I even ran several cleanups. This was the ONLY thing that worked! THANKS!

[TomisaLami]

i did this and it says ther are no back ups but system is still taking up 44 gigs. any help with that?

[camilaibarra]

what if it doesen´t show any backups, but i still have so much system space

[BenjaminReddEC]

HEY! I've been looking around everywhere for an answer, as I have a 2008 Mac Pro 5, 1 that is a temperamental little demon when it comes to system space. (500+ gb of "system files, Jeez!) What worked for me was going to System Preferences > Sharing > Content Caching > Options > and then Drag the Cache Size down to a lower number, and restart the Mac. took about 100gb of "system files" off the "Storage" of my baby! Good luck y'all, hope this works for you too.

[larrycirillo]

mine is not showing any time machine backups.. other suggestions?

[UKBitcoinMaster]

I followed your steps in the video above exactly and whilst terminal showed all 7 time machine backups were deleted it changed nothing in my storage space! Re booted and also waited and re started mac the next day and still the same!!! I'm running High Sierra.

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