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How to free or clear system data on Mac as it takes too much space
I'm going crazy here. My MacBook Pro storage is almost full, and when I check the storage breakdown, this mysterious thing called System Data is eating up over 100GB. That's insane! I've already empt...
You can clear system data on mac by removing iPhone backups.
- Open Finder on your Mac.
- Click your iPhone or iPad under Locations in the sidebar.
- In the General tab, click Manage Backups.
- Review the list of device backups stored on the Mac.
- Select old or unnecessary backups.
- Click Delete Backup and confirm the removal.
- Restart the Mac so macOS can recalculate the System Data storage size.
Deleting old iOS backups is one of the easiest ways to clear out system data on macbook air. Many users do not realize that local iPhone backups remain on the Mac even after changing devices or moving to iCloud backups. After cleanup and a reboot, the System Data category usually becomes much smaller and free disk space increases immediately.