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WindRiver92

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Feb 21, 2018
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Hi there, I have a Macbook Air from around 2013 (which is not that old, come on...) and I want to partition the HD to install Windows. Unfortunately I only have the 128GB SSD HD which doesn't give me much space so I've been trying to find space wherever I can. I think I can still get some 15 GB, which would give me a total of ~40 GB, not the necessary 50 GB.

Looking at how my use of the space is distributed I find out surprisingly that I use around 58 GB of my 120 GB. Where did the rest of my space go? It says I use around 95 GB, so there are around 30 GB lost somewhere. Does anyone know where it's being used? I imagine it's due to the trash of numerous updates since I bought the computer, is that correct? If I reformat my mac, will it get rid of all that trash? What is the recommended procedure?
 
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