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When checking the amount of storage on my mac the system category ranges from 40-90, essentially taking up the vast majority of my disk space. Why is it so large and variable? Is there any way to reduce it?

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There are a couple applications you can download that will tell you which folders are taking up how much space.

The first one is Disk Inventory X

The second I advise is OmniDiskSweeper

Be careful with what you get rid of though. If it points to anything in /System then do not touch. If it points to /Library then there may be some things safe to remove but be very conservative and ask questions if needed.

Usually if /Library is large like that then there may be audio samples and loops installed for GarageBand taking up space, for instance. It had a lot of loop packages available for it and they install to /Library/Application Support/GarageBand

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