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Your Startup Disk is Almost Full on Mac (Easy Methods to Free Up Space)

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Hello users, We are here with another new informative article about “ Your Start Up Disk Is Almost Full”  If you are a Mac User and sometime or the other you might have received a system message like, “Your Startup disk is almost full”. Due to the limited storage space

MacBook users receive this message quite frequently. But we are giving you the easiest methods to fix the problem “Start Up Disk Is Almost Full”. There are several ways to fix this irritating problem “Start Up Disk Full Mac Won’t Start”.

Read this article completely to find out the solution” How to Clear System Storage On Mac”

Before we will go forward with the solutions to  “Start Up Disk Full Fixer”  we have to first understand the causes. But in case you are looking for just the solution read this article carefully.

What is a Startup disk?

Every MacBook has its hard drive divided into disks which contain all data in the stored form. Your startup disk is the part of the hard drive that has an operating system installed within it.

Reason Why Startup Disk full?

Here is the answer. You have much data that you are running on your Mac internal space to store them.  You have to fix it and clean up some space by deleting all the useless things which you do not require any more.

This is the first simple step.

How to Clear System Storage on Mac?

Below we are discussing some tested methods which might  be helpful to  you to clean up your Startup disk. Follow these methods step by step and you would be able to fix “Start Up Disk full Mac Won’t start”.

Step 1: Delete old iTunes Libraries

Mostly space problem causes due to old iTunes . Old iTunes libraries  take up a lot of space of your Msc. So read the following steps to clean them up

  • Open the  Finder window.
  • Click on “Go” in the menu bar at the top-left of your screen.
  • Select “Go to Folder”
  • Go to
  • ~/Music/iTunes/Previous iTunes Libraries
  • They are all dated, you have need to do is delete old ones you don’t need anymore.

Step 2: Delete TRASH in Your Mac

Delete  the trash of files . Trash is recoverable deleted files. And mostly you don’t want them to have around.

  • Ctrl+click your Trashin the the Dock.
  • Select “Empty Trash.”
  • Click “Empty Trash.”

Step 3: Cleanup all the cache file

Cache files helps your Mac to run more smoothly. But do not be late to clean them occasionally. Your Mac will automatically create new ones later in its system. Here we are giving you  the steps to clean your cache files.

  • Open a Finder
  • Select Go in the menu bar.
  • Click on “Go to Folder…”
  • Type in
  •  ~/Library/Caches
  • Delete the files/folders that are taking up the most space.
  • Now click on “Go to Folder…”
  • Type in
  • /Library/Caches (simply lose the ~ symbol)
  • Again, delete the folders that take up the most space.

You have done your task.

Step 4: Delete unused applications

Applications occupy space . We all know about that But what is the use of applications those are not of your use. They just occupy a large space of your hard drive. Removing of these useless applications can free up space in your Mac .

Step 5: Delete Unwanted files

Now, delete all those  Photographs, music, movies, videos, any file that is taking up a lot of space but you don’t really need anymore. Deleting these files will surely solve your problem  “StartUp Disk is Full In your Mac”.

Step 6: Remove localization files or language packs

Localization files or language packs often accompany applications when you install them. You don’t really need  them and so deleting them will considerably free up some space. Perform the following steps to do this.

  • Open a Finder
  • Go to Applications.
  • Ctrl+click on an application.
  • Select“Show Package Contents.”
  • Fromhere, go to
  • Contents >Resourcesand look for files ending in .lproj. like Spanish (es.lproj).Drag the ones like Spanish (es.lproj), which you’ll never use to the Trash.

Step 7: Remove old iOS backups and updates

To get rid of old backups go through the following steps:

  • Launch a Finder window.
  • Click on “Go” in the menu bar.
  • Select “Go to Folder…”
  • Then, type in~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

Now all you have to do is to get rid of all the old, outdated backups your Mac has been storing for a bit more extra space.

To get rid of old updates perform the following steps:

  • Open Finder.
  • Select “Go” in the menu bar.
  • Click on “Go to Folder…”
  • Add the following for iPad ~/Library/iTunes/iPad Software Updates
    or entering for iPhone ~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates

Now, delete downloaded files from a device that you are not using any more, or ones which software just already updated. Always remember when any file has been updated then this will not be of your use anymore.

Concluding Thoughts

Hope that you are now able to fix the problem  “Startup Disk Is full On Your Mac” or extra storage not available in your Mac issue. In case if you face any difficulty, please tell us in a comment and let us know. We will give a response to you as soon as possible.

We hope this article gave you much information to solve your Mac issues. This is all for the day. Thanks for reading!