Outlook for Mac is a disk space hog but the macOS has a way to recover some of that. Mac computers can have relatively small hard drives like 128GB or 265GB which Outlook 2016 for Mac can gobble up. Unfortunately, Outlook for Mac, even the latest Outlook 2016 doesn't have some of the space saving options available to Office for Windows.
Re-index the drive: Spotlight- How to re-index folders or volumes - Apple Support. The display is not reliable unless the drive has been re-indexed.
- Question: Q: Mac OS system files too big I am out of disk space on my Macbook Pro running High Sierra 10.13.6. My drive is a 250GB and the system files are taking up 168.94GB.
- Option 2: Change System Preferences. You may have accidentally changed the setting of your Mac system thereby leading to a change in orientation, display or resolution size. Once you adjust them, your screen should return to its prior state. Adjusting Screen Resolution. Step 1: Select the 'Apple' menu. Step 2: Go to 'System Preferences'.
- May 23, 2016 Mac OS X defaults to a predefined set system font size for all onscreen text and user interface elements, and while many users will find the default text size to be sufficient, some users may wish the system font size was larger, and some may wish the Mac system text size was smaller.
- On your Mac, choose Apple menu System Preferences, click Displays, then click Display. Open the Display pane for me. Press and hold the Option key while you click Scaled to see additional resolutions for the second display. Select a scaled resolution option for the second display.
There is no such thing as a normal 'system' size since it varies widely from user to user. If you need to clear files from the drive then see this:
How to Free Up Space on The Hard Drive
- Question: Q: Mac OS system files too big I am out of disk space on my Macbook Pro running High Sierra 10.13.6. My drive is a 250GB and the system files are taking up 168.94GB.
- Option 2: Change System Preferences. You may have accidentally changed the setting of your Mac system thereby leading to a change in orientation, display or resolution size. Once you adjust them, your screen should return to its prior state. Adjusting Screen Resolution. Step 1: Select the 'Apple' menu. Step 2: Go to 'System Preferences'.
- May 23, 2016 Mac OS X defaults to a predefined set system font size for all onscreen text and user interface elements, and while many users will find the default text size to be sufficient, some users may wish the system font size was larger, and some may wish the Mac system text size was smaller.
- On your Mac, choose Apple menu System Preferences, click Displays, then click Display. Open the Display pane for me. Press and hold the Option key while you click Scaled to see additional resolutions for the second display. Select a scaled resolution option for the second display.
There is no such thing as a normal 'system' size since it varies widely from user to user. If you need to clear files from the drive then see this:
How to Free Up Space on The Hard Drive
- You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
- Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
- Also, see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
- Free up storage space on your Mac.
- See Where did my Disk Space go?.
- Be sure to Empty the Trash to recover the space.
- Replace the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
- Use OmniDiskSweeper or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.
Mac System Size Too Big Women
My advice is to stay away from system files and never delete files unless you know what they are for.
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