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I think I have a duplicate copy of my operating system installed on my mac. It's taking up over 100 GB of memory. How do I fix this and free up that memory please?

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Rofel Lantican
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Rofel Lantican
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Erica
Customer Support

5/13/19  Ticket #93598

Phone upgrade cancelled. Rofel, continue assistance via chat.

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Customer

What do I do to delete the extra?

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Rofel Lantican
Apple Certified Tech

Hi Shelby,

Thanks for your response. Do you mind if we do a screen sharing (remote support) so I can check and help you fix your issue?

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Customer

Not at all, PLEASE do!

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Rofel Lantican
Apple Certified Tech

 Great. Are you chatting with me on the same computer that has an issue?

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Rofel Lantican
Apple Certified Tech

Dear Shelby, It was a pleasure helping you with your Apple issue today. Here is a summary of the resolution.


Issue identified : Free disc space to update her OS


Solution Implemented : Called the customer / Remotely accessed the computer / Assisted the customer to check the computer / Assisted the customer to empty the trash / Customer now have 80GB of free space / No other issues raised / Issue Resolved / Answer Accepted


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