Apps Taking Too Much Space on MacBook

General
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When I check About My Mac, it says Apps takes up 88 GB of space. Yet when I right-click the Applications folder, it only uses about 10 GB of storage space. I have 47 apps installed, but most of them are pre-installed system apps.

Why the inconsistency?

3

My MacBook Air also shows similar space inconsistency. The storage overview tells me Apps consumes 46GB of storage but Get Info only shows 16 GB.

4

Your Mac may have an index problem. Try reindexing your Mac with the following steps:

  1. Go to System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy or System Settings > Spotlight > Search Privacy.
  2. Click the Add button.
  3. Select your internal disk, Macintosh HD, and click Choose.
  4. Wait a few seconds, then select the internal disk and remove it.
  5. Spotlight will begin reindexing your Mac.
  6. After it’s done, check the storage overview again.
5

I think Disk Utility shows more accurate storage information. Open Disk Utility, then select your internal hard drive to find the Used and Free storage space.