A post from krypted confirmed that number wasn’t somehow specific to his Mac. While the latest macOS Ventura installer takes around 12GB of space, it needs a lot more available space to install the update. How much space do you need to update macOS?

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If you, too, are stuck in the same boat, don’t worry, as we’ve got the perfect fixes for you. That 38 GB keeps fluctuating too, every time I run it it changes.Īnd a lot of users have been affected by it. In the installer it says that I have 23.86 GB available, but in reality, I have about 38 GB available. I’ve been attempting to upgrade from macOS 12.6.1 Monterey to macOS 13.0.1 Ventura on an M1 MacBook Pro with insufficient free space resulted in errors that prevented the MacBook Pro from booting. I assume i’ll need to do a recovery of some sort. I’ve tried rebooted a few times and it always happens. I tried to do the Ventura update and near the end of the installation i get the message. There’s a high chance that you’re stuck at the “There is not enough free space” error. Upgrading macOS can prove quite a challenge if you don’t have the available storage space. This becomes noticeable when you’re trying to install a new macOS Ventura update or some other app which makes you wonder, where did all those GBs go? One thing we don’t care about much is the amount of free storage space.

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