Your hard drive is now 100% full and the installer is now stuck in a boot loop attempting to finish the install. On MacOS Big Sur Beta 1, receiving the following error when launching any VMs that worked fine prior to update: 'Not enough physical memory is available to power on this virtual machine with its configured settings.' Mac has a total of 16GB of RAM, VM has 4096MB allocated in preferences, and shows that there is still 12GB available for the Mac. The upgrade will start even if you only have 1% of free space left and will fail. Once you have say 10 of your storage free you can think about other things like re installing your OS which may not actually be necessary. Without exception media takes up most of the storage on our devices.
A HD movie could be as big as 4Gb on its own. You should see a pop up message showing you how much space is needed before you can attempt the upgrade again. Alternatively you may have a few movies stored. If the installer finds that you do not have enough free space for the upgrade, it will stop and not let you continue. In our guide, you will find some fixes to make extra room. If Big Sur arrival has kept you on the edge of your seat, but you’re stuck with a not enough space issue, don’t despair.
Unfortunately, that’s a no-starter for some Mac users. When you start the macOS Big Sur upgrade, the installer should first check to make sure your Mac has enough free space available. No wonder, Apple’s requirements are 4GB of memory and 35.5GB of available storage on your device. Those who found they didn't have enough space to complete an update are left with a Mac that refuses to boot. However, it isn't going to help those who are already having issues.
Macintosh, Apple has quietly released a new build of macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 (20D75) that prevents installations when insufficient space is available. Apple has released an update that should prevent users from being able to begin a macOS Big Sur installation even when their Mac doesn't have enough storage space.Īs reported by 9to5Mac and Mr.