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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1933501" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>The location ~/Library is YOUR library. The location /Library is the SYSTEM Library. In ~/Library are lots of things that could take up a lot of space. One such is Mail, which stores both the individual messages AND the attachments to those messages. That Mail folder can be very large, indeed. Another is in "Mobile Sync," which is where backups to iDevices are stored. Those two alone can really eat up space in a hurry. But don't fiddle with either directly. There is a reason ~/Library was hidden. Leave it alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1933501, member: 396914"] The location ~/Library is YOUR library. The location /Library is the SYSTEM Library. In ~/Library are lots of things that could take up a lot of space. One such is Mail, which stores both the individual messages AND the attachments to those messages. That Mail folder can be very large, indeed. Another is in "Mobile Sync," which is where backups to iDevices are stored. Those two alone can really eat up space in a hurry. But don't fiddle with either directly. There is a reason ~/Library was hidden. Leave it alone. [/QUOTE]
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