After the macos update, the never-used Apple Intelligence occupies 80G hard disk space, cleaning method

by Poster Jun 2, 2025 21
Path ~/Library/Metadata/CoreSpotlight/SpotlightKnowledgeEvents/index.V2 At first I thought it was a Spotlight index, But after research, this is not a traditional. Spotlight-V100 database, but Core Spotlight's "Spotlight Knowledge Events" (SKE) log macOS 14 starts logging user-level behaviors (such as entries you click in emails, messages, calendars, and Safari) as "small Journal files" for experiences like Siri suggestions, natural language queries, and "continue playing/reading". It is only for the current user, and the location is in the personal Library, so you will see that the path starts with/Users/< username >. The excessive inflation of this directory has been confirmed by Apple forums and developer communities as a common space occupancy issue in 15. x. But it is completely safe to delete or inhibit its regeneration. How to solve it, The first step is to delete this folder. The second step, Turn off Siri & Spotlight Learning System settings ▸ Siri and Spotlight ▸ Siri suggestions and privacy → Remove "Learn from this App" for all apps.

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  • Poster Jun 3, 2025
    https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/comments/1dj9agb/macos_15_system_data_taking_up_too_much_storage/ There are also related questions here, This folder will grow over time. People who have used this version of macos for 1 or 2 years can look at it. It will also be very large