it's a major pita for me that is not possible to turn off local snapshots. Try this terminal command: sudo tmutil disablelocal Edit: I'm still on Sierra.

it's a major pita for me that is not possible to turn off local snapshots. Try this terminal command: sudo tmutil disablelocal Edit: I'm still on Sierra. Someone else mentioned that HS removed that. But also pointed to: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/solution-reclaim-storage-back-from-system.2073174/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/solution-reclaim-storag... Good luck!