I have an M1 Mini with only 256GB of storage. I am often not able to install MacOS updates due to space limitations. While reviewing where my space is going using DaisyDisk, I found that I have over half a gigabyte of wallpaper pictures in /System/Library/Desktop Pictures/. There is another quarter of a gigabyte of movies in the Sonoma folder within that directory.
I really, really don't need "iMac Pink.heic", for example, and don't need or want any of the other desktop pictures or movies. I use a plain green background on my desktop which I find makes names more visible.
Here are the command and responses I am trying to use to remove these:
redacted@Macmini Desktop Pictures % pwd
/System/Library/Desktop Pictures
sudo rm "iMac Pink.heic"
Password:
override rw-r--r-- root/wheel restricted for iMac Pink.heic? Y
rm: iMac Pink.heic: Operation not permitted
How can I circumvent this? There are a number of other files in the Desktop Pictures directory I would like to remove as well.
This is running under Golden Gate 27.0.1.
Edit: Full Disk Access is enabled for Terminal. Adding the "-f" or "-rf" options has no effect. The ls command for this particular file shows:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 25097873 Sep 24 00:10 iMac Pink.heic
