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  Purgeable? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-09-26 11:20 -0700
    Re: Purgeable? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-26 18:31 +0000
      Re: Purgeable? Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2016-09-26 15:41 -0400
        Re: Purgeable? ElfinArc <elfinarc6@gmail.com> - 2016-09-26 14:48 -0500
          Re: Purgeable? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-26 12:55 -0700
        Re: Purgeable? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-26 19:58 +0000
        Re: Purgeable? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-26 16:29 -0400
        Re: Purgeable? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-27 01:18 +0000
      Re: Purgeable? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-09-26 14:33 -0700

#94808 — Purgeable?

I note that in doing "Get Info" on my internal hd, there is a line that 
I'm curious about:

	Available: 115.72 GB (2.25 GB purgeable)

What's that "purgeable" about?

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#94809

On 2016-09-26, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> I note that in doing "Get Info" on my internal hd, there is a line that 
> I'm curious about:
>
> 	Available: 115.72 GB (2.25 GB purgeable)
>
> What's that "purgeable" about?

It's a new feature in macOS Sierra:

<https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht206996>

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#94811

On 9/26/16 2:31 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2016-09-26, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>> I note that in doing "Get Info" on my internal hd, there is a line that
>> I'm curious about:
>>
>> 	Available: 115.72 GB (2.25 GB purgeable)
>>
>> What's that "purgeable" about?
>
> It's a new feature in macOS Sierra:
>
> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht206996>
>

Yeah, a great feature all right.

It "helps free up storage space on your Mac" (which is free) by moving 
files to Apple's cloud servers where you have to pay rent if you move 
enough to make a meaningful increase in your hard disk storage space.

Good one Tim. The stockholders are proud;-)

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#94812

Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> wrote:
> On 9/26/16 2:31 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2016-09-26, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>> I note that in doing "Get Info" on my internal hd, there is a line that
>>> I'm curious about:
>>> 
>>> Available: 115.72 GB (2.25 GB purgeable)
>>> 
>>> What's that "purgeable" about?
>> 
>> It's a new feature in macOS Sierra:
>> 
>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht206996>
>> 
> 
> Yeah, a great feature all right.
> 
> It "helps free up storage space on your Mac" (which is free) by moving 
> files to Apple's cloud servers where you have to pay rent if you move 
> enough to make a meaningful increase in your hard disk storage space.
> 
> Good one Tim. The stockholders are proud;-)
> 
For those not hung up on big ass hard drives, which are certainly NOT free,
this is a good thing.  My MacBook has 256Gb of SSD storage so I could
certainly see how some would find this a big plus.  But I read the support
document over and over again, and didn't notice a single thing that was
required to be done so those that don't find it of value can keep on the
way they've been doing.

It is all about choices!


-- 
Elfin

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#94815

On 9/26/16, 12:48 PM, in article
1238364463.496611942.181385.elfinarc6-gmail.com@news.individual.net,
"ElfinArc" <elfinarc6@gmail.com> wrote:

> Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> wrote:
>> On 9/26/16 2:31 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>> On 2016-09-26, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>>> I note that in doing "Get Info" on my internal hd, there is a line that
>>>> I'm curious about:
>>>> 
>>>> Available: 115.72 GB (2.25 GB purgeable)
>>>> 
>>>> What's that "purgeable" about?
>>> 
>>> It's a new feature in macOS Sierra:
>>> 
>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht206996>
>>> 
>> 
>> Yeah, a great feature all right.
>> 
>> It "helps free up storage space on your Mac" (which is free) by moving
>> files to Apple's cloud servers where you have to pay rent if you move
>> enough to make a meaningful increase in your hard disk storage space.
>> 
>> Good one Tim. The stockholders are proud;-)
>> 
> For those not hung up on big ass hard drives, which are certainly NOT free,
> this is a good thing.  My MacBook has 256Gb of SSD storage so I could
> certainly see how some would find this a big plus.  But I read the support
> document over and over again, and didn't notice a single thing that was
> required to be done so those that don't find it of value can keep on the
> way they've been doing.
> 
> It is all about choices!
> 

Right. I have desktops with quite a bit of storage. I will NOT be using it.
Others might. Cool!


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#94813

On 2016-09-26, Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> wrote:
> On 9/26/16 2:31 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2016-09-26, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>> I note that in doing "Get Info" on my internal hd, there is a line that
>>> I'm curious about:
>>>
>>> 	Available: 115.72 GB (2.25 GB purgeable)
>>>
>>> What's that "purgeable" about?
>>
>> It's a new feature in macOS Sierra:
>>
>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht206996>
>
> Yeah, a great feature all right.
>
> It "helps free up storage space on your Mac" (which is free) by moving 
> files to Apple's cloud servers where you have to pay rent if you move 
> enough to make a meaningful increase in your hard disk storage space.
>
> Good one Tim. The stockholders are proud;-)

If you weren't just trolling and had bothered to read the whole thing
you'd know there are *several* features, *most* of which have absolutely
*nothing* to do with storing anything in the cloud. 

You'd also know the "Store in iCloud" feature is completely *optional*
and is turned *off* by default, meaning it's an opt-in feature. 

Every Apple account gets 5 GB of *free* storage, which is plenty.  Most
people are happy using the free tier without paying a single dime to
Apple.

By all means troll on if it helps you feel better about yourself.
Watching someone make a fool of themselves is certainly entertaining to
those of us who know better. : )

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#94814

On 2016-09-26 15:41, Wade Garrett wrote:
> On 9/26/16 2:31 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2016-09-26, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>> I note that in doing "Get Info" on my internal hd, there is a line that
>>> I'm curious about:
>>>
>>>     Available: 115.72 GB (2.25 GB purgeable)
>>>
>>> What's that "purgeable" about?
>>
>> It's a new feature in macOS Sierra:
>>
>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht206996>
>>
>
> Yeah, a great feature all right.
>
> It "helps free up storage space on your Mac" (which is free) by moving
> files to Apple's cloud servers where you have to pay rent if you move
> enough to make a meaningful increase in your hard disk storage space.

Choices.  Use of iCloud is not only about storage, but about mobility 
and access to data from various machines.  I don't need this feature as 
my "mass data" is stored on disks (which oddly enough were not free).

For what little I do need to have available from anywhere, Dropbox is 
sufficient - but I've also started using iCloud for some file sets.

> Good one Tim. The stockholders are proud;-)

They certainly are.  Apple is doing great.

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#94828

In message <nsbtki$l75$1@news.albasani.net> 
  Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> wrote:
> On 9/26/16 2:31 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2016-09-26, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>> I note that in doing "Get Info" on my internal hd, there is a line that
>>> I'm curious about:
>>>
>>> 	Available: 115.72 GB (2.25 GB purgeable)
>>>
>>> What's that "purgeable" about?
>>
>> It's a new feature in macOS Sierra:
>>
>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht206996>
>>

> Yeah, a great feature all right.

Glad you agree.

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#94816

On 2016-09-26 18:31:53 +0000, Jolly Roger said:

> On 2016-09-26, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>> I note that in doing "Get Info" on my internal hd, there is a line that
>> I'm curious about:
>> 
>> 	Available: 115.72 GB (2.25 GB purgeable)
>> 
>> What's that "purgeable" about?
> 
> It's a new feature in macOS Sierra:
> 
> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht206996>

Gracias!

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