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Re: Purgeable?

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Purgeable?
Date 2016-09-26 19:58 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <e4td02FonriU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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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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JR

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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

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