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| From | John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.comp.sys.mac |
| Subject | Re: Purgeable Disk Space |
| Date | 2025-01-11 08:41 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vltasn$hlnd$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vlt8qb$hbo4$1@dont-email.me> |
On 11 Jan 2025 at 08:06:35 GMT, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote: > Reading from Disk Utility, the 500GB SSD (Apple SSD/Container disk1/Macintosh > HD) on my 2020 Intel iMac is showing 25GB available, 470GB used. > > In the Macintosh directory below is a volume (or partition?) called 'Macintosh > HD - Data' which is showing 500GB capacity, 170GB available, 140GB purgeable, > 460GB used. > > How do I 'purge' the 140GB? > > I've tried restarting, and searching using Finder shows only the files I'd > expect over 1GB - apps and video files. The only odd thing in > Settings/General/Storage is something called System Data at 135GB, but I don't > know what/where that is. According to Disk Utility/Help, "Amount of space available, which can include both free space and “purgeable space” — or space that macOS can free up when needed by removing files from your computer (you can’t manually remove the files that are designated purgeable, but macOS removes them as space is required)". So the answer would seem to be, you don't. It's down to MacOS to attend to. Old John. -- Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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Purgeable Disk Space RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2025-01-11 08:06 +0000
Re: Purgeable Disk Space John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-01-11 08:41 +0000
Re: Purgeable Disk Space Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-01-11 09:13 +0000
Re: Purgeable Disk Space RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2025-01-11 11:50 +0000
Re: Purgeable Disk Space Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2025-01-11 10:15 +0000
Re: Purgeable Disk Space RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2025-01-11 11:51 +0000
Re: Purgeable Disk Space RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2025-01-23 14:35 +0000
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