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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1618086" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi again <strong>Jake</strong> - sorry to be a bother on this issue but just trying to understand the behavior on my MBPro - the reason my options are 'greyed out' in Disk Utility is because the computer has an SSD drive and the feature has been disabled by Apple; I suspect our OP's MBAir also has a flash memory drive and erasing 'free space' is just not a choice; information <a href="http://www.cnet.com/news/os-x-disk-utility-missing-options-to-erase-free-disk-space/" target="_blank">HERE</a> for those interested. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1618086, member: 234411"] Hi again [B]Jake[/B] - sorry to be a bother on this issue but just trying to understand the behavior on my MBPro - the reason my options are 'greyed out' in Disk Utility is because the computer has an SSD drive and the feature has been disabled by Apple; I suspect our OP's MBAir also has a flash memory drive and erasing 'free space' is just not a choice; information [URL="http://www.cnet.com/news/os-x-disk-utility-missing-options-to-erase-free-disk-space/"]HERE[/URL] for those interested. Dave :) [/QUOTE]
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