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Purgeable data on macintosh internal drive and external hard drives
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1850301" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p><a href="https://www.mac-forums.com/forums/members/401391.html" target="_blank">bernard smith</a>, please bear in mind that the "solved" link provided by both Ian and I is essentially an advert for Disk Drill and although it gives a good description of how purgeable storage works Disk Drill (although a handy app) may not be necessary to solve your issue at this time.</p><p>I personally have no purgeable storage space because I have never chosen to Optimise Storage. I prefer to manage my own storage by offloading data to external drives or simply deleting redundant files or apps.</p><p>Having said that there is nothing wrong with utilising Apple's iCloud optimised storage system to reduce clutter and old or "unnecessary" files but this may mean you have to pay for additional iCloud storage space. Obviously it also means that should you wish to access these files in the future they would have to be downloaded.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1850301, member: 204485"] [URL="https://www.mac-forums.com/forums/members/401391.html"]bernard smith[/URL], please bear in mind that the "solved" link provided by both Ian and I is essentially an advert for Disk Drill and although it gives a good description of how purgeable storage works Disk Drill (although a handy app) may not be necessary to solve your issue at this time. I personally have no purgeable storage space because I have never chosen to Optimise Storage. I prefer to manage my own storage by offloading data to external drives or simply deleting redundant files or apps. Having said that there is nothing wrong with utilising Apple's iCloud optimised storage system to reduce clutter and old or "unnecessary" files but this may mean you have to pay for additional iCloud storage space. Obviously it also means that should you wish to access these files in the future they would have to be downloaded. [/QUOTE]
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