Need to free up space on my SSD main drive, have about 70 GB free space but half of it is assigned "cleanable" (I'm not sure if this is the right computer lingo translation from Swedish). I can't find any tool to clean the cleanable space. The installer of the application that needs a lot of free space just recognizes 35 gb free space.
How do I clean the cleanable space?
Best regards Per-Erik
MacBook Pro Retina
Most likely "Purgable" is the American English term Apple uses. This is an indication that you have enabled
Apple Menu -> About this Mac -> Storage tab -> Manage -> Optimize Storage
Which moves some of your files to iCloud (how many depends on how much iCloud storage you have purchased from Apple; 5GB is the free option). "Purgable" storage are files that are duplicates of what is already stored in iCloud storage and are just being cached on your Mac for local access. If macOS decides it needs more storage, it may automatically delete cached copies.
If "Optimized" storage and/or you have not purchased additional iCloud storage from Apple do not ring true to you, then I have guessed wrong about what "Cleanable" means.
Thanks for your help with translation. You're absolutely right, I have activated "Optimize Storage" and have sufficient iCloud space but cannot convince macOS that it should release (or purge...) my freed HD space. Obviously a request from an installation program doesn't neither. Do you know what to do in these case?
I will of course also search "Purgable" and see what happens.
/PEJ Sweden
"Cleanable" space macbook pro mid 2015 sierra
