Good day,
I have noticed on my M1 Macbook Pro, that the free storage(available) which is seen from About This Mac --> Storage (154.99Gb free) is not consistent if you check on System Information (149.8GB free) as seen on the Screen Shot attached.
Is this normal or do I need to fresh install Mac Os?
Thanks!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.4
Check your disk space using Disk Utility. Discrepancies you're seeing is nothing more than differences in reporting algorithms; DU is the definitive reporting.
Check your disk space using Disk Utility. Discrepancies you're seeing is nothing more than differences in reporting algorithms; DU is the definitive reporting.
Per Apple, Purgeable space is usable space that will be allocated for use as needed. It you delete a large amount of data, P-space will be roughly equal to that amount. Over time, a large portion of it will be "freed up" and returned as usable space you can see. It's just Apple's way.
Strange to me but has never really been a problem. The paid version of DaisyDisk can force the return of purgeable to "normal" free space.
I figured it was the "Purgeable" that is taking up the difference in the Free Space and System Information Free Storage. Free Space less the "Purgeable equals System Information Free Storage.
Thanks mate!
Free Storage Space different from System Information
