Help! 1.53TB of Purgeable Space

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Help! 1.53TB of Purgeable Space

My SSD is acting as if it's full no matter how many files I delete or transfer off to an external drive.

When I delete or transfer something off my main SSD to an external drive, it seems to add it to my purgeable space.

In the "Storage" view in "About This Mac," my hard drive is showing 1.55TB of available space and no purgeable space.

In Disk Utility, it's showing near full.

HD Info is also showing my hard drive to be in full use, but the icon shows 1.55 TB free...

I've tried all the normal tips on deleting or clearing the purgeable storage but having no luck and the ones that had my exact problem don't seem to having any resolution.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jun 23, 2022 6:28 PM

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Barney-15E

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Jun 23, 2022 7:00 PM in response to patrickchoi

Boot into Recovery and run First Aid on the drive. Start with Volumes, then Containers, then the entire drive.

About macOS Recovery on Intel-based Mac computers - Apple Support

How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility - Apple Support

Also, maybe try starting in Safe Mode, then restart normally.

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patrickchoi Author

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Jun 23, 2022 6:51 PM in response to Barney-15E

Yes, I can't create any new video projects because it thinks my SSD is full.

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Barney-15E

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Jun 23, 2022 6:31 PM in response to patrickchoi

What makes you thing you need to clear it? Purgeable means the OS can delete any of it at any time to make space for something else.

Are you having another problem related to saving files that makes you think something is wrong?

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patrickchoi Author

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Jun 23, 2022 6:38 PM in response to Barney-15E

Depending on where you look (I've added screen shots), my SSD shows that it's completely full which I know is not the case.

My SSD is behaving as if it's full and I can't work on any video projects. Importing assets into my FCPX library, shows that there's not enough space on my SSD.

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Barney-15E

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Jun 23, 2022 6:43 PM in response to patrickchoi

Two of your screenshot show you have 1.55TB available. There's nothing full about that.

Are you having any actual problems except the always unreliable Storage displays?

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Help! 1.53TB of Purgeable Space

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