How do I delete Purgeable Space on a Mac?
How do I delete the Purgeable Space on Mac OS?
Mac Studio, macOS 14.1
Here is a short bash or zsh script that works:
#!/bin/bash
# Bin-bash script to remove purgeable file space
# Created on 20241205
# Change username in this script to Your user name by using FINDER - GO - HOME
# To Run script
# Open Terminal and type:
# bash /Users/username/Documents/DEPURGE/DEPURGE_generic.sh
# Create a text file with zero bytes then fill with lots and lots of zeros
set -x # Set Debugging Mode - Print each command as done
# set -e # Remove "#" sign for seeing Exit on Error for Debugging
cd /Users/username # Change to ~/HOME directory
touch text.txt # Create a zreo byte file called text.txt
# Fill text.txt with 100000 ZEROS at a time till no more space
dd if=/dev/zero bs=100m of=/Users/username/text.txt status=progress
# Delete LARGE ZERO file called text.txt
rm /Users/username/text.txt
echo "!!!! GoTo Macintosh Disk then select Get Info for Pureable Space !!!!"
echo " "
read -p "Do you want to loop again? (y/n): " answer
if [ "$answer" = "y" ] || ["$answer" = "Y" ]; then
bash /Users/username/Documents/DEPURGE/DEPURGEV3.sh
fi
# END OF SCRIPT
exit
Enjoy!!
