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How do I delete the Purgeable Space on Mac OS?
Mac Studio, macOS 14.1
i think you need to understand it's not about dopamine but getting a job done: i can't download footage i need to work with, because the frame.io app doesn't recognize that i have 700gb purgeable space and just says i have only 20gb of free space. now you can go on all day long how frame.io didn't code their app correctly but some of us just need a solution to a considerable problem, not an ill informed lesson on how apple will magically do everything and one should just lay back.
that doesn't magically happen either from what I and others here have experienced, the OS may never release the space until forced to do so and apparently the OS upgrade and other 3rd party application operations can't account for it and get blocked.
@arek.r see various workable solutions in the discussions above for how to force a release of the space by creating temp files etc
ringspa wrote:
that doesn't magically happen either from what I and others here have experienced, the OS may never release the space until forced to do so and apparently the OS upgrade and other 3rd party application operations can't account for it and get blocked.
Everyone that I have ever encountered with this problem here on the forums has reported that deleted files do get purged within one or two days.
However, these kinds of storage problems are a major issue for many people. Free storage doesn't just magically go away. Something has to use it. If you don't identify and correct the problem that is causing all of your storage to be used, then you'll never, ever fix it.
If your storage problems are caused by simply having too many files, then deleting them, and waiting, is the definitive solution. But if you have some 3rd party app, or some out-of-control Apple task, that is using that storage, then you'll have to correct the underlying problem. There is no one-size-fits-all solution.
ringspa wrote:
sorry no it's just not the case that "waiting" is a solution in all cases - this thread is evidence of that
Sorry, but no. "This thread" actually doesn't exist. It was started over a year ago. Now it's just a place to collect low-qualities replies from people who just want to spout off, but aren't interested in actual solutions and wouldn't attempt any, if offered.
Unfortunately, they will attempt any really bad suggestions. While this site is hosted by Apple, it does suffer from typical internet behaviour to some extent.
One person mentioned that they only waited 30 minutes. But that person isn't you. Whatever is going on with your computer could be wildly different. But if you just go onto the internet searching for something like "storage problem" and try everything posted, you're going to have a long, unpleasant day, or perhaps a week.
Interesting cure, thanks.:)👍
arek.r wrote:
waited yet 30m. In every operating system I'd been working I was able to control the free space.
Not this one. You'll have to wait a day or two to get the storage back.
sorry no it's just not the case that "waiting" is a solution in all cases - this thread is evidence of that
Hey no worries, if this issue resolves for the 30m guy with a longer wait that’s great otherwise other measures are discussed here. Happy holidays.
How do I delete Purgeable Space on a Mac?
