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I am on a Macbook Pro, with 2.4GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 with 64G2667 MHz DDR4 memory Running Sonoma 14.4.1. The internal storage capacity is 1TB and 602.06 GB is being used by the System Data storage. I need to purge this, but I have no controls available to do so. (There is no "Manage" button, no Setup or controls available.) This is what I see on my Storage tab. Please advise.
MacBook Pro 16″
Beibhinn77 wrote:
I am on a Macbook Pro, with 2.4GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 with 64G2667 MHz DDR4 memory Running Sonoma 14.4.1. The internal storage capacity is 1TB and 602.06 GB is being used by the System Data storage. I need to purge this, but I have no controls available to do so. (There is no "Manage" button, no Setup or controls available.)
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/7b5f0350-0b5b-49a3-9db8-e508bd5a2a56
This is what I see on my Storage tab. Please advise.
for a better over all look at your drive storage—
Lets see the output from the Terminal.app, copy & paste:
diskutil list internal
See
Barney-15E
It isn't some set aside storage. It entirely could be your files which can be easily replaced from the cloud or application installers that can be re-downloaded. Purgeable doesn't mean unused and unnecessary. It means the data can be purged because it can be recreated if needed. Local Time Machine snapshots are a good example of purgeable space. They are useful, but not necessary.
ref:
Purgeable Space on External HDD - Apple Community
purgeable vs free space
see PRP_53 ref: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254584180?answerId=258564932022#258564932022
System Data on Macbook Pro running Sonoma 14.4.1 taking up over half a TB of internal storal