Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
Hi,
1. Is there a way(simple) to get back my disk space captured by this so called "purgeable space", or is there an app which can help do the same.
2. Does apps such as clean my mac/omnidisk sweeper help in getting the disk storage back from "purgeable space".
I am usuing macbook pro(mid 2015) 15", OS Sierra.
Subhash.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
The articles commonly cited and recommended by Apple make a claim that doesn't seem to be substantiated by reality. For example yes you can store photos and documents in the cloud but it fails to purge them from the local hard drive. So when you see 'purgeable' space on your disk yes maybe that is true but it in practice does not actually get purged (and there is no way to invoke this manually). So they may as well label the space as 'photos' and/or 'documents' since it is not really usable space. In the end one is just as limited by a 256gb SDD as they were before this feature arrived (e.g. Unable to download or create new files due to a full disk despite having 100gb 'purgeable' space). Somebody please prove me wrong.
sudo tmutil disablelocal
Hihihi ! No problem ! At least I saved one from a 1hour searching​ session on tons upon tons of forums for a solution to this annoying problem !
Lolofo777
I don't really know what you mean but, i will show you what they are. Purgeable space is your disk trying to save your data; Compacting the file.
Thank you so much! This worked like a charm for me and seems to be a bit easier than some of the other fixes. So happy I saw your message. 🙂
Thanks for the workaround. It's crazy that we have to fool the OS into doing something that should be much more intuitive!
Well Done! Fab fix and worked a treat. The simplest ideas are the best!
And, shame on you Apple.
I got the same problem: 50GB purgeable and that annoying running out of disk space message - has someone solved this problem? How?!
Has somebody figured out how to claim the purgeable disk space? I am running out of disk space, deleted a lot of files but they are only counted as purgeable - what now?
I meant to add, above:
FileVault!
I then checked System Preferences, Security & Privacy, FileVault tab, and discovered that the local Macintosh HD itself was being encrypted!!
well and in my case, having a practically fresh install with nothing, no big apps, no photos, icloud disabled and 11gb purgeable after the latest update? absurd
How to get back or remove purgeable space.
