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How to clear Purgeable storage

After cleaning my drive (and emptying the Trash) I have 481GB of "purgeable" storage that is filling my hard drive and preventing Time Machine from being able to complete a backup...have tried several suggestions to clear it (create big file, secure erase, etc) to no avail. Looking for suggestions.

iMac running Mojave 10.14.6

1TB drive - reports 575GB Available but 481GB Purgeable - so only about 90GB really available...

Thanks!

iMac 27″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 6, 2020 11:57 AM

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leroydouglas

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Posted on Jun 6, 2020 12:07 PM

Pepe4772 wrote:

After cleaning my drive (and emptying the Trash) I have 481GB of "purgeable" storage that is filling my hard drive and preventing Time Machine from being able to complete a backup...have tried several suggestions to clear it (create big file, secure erase, etc) to no avail. Looking for suggestions.

iMac running Mojave 10.14.6

1TB drive - reports 575GB Available but 481GB Purgeable - so only about 90GB really available...

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/9606a234-b583-45a1-af48-74a8147ec909

Thanks!

https://support.apple.com/guide/system-information/see-available-storage-space-syspf9b375b9/mac

Get detailed information about a disk in Disk Utility on Mac ...

How to free up storage space on your Mac - Apple Support

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